If you are into the modern culture in America as opposed to traditional values etc., great, go see this movie, if not, then you should probably avoid this movie. If you type into the Internet: “What is the new Barbie movie plot?” the answer you get back if you pull down the question shown as “Is the new Barbie movie feminist?” its answer is: “It’s complicated. The Barbie movie is being celebrated (and slammed) as a feminist film, with its themes of female empowerment and critiques of the patriarchy.”
The movie was rated PG-13 for suggestive references and brief language.
I don’t comment on anything I have not at least scanned and I watched this entire movie. It was an upbeat fun movie on the whole (especially if you ignored the dialog) and had a few well-choreographed catchy dance routines including Dua Lipa’s new hit single Dance the Night. Unfortunately, if you are hoping to hear Barbie Girl by Aqua you are out of luck due to a law suit brought by Mattel due to, I think, copyright infringement.
The problem came with stereotyping most of the men, like ken, as basically vain air heads (like some of the older movies used to portray some women, and I guess, to a point, turn around is fair play) that are a little bellicose. In my opinion, implying to very young ladies that men are simple and of little worth, warps their sensibilities. Now if a young lady of at least 25 years of age has had a very bad week, moving in her theater chair with the music and cheering in high points in the movie may prove cathartic, just don’t take the dialog or the push for the woke agenda too seriously or just ignore it altogether.
For other opinions more critical as well as specific as to the problems with this film especially for the very very young ladies see the you tube videos at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzbmYzMA6ig and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33DXaH7L49s
Traditional Thomistic Catholic 