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    Anna Grace Reddish

    Professor Taylor Munsell

    ENG Comp II

    11 OCT 2023

    NOT Ken’s Barbie

    “Barbie” Film Review

    “Barbie” was released on July 21, 2023. Greta Gerwig, director and co-writer of “Barbie”

    created a visual masterpiece of the “Barbie world” with costumes, casting, and the history of

    “Barbie” itself. No one else could have played the role of Barbie better than Margot Robbie with

    Ryan Gosling as Ken, Issa Rae as president, and Michael Cera as Allan. Greta Gerwig shares a

    feminism 101 story using a character everyone loves and remembers from childhood.

    Stereotypical Barbie starts experiencing an existential crisis when her feet are flat, she

    starts questioning death, and her water is cold. To fix this issue, Barbie must go to the real world

    to understand what is going on and find her purpose. Ken joins her on this journey because his

    existence revolves around being acknowledged by Barbie. When they arrive in the real world

    barbie discovers how flawed the real world is and Ken discovers patriarchy. Will Ferrel, the

    CEO of Mattel, tries to send her back but she is determined to find her human while Ken goes

    back to Barbieland to teach them what he has learned. Barbie begins her journey of navigating

    the real world and helping Barbieland.

    For the exposition of this film, the filmmakers open up with background information

    about how dolls have always been around, specifically baby dolls until Barbie was created.

    Barbie taught young girls that they do not just have to be mothers, but that women can be

    anything. When Barbie starts to question death and experiences self-doubt, she turns to Wierd
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    Barbie for help. After Wierd Barbie tells Barbie she must go to the real world to figure out what

    is wrong, she is taken aback by the real world and the sexualization she experiences for the first

    time. Barbie is struck with a dilemma of self-discovery and finding out who she is. On her

    journey of self-discovery, the male CEO of Mattel attempts to trap her in a box and send her

    back to Barbieland. In the end, Barbie is forced to solve everyone’s issues, especially Ken’s.

    “Barbie” is full of symbolism that adds to the plot. One of the biggest ones being

    feminism and female empowerment. Barbie is a feminine icon, but the media construed her as

    setting unrealistic beauty standards and gender roles. In reality, Barbie was created to show

    young girls and women all around the world that they can be anything and everything

    INCLUDING a mother. Costume design plays a vital role in “Barbie”, starting in the opening

    scene where Greta Gerwig plays homage to the movie “A Space Odyssey”, Barbie is pictured in

    the original outfit that the very first Barbie wore. Throughout the movie, Barbie’s classic outfits

    and eras are pictured in the movie. From the start of Barbie’s dilemma, she talks about her issues

    with her self-discovery journey in the real world which also reflects the young girls going

    through their self-discovery as well.

    Greta Gerwig does an astounding job of creating a movie about feminism 101 while still

    keeping the movie funny and light with the narrator making jokes by addressing the audience. I

    believe this is a great movie for genders of all ages, whether the movie resonates with you or if

    you can learn something from it. My favorite relatable moment is Ken playing the guitar at

    Barbie.

    I believe everyone should watch the “Barbie” movie. Greta Gerwig casted this movie

    perfectly and paid attention to every visual element and era of Barbie herself. While the movie

    has some extremely emotional moments it also has so much humor involved. This movie will
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    leave you with a sense of inspiration and empowerment while also wanting to call your mom and

    say thank you for everything.

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