Thank you so much Joanna, because your review did what the NYT 1 page article could not accomplish; thanks to you I WILL see Barbie! Barbie appeared at the end of my childhood and my cousin, who worked for the movie star, Ann Southern, put Barbie's official clothing choices to shame. I never knew that there was an intelligent, compassionate, self-aware Barbie lurking under the brocade lame dress with a matching coat, trimmed in mink that my Barbie used to wear and all the other ensembles that matched movie star Ann Southern's wardrobe . Thank you so much, Joanna, for telling me that I must go see this film! 👏👏👏👏
It's definitely wild and weird - but when you get that the "magical" land of Barbie is the girl's imagination and the world created for Barbie, it makes sense. IE they "fly" down from the top of the Barbie Dream House - whch seems odd. But watching my daughter play with dolls in a dollhouse, tht's what she does! She has the doll leap down from the second floor. It's stuff like that that gives the magic and brings us back to childhood - but I think some reviewers didn't quite get it!
I saw it tonight and I LOVED IT. It is honestly one of the best movies I've seen in a long time and I can't wait to see if again with my teenage son and my 11 year old daughter... they won't totally get it but I think they'll get enough for it to be meaningful. And hopefully my son learns a valuable lesson about whether or not future romantic partners want to be sung at :)
Thank you so much Joanna, because your review did what the NYT 1 page article could not accomplish; thanks to you I WILL see Barbie! Barbie appeared at the end of my childhood and my cousin, who worked for the movie star, Ann Southern, put Barbie's official clothing choices to shame. I never knew that there was an intelligent, compassionate, self-aware Barbie lurking under the brocade lame dress with a matching coat, trimmed in mink that my Barbie used to wear and all the other ensembles that matched movie star Ann Southern's wardrobe . Thank you so much, Joanna, for telling me that I must go see this film! 👏👏👏👏
It's definitely wild and weird - but when you get that the "magical" land of Barbie is the girl's imagination and the world created for Barbie, it makes sense. IE they "fly" down from the top of the Barbie Dream House - whch seems odd. But watching my daughter play with dolls in a dollhouse, tht's what she does! She has the doll leap down from the second floor. It's stuff like that that gives the magic and brings us back to childhood - but I think some reviewers didn't quite get it!
I saw it tonight and I LOVED IT. It is honestly one of the best movies I've seen in a long time and I can't wait to see if again with my teenage son and my 11 year old daughter... they won't totally get it but I think they'll get enough for it to be meaningful. And hopefully my son learns a valuable lesson about whether or not future romantic partners want to be sung at :)
One of my teen sons saw it Friday and loved it - I think he really did get it, so your older one might get it more than we think they will!