Premise:
Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence.
Directors:
Greta Gerwig
Writers:
Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
Cast:
Margot Robbie ... Barbie
Ariana Greenblatt ... Sasha
Kingsley Ben-Adir ... Ken
Ryan Gosling ... Ken
Emma Mackey ... Barbie
Hari Nef ... Barbie
Will Ferrell ... Mattel CEO
Nicola Coughlan ... Barbie
John Cena ... Ken
Dua Lipa ... Barbie
Helen Mirren ... Narrator
Simu Liu ... Ken
Michael Cera ... Allan
Kate McKinnon ... Barbie
America Ferrera ... Gloria
Alexandra Shipp ... Barbie
| RELEASE DATE | RUNTIME | ROTTENTOMATOES | IMDB | METACRITIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 21st, 2023 | 1hr 54m | 90% | TBD | 82 |
Serious question. Why are some saying Barbie is woke?
Because it discusses (and mocks) patriarchy, portrays a matriarchy, talks about the struggles of being a woman in America, and has no male characters that aren’t effete, silly, and impotent.
It’s a great movie.
And it also displays what pressures patriarchy causes to men. Even matriarchy is shown as broken (and a metaphor for the reverse in our real world history).
It’s promoting emancipation equally for male/female/anyone
Sure their matriarchy is also broken, but at least they overturned Citizens United and Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. I’d take a bit of that.
They did all that in the Barbie movie?
They did all that in the first five minutes of the Barbie movie.