This film is a mess. I understand the film has become politicized by now but just from a filmmaking perspective the film is all over the place.
I like Greta Gerwig & most of what she's made. But the story of Barbie somehow becoming real and learning to be a human being doesn't make sense in the context of the film. She just somehow ends up on earth and real. No explanation. I'm not sure if the film is about finding yourself as a woman in the world or about being a mother or about not being controlled. Its messaging is chaotic.
The set design is pretty cool i suppose but I couldn't help but think it's a Wes Anderson rip off.
The acting is ok, I really don't understand the hype of this movie. Ryan Gosling clearly steals the show here and every time he isn't on screen the film is boring. Margot Robbie is fantastic as an actress but she's playing Barbie... the character is interesting in anyway. I get it she learns to be herself but it's so preachy towards the end it's almost gross in how serious the film takes itself near the end.
A lot of hype for this film especially when we still all know Barbie's are not good for little girls yet Mattel tricked little girls into thinking Barbie's are cool and good for them again. That company gets richer while the same problems still exist that the film is trying to bring to the spotlight. The film is mostly a nightmare & complete contradiction that's entertaining a bit because of Gosling. Really overrated film. This is an Oscar's frontrunner? Yikes.
I like Greta Gerwig & most of what she's made. But the story of Barbie somehow becoming real and learning to be a human being doesn't make sense in the context of the film. She just somehow ends up on earth and real. No explanation. I'm not sure if the film is about finding yourself as a woman in the world or about being a mother or about not being controlled. Its messaging is chaotic.
The set design is pretty cool i suppose but I couldn't help but think it's a Wes Anderson rip off.
The acting is ok, I really don't understand the hype of this movie. Ryan Gosling clearly steals the show here and every time he isn't on screen the film is boring. Margot Robbie is fantastic as an actress but she's playing Barbie... the character is interesting in anyway. I get it she learns to be herself but it's so preachy towards the end it's almost gross in how serious the film takes itself near the end.
A lot of hype for this film especially when we still all know Barbie's are not good for little girls yet Mattel tricked little girls into thinking Barbie's are cool and good for them again. That company gets richer while the same problems still exist that the film is trying to bring to the spotlight. The film is mostly a nightmare & complete contradiction that's entertaining a bit because of Gosling. Really overrated film. This is an Oscar's frontrunner? Yikes.