Barbie - MOVIE REACTION!! 

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Fun fact about Ryan's role in the film: originally, he declined the role because he didn't really feel like Ken had much of a part in the movie. But then he went home and saw his daughters playing with Barbies in the yard, and noticed they'd basically tossed Ken aside. He saw Ken face-down in the dirt next to a discarded lemon rind, realized that Ken being discarded and unloved *was* the character's motivation, and immediately texted Greta Gerwig to accept the role, because "Ken's story needs to be told!" 😂

My favorite non joke scene is 100% the part where Barbie sees the beauty in growing old in the elderly woman

The thing with the so-called controversy, is that the people were offended with the idea of what they thought the Barbie movie was going to be, not what it actually was. Anyone who comes out of this thinking it was saying women are better, men are bad etc. clearly didn't pay attention. And regarding "Sublime!", I believe they did a bunch of takes and Gosling would shout something different, so it wasn't in the script per se.

That scene of Barbie gaining her humanity gets me every time. What a beautiful scene that just makes you face your life, death, and humanity no matter who you are.

I’m a single dad with two daughters, one of whom is 17, and this movie and the themes about patriarchy, being enough, and especially parenting destroyed me. I sob all through the movie, and in every reaction I watch, including this one. I laugh a lot too, of course, but man. This was unironically, very seriously, my favorite movie in years. Easily the best movie I saw this year. Thank y’all for the reaction.

I really like how it showed that the Kens struggled just as much after patriarchy was brought in. Their lives still revolved around Barbies reaction to them and their jealousy of each other. Toxic Masculinity never helped them. I think a part a lot of people have been missing is the actual best Ken/role model for men is Allan. There is no one else like him, the women were not threatened by his presence, he is strong, brave, and a good friend. Be an Allan! We appreciate the Allans!

Eric sobbing with laughter and saying helplessly "I love this movie" because of the Snyder cut joke...I feel so seen

I love watching Eric start this video off a little skeptical and not really excited... to slowly realizing how awesome the movie is.

I love Eric for being a guy who can show emotion. All of us are made to be able to and it's never made sense for men to tell other men they shouldn't cry. We do it for a reason and when we don't, we become damaged and start to harm others.

Margot Robbie really just killed it in this role. The facial expression work is incredible. She tells a story with every slight face change. As much as the dialogue is really well written and executed, there's so much storytelling that she is able to do non-verbally and it's wonderful.

Loved all your perspectives, and especially appreciated Calvin's point that most people who had "controversial" problems with this movie probably were really struggling with their own internal/personal conflicts, and the movie just struck a nerve.

A key part of the "controversy" is that Greta Gerwig has an important message she believes in with all her heart, that needs to be said. People are upset by a messenger if the message makes them uncomfortable.

The fact Harley Quinn, Gravik, Shang Chi, The Doctor, a ghostbuster, Buddy the Elf, Scott Pilgrim, a replicant, young Ashoka, and ugly Betty are all in this film featuring a cameo from Peacemaker and Matilda’s mom. Insane cast

Eric managing to just barely not cry and then getting hit with a laugh and the tears coming is my favorite part of this reaction.

The "pregnant Midge" controversy wasn't about the pregnancy itself. No, the pearls were being clutched because of the impression the doll gave that there was no man in the picture. Even though the packaging explicitly stated that Midge and Alan were married and this was their baby, the optics of Midge alone in her box with a baby was what Concerned Moms™ objected to. The solution wasn't to discontinue Midge, she was available for the standard market window. Mattel simply added a full size photo of the Alan doll in the Midge box, and that apparently made everything okay. 🤨

"She thinks I'm a fascist? I don't control the railways or the flow of commerce." is my favorite line in the entire movie and it's so underrated. It's a perfect encapsulation of how people just throw around the same terms nowadays in arguments without knowing what they mean.

Seeing the boys cry from the girlhood montage is the sweetest thing I’ve ever layed eyes on 😊

One of my favorite fun facts about the production of this film is that it caused a worldwide shortage of pink paint

Regarding “where are the Ken’s houses,” Ryan Gosling said in an interview that the Kens basically slept standing up huddled together on the beach each night like penguins. 😂

Heard good things, went to the cinema and 2mins in I'm thinking 'oh, maybe this isn't for me'. Left the cinema with such a big smile on my face... I'm pretty open to trying anything but as a 37yo male I did not expect to be calling Barbie one of my films of the year. What made me so pleased is that it wasn't afraid to laugh at itself, embraced the stupid and the fact Mattel clearly just said "we trust you, do whatever with the licence." It made such a big difference.

Rewatching the movie with Blind Wave I realized that I not only liked it, I loved it. When I'm not smiling I'm on the verge of crying. It so deserved to be the biggest box office of the year.

I like how much they got from watching this movie. When this movie came out I remember watching a few reviews on RU-vid made by men, and their reaction was pretty lukewarm and almost exactly the same, and it was something like "I didn't get much out of this movie, but it's fine because it's not a movie made for me ( a man)". But I feel like as a critic that's a failure. I'm also a man, and even without counting how much I laughed watching this movie, I definitely think it goes beyond just feminism. It's also a movie about identity and not being defined by other people's expectations, which are themes that go beyond gender.

I Ken-not believe they finally are reacting to this fun movie. Nothing like living life in plastic and it’s fantastic.

Seeing this movie opening weekend was one of the greatest movie theater experiences I’ve ever had 🥹 all ages, everybody dressed in their Barbie finest, everybody laughing and crying together (the Depression Barbie scene probably got the best reaction in my theater, we all felt so called out 🤣) it was just the best time!!

Thanks for having Janci in this! i really enjoyed watching her react to this too. Great reaction and discussion

This is why Blind Wave is the best! They get it!! Ive watched many reactions to this movie and a lot of people missed the point. Many of the haters of this movie heard the word "patriarchy" and stopped listening. Its funny, its brilliant, and has so many layers. I love this movie!

I love that you guys loved and enjoyed this movie. I can always trust yall to understand what a movie or show is saying and to appreciate all the aspects of it.

This film, more than anything else I can think of, demonstrates how performative gender truly is. If what it means to be a woman or a man change change that much, then your gender means whatever you say it means. Also, the idea of patriarchy is as harmful to men as to women.

yes, they actually built real sets for Barbieland to the point they caused a world shortage of pink paint.

Janci added so much to this reaction. Even just seeing her simple exasperation at the stupid stuff us guys find hilarious brought me so much joy

I can’t remember Barbie making me feel less than but teen magazines definitely made me feel I need to be skinny and this is how you get a boyfriend stuff

Yay, Janci is here! All you guys crying made me tear up more. That part at the end really pulls at your heart strings when you think of the things your mom has gone through, and other women... I love the Ken shirt under Calvin's Kenough hoodie. Watching Eric laugh inredulously with Ryan's bits is a treasure. Great reaction!!

When it comes to interference, I did hear that Mattel were concerned about one (undisclosed) scene after reading the script so their COO flew to the UK and visited them on set. Greta and Margot sat down with him and talked through it and then performed it live. The COO got the point there were making then and left them too it, reassured in their vision and happy to trust them with the brand.

There really is no such thing as "girls toys and boys toys", it is purely what is put on by society. I used to work in a children's nursery and over the years the amount of times I saw boys playing with baby dolls and wearing fairy wings while the girls played with the cars and bricks is so ridiculously higher than people would expect. This is because at nursery the kids would play with the toys that they don't have at home, parents rarely buy their sons baby dolls, or their daughters race cars, so when at nursery that's exactly what they would play with. If you offer children both options you might be surprised which ones they choose. Boys and girls both playing with baby dolls is so good for their development as it encourages empathy and independence, as well as preparing them for if they ever have a younger sibling, having a toddler change a nappy (diaper for the Americans) on a baby doll can help them see that they are not a baby anymore and can encourage them to want to stop wearing nappies themselves. Offering a variety of toys and other playing materials (such as cardboard boxes, old keys etc:) is extremely healthy and good for their development. There should not be a difference between girls toys and boys toys, children should be free to play with whatever they find interesting. Sorry, didn't mean for this to be such a long comment, just wanted to share my experience of working with children from over the years.

That's the thing I love about the message. The movie is very feminist and from the viewpoint of women. The speach was brilliant imo, I felt very seen. But the whole point is, that the system of patriarchy isn't just toxic for women, it's also toxic for men. As they said, they had the seeds of their own destruction. Ken felt like he HAD to be Barbies boyfriend to have any value, any happyness. Then built that whole construct with his boys club but in the end wasn't really happy because what he really cared about was horses and feeling valued for who he was. But learned that this doesn't have to happen through Barbie's love. He's Ken'ough the way he is.

“I feel relief after watching the movie… like… they get it” I felt the exact same way. Thank you Janci. Finishing this movie feels like such a sigh of relief. Like, yes it’s sad and deals with very sad topics about sexism and oppression, but it also made me feel so seen. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt like a movie was made with me in mind until this one. It felt like Greta Gerwig wrapped it in a pink bow and put it on my doorstep and said “i understand you”. i’m so happy that other people can feel the same way.

Ryan Gosling deserves an oscar for this performance just from his sheer commitment alone. He really killed it

Eric made a great point about boys toys emphasis on fantasy where the girls toys emphasize training to be an adult who takes care of others . Barbie is as important cuz you could visualize being your own person and trying different roles in life

Janci is absolutely charming and insightful, and I love how she looks at Eric. I hope she does more videos.

I felt, just like Janci, a relief that my favorite youtubers loved and, above all, understood the movie. But at the same time it doesn't surprise me because you’ve always proven to be such a gentlemen. I love you guys very much and thank you for laughing, understanding and empathizing with this movie, I didn't expect anything less from you. Greta co-wrote the film with her husband Noah, it made me very happy to hear you talk about the great decisions she made as a director and writer.

greta is absolutely masterful at what she does. one of her other movies the 2019 version of "little women" is also one of my favourites she has such a beautiful way of showing the experience of girlhood. & yes! she wrote this movie alongside her significant other noah baumbach. some other random facts are: 1. the actor that plays sasha's dad is actually america's (sashas mom's) husband in real life. and all the scenes of him learning spanish were added because greta saw america and her husband laughing about his terrible spanish on set 2. after ryan was cast in this movie he saw one of his daughters kens laying face down in the dirt in his backyard and sent a picture to greta with the caption "i shall be your ken, for his story must be told" 3. greta often dresses in outfits to match her movies. the most well known example of this is her wearing a prom dress whilst directing the prom scene in her movie ladybird. so she wore entirely pink through the duration of directing this movie. 4. the lady in the bowling scene in the montage at the end is a friend of scott evans who played one of the kens (& is chris evans brother!). her name was kimberly and scott said she adored barbie but unfortunatley passed away before she got to see it on the big screen so he put a video of her forward for the montage as a tribute

In the sublime scene, if you watch you will see that Margot almost laughs. The reason is that on every take Ryan Gosling said something else and some of them were really weird and funny. Greta chose to use sublime.

They only got one F bomb and I think they used it perfectly lol

I remember completely writing off this movie when it was announced. How stupid I was because I did not expect to be hit with existential dread after seeing it😂😂😂 What a great movie this was

Didn't expect this movie to make me shed a tear.

Lol, my kid is 6 and got really into space in class this year. She ended up with a space costume, a cardboard spaceship, and a Barbie astronaut. (it came with a toothpaste and toothbrush)

I love the ken plot a lot. While I understand the barbie story line in a textbook sort of way, as a guy I can resonate a lot more with the message they were getting at with ken a lot more. The idea of not living solely through the perception of woman, being seen as holding status, and being beholden to machismo expectations, but also that horses are cool and that you can enjoy your masculinity in a way that doesn't reinforce a patriarchal status quo.

Sublime wasn't in the script btw he said a few things and that's what they picked. He did a decent bit of improv

It's hard for me to watch this movie, because my face aches like hell from smiling the whole time. Ugh, you just had to see the theaters during the Barbenheimer rush - SO MUCH PINK it was amazing. I love this movie, it hits just the same this time around.

I’m glad Barbie, Alan, and the Kens, finally see what this movie is really about🩷

the What was I made for scene, makes me cry every time!

I just want Ryan Gosling to perform at the Oscars 2024 so bad xD

Ryan was the best part of this movie, and I'm glad it really got to show off his talent in comedy. He killed it. And I've to mention the ending where Barbie gains her humanity, its such a beautiful scene.

I dare Mattel to actually sell the Depression Barbie!

I didn't know if Eric was going make it through the movie, he was laughing so hard! I loved it!

Super happy to see you guys react to Barbie. Glad you guys liked it and understood the meaning behind it.

by the 2000's barbie had 4 little sisters: Skipper, Stacy, Kelly and Krissy

I watched the movie with my girlfriends at the cinema all decked out in pink representing different barbies and with a glas of champagne in the beginning (from our cinema) and neither of us expected to cry at the bus station scene already let alone at all because we thought it would be lighthearted but the reality of what it means to be a woman hit us straight in the face honestly. The Bus station scene, America Ferreras Speech and when Barbie turns human had me bawling simply because in the station scene the humanity around barbie touched me so deeply. It made me realize that you have no idea what‘s going on in others lives people laughing, people griefin g etc. The speech is self explanatory I just felt incredibly seen as a woman by every single sentence. and the moment barbie turns human gave me so much nostalgia I saw snippets of my childhood, memories with friends, my mum who did her best to raise my sister and I. It truly hit me. The moment I heard all my girlfriends cry with me because they too related and saw us so excited for the premiere all in our pink outfits and giggling like we used to meeting up as kids to play with dolls outside, talking about crushes, tea parties, standing up for eachother, protecting eachother. This movie honestly gave us everything and I adore it to bits because of thw plot but mostly because of the experience I had seeing all the women in the theater in unity laughing and relating to eachother. Added bonus, leaving the cinema and going to the subway and strangers yelling „hi barbie!“ for you to yell back the same/ with the ken alternative. It was truly great

this is the best response i’ve seen to this movie! so many reactions to it end in rants about how it’s somehow anti-men, whilst completely bypassing the actual things it has to say. it is so touching to see you all getting emotional and actually listening instead of simply hearing

I always love the scene with Billie Eilish's song playing in the background... and I look forward to seeing how people react.

The controversy was quite literally people being uncomfortable with the flaws in our society. As a man, I can say that I was very informed by this film of the struggle of women in society by this film when I saw Barbenheimer in the theater. What I loved about it is that it’s bipartisan in the way it breaks down gender norms. (Something I’m assuming why there’s a female and male writer for the script) It does cater towards the struggle of women more obviously, since it’s a girl’s toy. It did a good job in both respects. I can tell yall that I was not a fan of the Snyder cut dig on 1st watch, but going through with you guys i fully understood the context of the joke. Thanks for making this well worth the wait for y’all reacting to this!!

I love the nuance you guys got out of this film just as much as the fun and jokes.

Eric is rocking the Alan outfit! I love Greta Gerwig's films so I had high hopes for this and it did not disappoint. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it!

40:35 Mark! Once I learned that "Barbie" was named after her daughter and "Ken" was named after her son, I belatedly thought it was strange to see people treat them as lovers like in the "Toy Story" movies and in Reality 😮

The I'm Kenough was my favourite joke in the movie so I feel like it's a shame the merch spoiled that moment for these guys. I loved Alan being gay without "hardly" showing it. And his battle cry of "all Ken's clothes fit me" with a tone of resentment and anger because what choice did he have than to wear Ken's clothes, Alan dolls *wouldn't* have had his own line of outfits like Ken had.

My favourite line is the one about the Kens having as much power and influence in Barbieland as women have in the real world! I thought that was brilliant, and literally everyone in the cinema laughed and even cheered that line when I saw it. Overall as a woman I felt so much of this film, it was not only funny, but so clever; but it also did such a good job and making you feel and see things from Ken's POV as well. People say it's a feminist film, and use feminist as if its a bad word, but I say it's a film that promotes true gender equality. It points out that Barbieland is unfair for the Kens and the Real World is unfair for women, true equality is somewhere between the two, true balance. This film has such a strong, wonderful message and it is given to us in such wonderful, fun, wrapping paper of silliness and over the top performances.

30:38 People either say the speech caused women to cheer in the movie theatre, or they say the speech caused them to hear sniffles from women crying.

i knew i could trust you with the importance and brilliance of this movie

She did give him a present everyday, but his daughters ended up with all of it. It was a joke she didn't have to. Greta Gerwig wanted Ryan and she had never met him. He told Greta he would so it because he found a Ken in the mud in his yard and no one carried about Ken so his story must be told. They had so much fun making it. I watched a video of Nucti Gatwa talking about it. He is the new Dr Who and is the Ken in yellow. He says it was so much fun and that Margot and Ryan are so giving and nice. He said it was hard to get through a scene without laughing because Ryan was so funny. Ryan says his daughters didn't understand why he would want to be Ken because no one plays with or likes Ken. Ryan built a Barbie Dream House for his girls the Christmas before they started filming and he said it was really weird to be in one after building one.

The actors really did a great job with this movie. I hope they get nominated for an Academy Award.

"I feel relieved... like they get it." Me too, girl. Me too.

I had brothers so I went through the 5 stages of barbie grief. 1. guarding barbies from being blasted with fireworks, 2. crying because barbie was stolen for fireworks, 3. bargaining for candy or money with brothers for dolls for firewoks, 4. resigning myself to picking out a sacrifice barbie for fireworks, 5. Yay, time to blow up barbies with fireworks!

Gosling goes so far over the top, he takes flight!😂

Love this reaction. Went into the movie pretty sceptical, as someone who isn't a huge barbie fan + didn't love the idea of the IP movie, but left having laughed/cried. It was just a clever execution of a fun premise by Greta Gerwig - who directed one of my favourite movies Little Woman. Also fun fact that one of the Ken's was Chris Evans (aka Captain America) brother Scott and another was the Ncuti Gatwa aka the 15th Doctor. Also really loved America Ferrera in this movie, the speech she gave was lovely and moving.

Ryan did alot of improv. The 'Sublime' moment was tried with several other lines. The 2 pairs of sunglasses was all him too. Plus you've got Slash on guitar during the big dance number.

Eric out here rocking that Allen shirt!

Many thanks to Eric, Janci, Calvin and Aaron! 🌺 The profundity matches the humor. I'm so thrilled for Greta Gerwig and crew.

Even with all the overwhelming praise it got opening weekend I had no idea what to expect going in to see Barbie. And yet I haven’t laughed at a comedy this hard that wasn’t a Jackass movie in almost a decade!! There were moments I couldn’t breathe because I was laughing so hard. If this movie is not nominated for a ton of Oscars at the upcoming Academy Awards it proves they truly don’t like comedies. Also I want to see a duet of I’m Just Ken and Peaches from The Super Mario Bros movie at the Oscars!

If y'all wanna learn about Barbie's IRL creation and history, I cannot recommend enough The Toys That Made Us's episode Barbie. Also gives it context for the IRS line.

"Push" is such a perfect song for Ken, because it's about someone who was in a toxic relationship becoming the toxic person in their next relationship. I also was *not* expecting to see Rob Brydon (Sugar Daddy Ken) in this; I'm a big fan of Would I Lie To You?, but I've never seen him in anything stateside. It's super weird hearing him without his Welsh accent while not doing an impression of someone 😂 I love how much Eric enjoyed this! It was an entirely different joyful experience watching Eric's joy 😁 Especially at the "Margot Robbie is not the person to cast in the role to make this point" narration; I had to pause the movie to crack up when I first heard that 😂

“gO wOkE gO bRoKe!” Meanwhile Barbie is the top grossing movie of 2023

30:24 This is always such a crucial moment bc MAN. These frustrations get you so lost of whats needed or wanted and to realize we still desire the approval of others always and how detrimental that can be of what you are "supposed" to be.

Oh this is unexpected. I did shed some tears at the end when I watched this in the theater.

I have one word for Barbie, and that’s “delightful”. And I hardly ever use that word.

Subscribed. 🙂 I appreciate watching men watch this & understand it. Those who watched & couldn't appreciate it, seemed to be taking it personally, which would indicate they're the ones that really need to be trying to understand it instead of just being offended by it. It's been disappointing to see some of my fav male reactors in denial of what women deal w/ in life, especially then say "well men have problems to deal with too" as if it's the same, when we've never been on equal footing.

I love that there are so many of the supporting cast of Sex Education in roles here. ‎Emma Mackey as one of the Barbies, Conor Swindells has a breadth of roles going from portraying the founder of the SAS so being in this the Barbie movie. Oh and you have Ncuti Gatwa aka Dr Who...

This movie is an artistic and cultural masterpiece, full stop.

The four of you tearing up at the same time warms the heart.

The way that I RAN to my computer when I got the notification for this on my phone!!! OMGOMGOMG

Your reactions made me so beyond happy! Some of the reactors I enjoy watching just didn't get it so it's wonderful to see some of my favorite reactors get it and enjoy it

I love that you all dressed for this! 💗

Knew there would be tears shed!!! Its an incredible existential and empathetic movie. Love it. If you guys are up for something that kinda will give you the feels, I recommend the anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's end. It's a slice of life, fantasy adventure anime and it's beautiful.

“Better than Battleship” should have been the poster tagline.

Ariana was magnificent in this movie! I know her in Infinity War as young Gamora and Tabitha in Boss Baby: Family Business and Back in the Crib, and I recently saw her great performance as young Ahsoka on Ahsoka! I'm so proud of her for all her great achievements!!

How did Aaron not explode in laughter at the Beach Off

16:00 love this scene so much great example of the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi which is basically a concept that finds the beauty in imperfections and changes that come with age

The line about mothers standing still to show far their daughters can go guts me every time.

this movie broke me lol. i’m a trans man and i actually miss presenting as a girl because the community and “sisterhood” was so nice to be a part of. i’m not saying i regret transitioning because im much happier with myself now, but women are so amazing and beautiful and they deserve the world. i’m saying this because i really appreciated Alan’s role in this movie, i feel like he represents all the feminist trans men. i am literally him. he’s so me it’s crazy.

Love the discussion too! You’re good people❤😊