Here are a few reasons why KSLcom contributor John Clyde liked 'Barbie' and a few reasons it left him wanting.
, but Gosling steals the show. My favorite part of the movie may have been his musical number about Ken's existential crisis. All the Kens get involved, but this is Gosling's rodeo."Barbie" is a movie with a particular message. The message is important, but I don't love how they delivered it.The "Barbie" movie's primary focus is on the empowerment of women, and it's a personal message to me.
I love the message "Barbie" has, but the mode of delivery felt clunky and uneven. The film started out with a fun and funny vibe and wove the message in expertly. Then, at one point in the movie, we hit the brakes, full stop, and changed the tone to deliver the message in a much more serious and nonsubtle way. We went from clever to boorish on the delivery, which threw me out of the world we started in and not in a great way.
Smart satire is tough to do, and "Barbie" was doing it well for a time and then seemed to leave all that behind, which was unfortunate."Barbie" is officially rated PG-13 and this feels like the correct rating. The movie shows a lot of skin between perfectly shaped Barbies and Kens, but nothing gratuitous. And there is no language except for a specific word bleeped out at one point. The small amount of violence is absurd and not really violent, just funny.
However, there is a fair amount of misogyny, and it shines an exaggerated light on the issue that could be uncomfortable for some younger viewers. This movie is for a little more mature audience. The content is not too heavy for younger kids, but a few jokes that will likely go over their heads are in there, and they may get bored.
Understand, the satire is not lost on me that this is how women have felt for many years, and, ethically, that's not right. Still, I also don't think it's right to show my son he should be ashamed of his gender instead of finding equality and balance.
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