the times barbie movie review

The movie opens with a prelude that parodies the "dawn of man" sequence in "2001: A Space Odyssey" (with girls, not ape-men), and then shifts to Barbie Land, a kaleidoscopic wonderland.

July 19, 2023. As reviews for "Barbie" rolled out ahead of its weekend opening, a critical divide emerged. Some thought that Greta Gerwig, the acclaimed director of "Lady Bird" and ...

By Stephanie Zacharek. July 18, 2023 7:00 PM EDT. T he fallacy of Barbie the doll is that she's supposed to be both the woman you want to be and your friend, a molded chunk of plastic—in a ...

July 21, 2023. 5 min read. "Barbie," director and co-writer Greta Gerwig 's summer splash, is a dazzling achievement, both technically and in tone. It's a visual feast that succeeds as both a gleeful escape and a battle cry. So crammed with impeccable attention to detail is "Barbie" that you couldn't possibly catch it all in a ...

Margot Robbie in the movie "Barbie.". (Warner Bros.) By Justin Chang Film Critic. July 18, 2023 4 PM PT. Greta Gerwig's "Barbie," an exuberant, sometimes exhaustingly clever piece of ...

A Barbie movie had been in development, with Universal and then Sony, since 2009, around the time Mattel allowed Barbie to appear in Pixar's "Toy Story 3."

There's a moment in the film where Mirren makes a tongue-in-cheek joke about Robbie being too beautiful to feel insecure. Dickson argues that Barbie has to look like Robbie to get audiences who ...

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 ...

Barbie is a visually dazzling comedy whose meta humor is smartly complemented by subversive storytelling. Read Critics Reviews. Clever, funny, and poignant, Barbie is an entertaining movie with a ...

Wednesday September 4 2024. Search The Times and The Sunday Times. Past six days Explore Times Radio. A frequently hilarious script and anthemic musical number give Greta Gerwig's film, starring Margot Robbie, a delightfully skittish energy.

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. This is a saga of self ...

Will fans of Greta Gerwig's other movies enjoy Barbie? "In some ways, Barbie builds on themes Gerwig explored in Lady Bird and Little Women."- Lovia Gyarkye, Hollywood Reporter "Barbie balances the incredibly pointed specificity of the jokes and relatability of Lady Bird, with the celebration of women and the ability to show a new angle of something we thought we knew like we saw ...

The tone of the film was criticised by Time's Stephanie Zacharek, who said: "It's a movie that's enormously pleased with itself. Barbie never lets us forget how clever it's being, every exhausting ...

It's why films and television shows get turned into "content", and why writers and actors end up exploited and demeaned. Barbie, in its own sly, silly way, gets to the very heart of why ...

From 'beach-off' to dream ballet, The Times has just #Kenough guidance to help you make sense of the 'Barbie' movie's climactic musical number. July 28, 2023 Movies

Greta Gerwig's exuberantly pink new movie "Barbie" both understands that thrill and has sly fun with it. After a wonderfully over-the-top, "2001: A Space Odyssey"-inspired prologue ...

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling achieve some sublime moments as the dolls who discover life isn't easy outside the safety of Barbieland. By Richard Roeper. Jul 18, 2023, 4:00pm PDT. "Barbie ...

Barbie: Directed by Greta Gerwig. With Margot Robbie, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp. Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Greta Gerwig's Barbie is often good and sometimes great, but it always feels like it's fighting to be itself rather than the movie Warner Bros. and Mattel Films want. By Charles Pulliam-Moore ...

Barbie review: Margot Robbie is explosive in Greta Gerwig's lurid assault on senses The screenplay is positively philosophical at times, as a self-conscious plot spins ever deeper into creative ...

Fans have been swarming movie theaters in a sea of pink since July 20 to catch one of the summer's biggest blockbusters, "Barbie.". Warner Bros. reported that the Greta Gerwig film has ...

Director Atul Sabharwal brings a tale set in 1993's Delhi, that revolves around the specially abled Ashok Kumar (played by Ishwak Singh), who has been caught on the suspicion of being a spy for ...

The arts rarely have anything good to say about critics. That they're not generally the hero of many stories is, at the very least, understandable. More often they're portrayed as joyless, cruel ...

Former "Nashville" child star Maisy Stella returns to acting with a witty big-screen debut as a teen who chats with her older self, played by Aubrey Plaza.

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King plays Tally with more conviction than the movie deserves, alongside Keith Powers and Chase Stokes as her crushes and Brianne Tju as a punkish hoverboarder who yearns to join an anti-surgery ...

The highly anticipated 3D film 'Ajayante Randam Moshanam' starring Tovino Thomas has captivated audiences with its stunning visuals and engaging storyline. Critics and netizens alike praise its ...

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An assassin (Dave Bautista) meets his match (Sofia Boutella), but a diagnosis sets off an absurd chain of events in this rom-com action movie. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...