This month Verve’s star teen reviewer Lucy Kennedy reviews the movie everyone’s talking about: Barbie.
Barbie
PG-13
Grab your pinkest outfit and a pair of high-heels – the Barbie movie is out! I was never a massive Barbie fan and was initially unsure as to whether I wanted to see the film, but when I heard that the incredible Greta Gerwig was the director, I secured a ticket ASAP. There has been a lot of hype surrounding the movie’s release, and I was curious to see what it was about. For me, watching Barbie felt a lot like watching the films of my childhood – funny, bright, and enjoyable, with incredibly enviable costumes.
Margot Robbie plays the title role of Barbie, and absolutely smashes it with her convincing facial expressions. In the film, Barbie enters the real world naively believing it cannot be that different from her home, Barbieland. Robbie really captures that crestfallen discovery that, in the real world, not everything is perfect or equal. She also shows the pure joy in knowing that while not everything is perfect, some things are still good and true in our world – the beauty in connecting with others, respecting your bod, embracing the process of ageing, and living by your own rules. While Barbie is definitely a film about a doll and her journey, it’s also about the ups and downs of life.
A lot of entertainment made in recent years for young girls has been very edgy and dark so Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is a breath of fresh air in that respect. Barbie is a really well-written film with lines that had the whole cinema laughing, a killer monologue on the nature of society’s sexist double standards, and an ending with a level of deep symbolism that I did not expect from a movie about Barbie. I’d recommend this film to anyone who loves Barbie (obviously), the colour pink, extravagant dance numbers, or feminism.
In cinemas now.
3/5 stars
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