Barbie - Untitled Review Show 

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I'll say this, really appreciate Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling for committing to the physical comedy. Like half the best visual gags are when characters move like they're dolls contorting limbs the way dolls are allowed to move.

Barbies don't think. We give them their character, personality, what they think about, etc. That is why every barbie is different. It's what we assign them to be, is who they are.

The contrast between the theater was so funny, Barbie and Oppenheimer were right across from each other and a line started to build up to go inside, on one side was a line filled with people wearing pink and on the other were people dressed drab and dark

I think because she didn’t know she was having an identity crisis really. She just wanted to get back to Barbie Land and have everything be back the way it was. That was her motivation, but as she started to think more deeply and become more self aware she gained agency and realised she didn’t want that anymore. She wanted to be a whole person and not just a stereotype.

Saying you don't get a movie, but acknowledging that it wasn't made for you and that people who it is made for will enjoy it, is something I always appreciate. You acknowledge that and don't talk down to people who would enjoy this film. Kudos~

Barbie doesn’t really have a character, she’s whatever the individual person wants her to be, I guess it’s really subjective. Barbie is always known for what she stands for, the icon who can do it all. I think focussing on the later makes more sense. Maybe my thoughts differ after I’ve seen it.

@4:24 Life Size. The movie you want to see is called Life Sized. Babie-ish doll comes to life to help a girl through the grief of losing her mother.

I found it interesting that the trailer said that if you hate Barbie, then this is the movie for you.

The most chilling part of the movie is when Barbie said “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”

If I had a nickel for every time I saw Will Ferrell play an antagonistic CEO in a movie produced by Warner Bros about a world-famous toy line... I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

The movie Doug is talking about that this could have been with the mom and daughter kind of already exists: its called Life Size.

I always wanted action figures, but instead got hand-me-down barbies, so I cut my sisters shirts and used the pieces as Amazon warrior dresses and made the barbies fight to the death.

I think Barbie and Ken not having defined personalities is kind of the point, so that didn't bother me, and I loved how committed Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were to every facet of it. You are, however, right when it comes to America Ferrera and Ariana Greenblatt, I do feel those characters were shortchanged for that really weird patriarchy subplot, and while I do think a lot of people will connect with the commentary, it did get annoying how surface-level a lot of it was (which it sort of has to be, if it's Barbie)... I wish Gloria and Sasha had been driving more of the narrative and we had spent more time in the Real World (which... even that got too weird at times).

I confess: Back in the 90s, i was a little boy but I used to play with my older sister with her Barbie dolls and Gi.I.Joe with my twin brother. Also the screening was the pinkest I’ve seen in my life. Even my daughter was full of that color.

Sigh. To quote Bluey, "I don't want a valuable life lesson, I just want an ice cream!"

Rly appreciate these reviews from u. Doing this for so long and being a creator on utube for so long clearly helped u mature a lot and i feel ur honest reviews are some of the most unbiased ones u can find.

As a young woman myself who grew up playing with Barbies, I did notice the strong emphasis on “the contemporary feminist message” this movie focused on, and while it came close to bothering me luckily I think the movie was smart enough to not overstep the line too often and also tackle other topics and issues aside from “women are victims in the male world”. Like you mentioned, the scene where Barbie just takes in her surroundings and gets emotional for the first time was really emotional, all her scenes with Ruth were very deep explorations on existence and even the speech the Mom gives you didn’t like was not as preachy as one would think when you realise how often we all (men and women) still get put into boxes- you can’t be a successful modern woman and still enjoy being a full-time mother, you can’t be a loving and considerate man and still enjoy big & loud cars. The whole Ken-sublot could have been handled a bit better imo but it did show that both women AND men need a place in this (and the fictional) world. If you think this movie was too agenda-filled and preachy, imagine my surprise when out of the cinema my very conservative mother said she absolutely loves the movie and everything it did. As usual you get from a story what you yourself bring into it.

It is a shame that there was so much brilliant art direction, set work, props and costumes but it isn’t being supported by the writing. Or, even sabotaged. Doug tends to not dwell on “the message” stuff, so if even he is pointing it out and bothered, that says something.

Barbie doesn't really have a character. She's the original Bella Swan in that she's supposed to be the thing onto which you project yourself. She can be anything and I honestly think if this was trying to be a more traditional film with exploring her as a character it wouldn't have worked as well. She's more of a symbol than anything else and that symbolism is worth analyzing. There are movies that do what you want: Life-Size and Mannequin. They're not deep dives into character but they are mostly fun and are more character based than commentary based. I really don't think a Barbie character study would really work. It's like a Hot Wheels character study lol

They used none of Barbie's actual character lore. Like the fact she has three sisters and stuff. That's what's been bugging me about it.

Him saying he totally forgot about Barbie, during the Ken Arc, must be the biggest compliment for the guys🤣

I just want a stupid movie that doesn't take itself too seriously and just gets meta and weird.

The Ken plot is way more interesting. Ken finds an identity outside of fighting other Kens for the attention of Barbie. Some how hypnotizes the Babies into thinking the Kens are more interesting and desirable, only after being given a speech about how hard life is for them, do Barbies snap out of it and pit the Kens against each other so that they can retake their power and put Kens back to how they used to be and put Kens back to how they used to be as background objects that live only for the attention of Barbie.

I find it hard to believe that this movie has a story that needed 2 hours to tell it.

If you're looking for a film about Barbie the character, her identity, her likes, her wants, her desires, may I present you the 40+ films starring Barbie!! 🙂

My biggest issue is that they had so many story lines we actually werent sure how to sum up the movies plot .

Imagine when DANIEL KALUUYA’s new Barney film is gonna come out, everybody is gonna dress purple. 😆 I’m down to dress like him as Thanos 🫰

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It sounds like they would have had a good, interesting movie if they'd played Barbie and Ken's relationship straight, idealized, and kept the focus on Barbie and the two women. The idea that she gets sad because she's reflecting the thoughts of the one playing with her is really interesting. Could have had a bit of existential commentary with less of an over the top message about other stuff.

We better see a Nostalgia Critic review of this in the future.

Just from what I've seen and heard (so, I might be completely wrong but won't admit to it or change anything after I eventually watched the movie), I think the way it is, it might have more potential to stick to pop culture for a long time, even if it's just as a "what the hell was going on in the 2020s?" fever dream. Maybe, in terms of plot and well-rounded message, focusing on the mother and daughter arch would have created a more well-rounded movie. But let's be honest, do we need another movie about a mother and daughter/father and son duo who are at odds and are brought back together by a dolly godmother/dog/another dog/polar bear cub/cat/Golden Retriever/care bear/horse/Captain Hook who comes to steal the children and forces the as-good-as-estranged dad do turn back into Peter Pan to save them/Freaky Friday Magic or a dog and it all ends with words of profound every-day-wisdom and a hug?

Doug: Hi Barbie! Barbie: Hi Doug! Doug: Can I go see your movie? Barbie: Sure thing! Doug: Alright!

Ohh it's one of my most hated tropes. "What if this character but in the real world!" eh Masters of the Universe, Beatmaster II, Smurfs, Sonic, Rocky & Bullwinkle, etc etc etc. Anyone know what it's called in TV Tropes?

Im was never into Barbie, but i was exposed to it enough to imagine that in Barbieland, women, or the Barbies, are the dominant gender, since they play every role, president, doctors, military, cops etc. So would it make more sense that Ken would be the oppressed/discriminated gender? So, if anything, Ken should be the one learning from the real world that he can be anything, not just a Barbie accessory. In the trailer, Ken(Gosling) was looking for a male doctor, and he assumed that a female doctor is not a real thing when in the world he came from, I assumed most doctors will be Barbies, so that's a kinda stupid plot hole.

I just saw the movie and I’m just gonna say it… I just feel bad for Ken. I get what they were trying to do throughout the movie, but I also felt they kind of hurt their message as well with the Ken treatment. Even at the end, it still felt pretty mean to Ken, even if they did get a win, in a sense. The last third felt like they had something more they could have told with trying to make things different but fair instead of mostly turning it all back to normal, but they didn’t take it.

Review from someone who grew up with Barbie: This movie made me feel like everything I loved about Barbie was valued and loved. It was like feeling like a little girl again, looking at my favorite Barbie and imagining what she could be like that day. Every emotional moment took me by force, every joke I understood very well because I knew these stories and seeing her up close being the barbie was much more special. In my country, the person who dubbed Margot Robbie was the voice of Barbie from the movies and cartoons of my childhood. So it was like seeing an old friend again, but this time she needed me. It's hard to express, but it was so genuinely special to me, especially the final stretch of the film. I cried with Barbie, I smiled with Barbie and I knew that she was the same girl as many years ago despite having changed so much. The basic Barbie was my favorite because she could be whatever I wanted without anyone telling her who she should be. I didn't think Barbies wanted to be anything other than Barbie, but that basic Barbie that no one told her she should be other than beautiful? This one wanted to be more than just basic Barbie, she wanted to be able to dream like the people who dreamed with her. For me was a perfect Barbie movie.

I felt the exact same about the movie!! I liked the jokes and laughed throughout the film and everything, but early on when Barbie sees the memories of the mother and daughter playing with the dolls, it made me start to hope for and expect a completely different plot and narrative than it ended up delivering in the end. I still had a lot of fun watching it because of the humor, but was let down by the end by the plot in general.

If you wanna see a lighthearted Barbie comedy, with this "plastic toy logic" humor, you might like the animated show "Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse". xD It doesn't take itself seriously.

The characters of Barbieland are ideas theoretically meant to impact the real world. Literally in the intro of the movie it says that Barbie being able to be anything is supposed to empower women to be/do anything. Barbie WAS CREATED, she EXISTS for the message of women's rights, that's why 'the message' is such a central part of the movie and the characters. (And then whether Barbie actually succeeds in impacting the real world in this 'intended' way is another issue)

I grew up with the classic CGI Barbie movies, i was and still am a huge fan. The irony for me with this movie is that the originals have much better commentary and themes while still being an engaging movie. Erica left her king to travel the world before settling down, Elina had no romantic partner at all and saved her world twice. Genevieve worked with Derek to expose Duchess Rowena. Rapunzel saved her prince's sisters and the prince himself. These weren't passive characters who were put upon by men, and the men weren't soyboys or alpha men, Julian was a man who searched for Annalise and formulated a plan to save her. Aiden sacrificed his hope of reunification with his family for Annika. We need more movies with character like these. Strong women who don't need men, but chose *men* who support them. I'll step off my soapbox now.

So, is everyone else planning on watching "Barbieheimer"? Two movies, one about a man made creation that has the power to destroy the world, the other is about the atomic bomb.

Toy Story 3 Ken is the definitive Ken! He's perfect!

I wanna see Doug’s Opinion on seeing Oppenheimer tomorrow or whenever he posts a video about it.

There should have been a scene with old man ken and older Barbie played by Michael Keaton and Jodi Bendon 😂

I liked the ending up to the white fade out. The film should've ended on something the viewers can decide, sticking with the theme of not needing a happy ending.

I used to love Barbies growing up. Including makeover, hair cuts and throwing them out of the window. I didnt care about the politics I just wanted to see how many limbs she had left after her skydiving.

I felt like they identified your key point- the general Barbie had no identity. She wasn’t President Barbie, or Astronaut Barbie and it was about her finding herself in the real world and struggling

If I had to name another film that’s somewhat close to this, it’s Legally Blond.

The movie felt like it was trying to almost militantly reinforce current cultural attitudes and overall it was just a very weirdly overly self-conscious movie.

The message is exhausting because it’s exhausting living through these issues. They tackled it really well and I loved the message and the exploration of self.

Im a Barbie collector and I decided that that I dont like the movie very much. I agree that the focus was really not there. There were a lot of ideas picked up that never really went anywhere. I was really into the thought of dying part, having flat legs, and the explanation was just brushed over. Also, was the Barbieland that we saw just from Gloria's imagination, meaning there's a different Barbieland for every girl who's playing with Barbie or does every Barbie in Barbieland have an individual girl counterpart playing with her in the real world? The rules and logic of the movie just weren't established enough.

I want to see a bunch of mean looking bikers buy tickets to this movie.

I really wanted a meta take on Barbie like in The Lego Movie.

This movie WAS made for me, a teenage girl who grew up LOVING Barbie, and I’m not sure I really liked it. I agree with him that we don’t learn about Barbie much as a character or really see her go on a full journey. The movie is full of too many deep low points. There were at least six deep and emotional parts in the movie that should have been cut down and saved for the end to have their full impact. It was funny and I loved to watch the scene in Barbie Land for the nostalgia but the only thing you really left this movie with was “Men Ken Bad, Barbie Good.”

I am so happy my cartoon Barbie collection is nearly complete, physical copies, cuz if this movie does well then who knows what they'll do to the next one.

Man, the moment she says “I have become Barbie, the destroyer of Barbie-worlds” had my spine tingling! What a movie!!!

Mattel once tried to sue Tom Forsythe for his Photo Series involving Barbies and trying to draw a parallel between Barbie and shallow consumerism. Mattel lost and was ordered to pay all legal fees. Mattel also tried to sue MCA Records for the release of Aqua's main hit song, "Barbie Girl." The courts repeatedly dismissed the case. Barbie is such a massive entity, household name, and successful brand, that she (and the brand itself) are household names. Barbie IS social commentary, and if she's isn't currently commenting herself, she becomes the subject of commentary. If you need another example of this, look no further than conservatives crying and pounding their fists over the Green M&M spokes-candy briefly being put into tennis shoes instead of her high-heeled go-go boots, and it should make sense. Barbie cannot be anything nor go anywhere without at least some social or political commentary. Heck, even in the "Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse" series, Raquelle is a character that exists almost solely to be Barbie's antagonistic fremeny, but ironically also serves as more social commentary on just how unrealistic of standards Barbie maintains that virtually nobody can keep up with.

Hmm, I’m not sure if this movie will be for me. I saw the trailers and I was thinking this would be more of a satirical, fish-out-of-water take on Barbie, and I was interested in seeing that. But hearing that it really isn’t is kind of turning me off from this. I’ll have to ask some of my friends their opinions on this as well.

There are already a bunch of good animated Barbie movies, if what you want is a movie about Barbie the character. This movie is about Barbie the social phenomenon, and it's a way for a bunch of middle aged women to watch a hot girl wear tons of pretty clothes while also feeling very smart and self-important and ironic about the whole thing. In a way it's similar to some of the recent adaptations of male brands, in that it's both parasitic on the appeal of the original property while using the movie as a chance to deconstruct it (Lucasfilm comes to mind). It's more stylish than the most recent Bond or Lucasfilm movie though.

The Barbie Movie is pretty much Enchanted withouth the enchantment.

I'm seeing it tomorrow when it hits my hometown. And whether I find it good, or "so bad it's good," I know I'm going to have a fun time watching Margot, Ryan, and Will doing their thing.

Not even this movie doesnt deserve Aqua's Ironic and "nostalgic" song we grew up during teenhood.

For me, living in Kazakhstan, this film came up very well. The mother speach was so real. And my friend, that not too emotional cried, I never saw her cry over a movie before. Sorry for my English.

I couldn't agree more with you. In my case the whole movie felt so boring and I was exhausted with so much exposition about everything, I honestly couldn't even feel the climax if there was one

As a little kid, I played with barbie dolls with my cousin and had a crush on the doll funny enough

I had (somewhat of) a fun time, especially because of Gosling, but I won't rewatch it, and I don't think kids (supossedly the target audience) will either. At my screening some of the adults were laughing constantly but children didn't really get into it except for the physical comedy bits, and I even heard a mom telling her kids "that was kind of tedious, wasn't it?"

I keep people saying "Barbie isn't a character, that's the point" but like... why create a movie literally named Barbie then? Like, we're not expected to sit and watch a movie about a non-character for two hours. Clearly they were trying to give her some characteristics, some wants, some goals. The end result just ended up feeling, in my opinion, rather shallow and unfocused.

My mom is only going to see it because of Margot Robbie, who she obsesses over for her Harley Quinn roles.

Complaining about barbie not being character focused kind of misses the point that this barbie is a blank slate that slowly grows an identity. I do agree that the messaged being resaid over and over in the end. Did drag and it could use 15 minutes cuts.

I think it's a pretty message saying that Barbie is tired of being perfect. She wants to try the human impefect world, and that is where it got me so sad 😢

Everything I've heard about the plot sounds terrible, which is a bummer because the trailers made it look like a fun time

Just saw this with a friend. Aesthetically it's a pretty and creative movie to watch. Margot Robbie is a great actress. It felt preachy at times, though. I agree that it felt like the commentary was driving the movie and not the characters. Still entertaining a fair bit, but I personally wouldn't watch it again. Honestly, if they chose a storyline and stuck with it, it'd feel less messy, but they throw a lot at you. It was simultaneously about Barbie's existential crisis, and a challenging relationship between a mom and daughter, and the mom feeling an emptiness in her life, and society's expectations of women, and Ken taking a bizarre turn (won't spoil), and patriarchy, and both Barbie and Ken's identity crisis, and.... honestly I could go on, but you get the point, it's a lot. With all of this crammed in, there's not a lot of room to explore any of these points in an insightful or subtle way. Because of this, the film feels shallow at times, which I definitely think is not what it's going for. I felt like if they explored the relationship between Barbie, America Ferrara, and her daughter, it would've been a more interesting movie with a more substantial message. Barbie discovering that she doesn't have to be perfect all the time, America Ferrara discovering that it's okay to vocalize your own discontentment and remember that imaginative little girl inside of you who had aspirations and a zest for life, and her daughter realizing that her mom struggles with the same insecurities that she does and that's okay, and acknowledging that Barbie doesn't have to represent "unattainable perfection" but instead be a tool for young girls to dream and be excited for their future.

I took my cousins to see it and all three of us loved it. My youngest (14) said "they hit the nail on the head" on what it's like to be a woman/girl in the modern day. My other cousin (15) adores Ken and thinks he's so funny. I acknowledge there's problems with pacing and characters but the ending with the Billie Eilish song really got me close to tears (the theater was full of screaming and unsupervised children so it was hard to focus on the movie).

This Disneycember you should review Life-Size with Lindsay Lohan and Tyra Banks. It was a movie about a girl who accidentally brings a doll to life. It would work with the new Barbie out this year.

I was concerned because of the SAG strike that doug wouldn't ne doing this until the strikes end (same with the weekly nostalgia critic episodes)

my fav barbie movie is the snl skit with britney spears and cris pratt as heman.. thats what i would have wanted

Am I the only one who remembers the movie Life size. In some ways I think that movie did it way better.

Pretty much totally agree with Doug on this one, they tried to throw a little too much into it and the third act definitely suffers. Ryan Gosling is definitely the stand out performance in the movie, he's fantastic at comedy made me crack up a lot

Very curious to see your opinion. Personally I really liked the film, it kind of brought everything out of the concept as how Barbie is seen in contemporary society.

From the sarcasm and campiness in the trailers I would have hoped it would have been more like The Brady Bunch Movie. Apparently not, but thanks for the honest review.

I would like for the nostalgia critic to review Barbie one day very soon if kindly possible.

what message? there are like hundreds of different ones and the only common thing between them all is "chill" - stop being you and start being a decent human to everyone

You kinda summed up what I thought about this perfectly. Like, I guess it's technically better than a barbie movie should be. But it absolutely peaks half way through in terms of jokes and then it just becomes mind numbing in the second half with the political commentary. Almost none of the second have gags landed for me, and it went on for waaay too long at the end.

Hah. Barbie getting old. The Mattel execs would probably disembowel themselves with feral cats before that ever happens.

"It looks nice" is starting to become the weakest argument to see a movie for me.

4:30 I'd honestly love to see you guys do a fanscription video on how a barbie movie like that could work

I'm not seeing this film for a very dumb reason. I grew up with those awkwardly animated Barbie movies that were all voiced by anime actress Kelly Sheridan and the fact that she doesn't have a cameo in this really bugs me.

I'll give it a shot because my gf wants to see it. This kind of confirms my fears though. I just don't understand why they can't make a movie about Barbie in Barbieland doing Barbie stuff with some sort of conflict/resolution within that world. Why does every movie have to preach about something?

Doug, do you remember the Barbie animated TV special from the 1980s where she gives a rock concert in outer space and then accidentally goes back in time to the 1950s? I don't remember if it was actually any good, but as a boy child in the 80s, I remember liking it.

Tbh I’m disappointed of what I hear about this movie. Barbie has always been about having…Fun. I grew up watching a few Barbie movies, playing her games and have even seen some some episodes of the Barbie Dream House show. Barbie as a franchise knew it was catering to the fantasies of young children and it never betrayed that. So I was hoping a live-action Barbie would lean into that, somehow. Keeping that bizarre humor and fantasy presented in other Barbie media. What I’m hearing from others doesn’t make this movie seem like that at all. I already dislike the idea of “what if cartoon character was in OUR WORLD??!?” Scenario. Just…You could’ve done so much with Barbie and they chose *that*?

I'll say this.. It brought me SO much joy and happiness. I laughed so much more than i thought i would. But i still understand that it is a 2 hour commercial for barbie

The movie made me cry at the end 😭😭 when she was in that white place with the ghost of her creator it was so emotional for me, what made it even more emotional but thats litreally just me because near the end of my favorite show the secondary main character is in a place like that and that made me realy sad because both scenes in the white room were really emotional

Don't worry Doug, I saw this movie in a jam packed theater (full of mostly women) and it was super awkward how little the audience was laughing.

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8:00 America Ferrera just wants to live a normal life without having to be pressured to be something extraordinary. That’s where that scene with her and Will Ferrell comes into play when talking about a new doll. THAT is her wants and desires

Aren't there multiple Barbie movies? I remember seeing multiple movies starring her back when I was a kid.

He basically described LifeSize with Tyra Banks and Lindsay Lohan

The problem with this movie is that I couldn’t take the “serious commentary” seriously. Is it a comedy or a socially aware film? You can’t have both.

As someone who wanted a deeper thought-out piece, this movie broke my heart. Its silly, but there are constant high effort male IP films (DC, Marvel, ECT) that arent always good, but always have the oppurtunity to be good. there are not many Female aimed non kid movies about female IPs (see how tanked Winx and Powerpuff girls was). I feel like this was a one shot for it and failed miserably. I apprecaite the behind the scenes, the way the character committed, but the over the top explaining, and the clear hyper control mattel had ruined it. in a weird way, it felt like they spent the whole movie trying to convince me that they know what its like to be a woman, but were so obvious in there talking points it made me feel talked down to. There is some crazy adversity woman are facing right now, and I had a lot of hope for the possible impact of this film, it fell so short and feels like it gave woman haters a lot of fresh material.