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Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie is a mosaic of many shiny bits of cleverness with not that much to say. Read TIME's review.

A Barbie movie was always going to be fraught, and the studio marketing the film knows it. As the trailer posits, "If you love Barbie, this movie is for you.

Fall's superhero movies and sci-fi epics are unlikely to steal the Mattel movie's crown.

In "Barbie," by contrast, it's the imaginations of the girls and women who play with the doll that give it something like life, a fitting shift for a movie that takes sisterhood as a ...

A lot like Barbie the doll: ravishing to look at, but with much more on its mind than initially meets the eye.

The female characters Barbie meets in the real world show her that women manage to exist in a world that is so often against them, and do so best when working together. The movie is for everyone ...

The much-memed, long-awaited feature from director Greta Gerwig is a delightful comic fantasy that promotes and deconstructs its own Mattel doll brand.

Barbie definitely makes good on that promise, which still doesn't quite prepare you for what feels like the most subversive blockbuster of the 21st century to date.

'Barbie' Review: Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling Compete for Control of High-Concept Living Doll Comedy Greta Gerwig loads plenty of food for thought in a hot pink pop fantasia, poking fun at ...

Barbie reviews: What do critics make of the Margot Robbie film? Life in plastic is mostly fantastic according to many critics, who have broadly praised the Barbie movie. The much-publicised film ...

Barbie movie review: Greta Gerwig's new film, starring Margot Robbie, is one of the strangest, most subversive blockbusters in recent memory.

This Barbie is a feminist parable fighting to be great in spite of Mattel's input Greta Gerwig's Barbie is often good and sometimes great, but it always feels like it's fighting to be itself ...

Gerwig's Barbie is partially inspired by psychologist and author Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia, a 1994 bestseller about how adolescent girls lose their identities while navigating a looks-obsessed, media-saturated culture. That should be enough to quell expectations of the film playing out as a show of allegiance to one of the most recognizable brands in the world. And if it doesn't ...

Barbie reacts with horror when her high-heel ready feet go flat. So begins the real stuff of the movie: existential nausea made flesh as Barbie's feet — moulded in the tiptoed shape of a high ...

Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' (Warner Bros) Barbie is joyous from minute to minute to minute. But it's where the film ends up that really cements the near ...

Marketed as a movie for people who love the doll and also for people who hate the doll, Barbie could just be the most accessible release of the summer. But is the adaptation of the iconic toy actually any good? The first reviews call it a smart and hilarious delight, it's definitely worth a look, no matter who you are or what you feel about the doll. Starring Margot Robbie in the title role ...

Here's everything you need to know about how the Barbie movie came to be and the frenzy around its opening, from the soundtrack to the merchandise to the fashion.

'Barbie' PEOPLE Review: Margot Robbie Is a Doll for the Ages but Ryan Gosling Steals the Movie 'Barbie' opens in theaters Friday By Tom Gliatto Updated on July 18, 2023 11:31PM EDT Photo: Warner Bros.

Review: The Year's Best Film Is an Ode to Womanhood. It's hard to imagine anyone but the most jaded viewer would be disappointed by Barbie. The hype for Greta Gerwig's Barbie, hitting theaters ...

WATCH: Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in Barbie. It's a serious investigation of sexual politics cleverly disguised as a very funny, frothy, relentlessly pink celebration of all things Barbie. One ...

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Sony has dated Margot Robbie' first post-Barbie theatrical release, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.. Robbie and Colin Farrell co-star in the movie that will hit theaters May 9, 2025, over Mother ...

Along with Don't Worry Darling and Promising Young Woman, Barbie asks what to do with the modern man who feels emasculated by women's power.

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Movie-goers of all ages flocked to theaters- at AMC theaters alone, 20,000 tickets were sold in advance to see the two on the same day. "Barbie" has since grossed over $1 billion worldwide, with "Oppenheimer" close behind at around $950 million. Some went as far as saying that the phenomenon "revived cinema" in the post-pandemic age.

Barbie director Greta Gerwig again addresses the prospect of a sequel to the billion-dollar, Oscar-nominated film. Her latest quips suggest she'd rather do something original than work on a follow-up. Speaking with 60 Minutes, Gerwig was asked about a potential Barbie sequel and if she was interested in returning to direct it. Gerwig suggested she'd rather make another original hit than do a ...

Robert Schwartzman's indie effort, starring Nick Jonas, feels cliché-filled in navigating the tale of a parent's premature death.

It's officially the summer of Barbie: Here's a long look at the history of the Barbie movie, as told by the director, stars, and Mattel execs.

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