The greatest film success of 2023, Barbie fell among us, and did not disappoint. If one wondered whether it was possible to maintain such a hype and then also to respect the promises and premises despite the continuous hammering, the answer is a great and roboating yes. Directed by Greta Gerwig from a screenplay by Gerwigh and Noah Baumbach, Barbie arrives on Channel 5 Tuesday 6 January at 21.45.
Barbie, la trama
Barbie Stereotype lives happy at Barbie Land, surrounded by all other Barbies. There is that president, that doctor, the one with the Nobel for Physics and go. Every day, Barbies live the perfect day, always the same. I’m so glad. The Kens are watching, exist according to the attention of the Barbies. One day, Barbie Stereotype begins to do something she had never done: think about death. Things fall fast, worrying.
Barbia Stramba tells her that a portal between Barbie Land and the real world was opened, and that she must go there to identify who did it and close it as soon as possible. The two worlds cannot be confused. The protagonist will find that sadness exists, and that the women of the world were not saved by the doll Mattel. Ken, who will follow her, will discover a little different things.
Barbie, la recensione
Barbie is an argued explosion and only seemingly superficial of fun, pink and urlo outfit that hides under the crispy straw of chocolate to the pink almonds a punctual reflection (perhaps the most punctual of all, at least in mainstream cinema) on what it means to be a woman in contemporary, to continually cross contrasting thrusts, always halfway between the will of pink pleasure and that of being powerful, avoiding being used by fake-proven slogans. Barbie tells those who have ears to understand that you have to take everything, restore dignity to the frivolity, make it bearer of meanings, embrace complexity without fear. And it does so with a disarming simplicity, that only those in mala federation can confuse for simplicity or plasticity. If accessibility to messages by the public is a value, Barbie is a valiant film.
Margot Robbie is a perfect Barbie from all points of view, Ryan Gosling a superlative Ken. Its role is important, because it balances the film and the problem, but even if the film touches the “male question”, it remains the belief that it is a product made for girls, which can be understood in its complexity not only obvious by girls. After all, the relationship with the mother of the girls and their passage from childhood to adulthood (or from Barbie Land to the world, or from expectations and dreams to the raw reality) are dear themes to Gerwig, who here recovers and digs them, helped by the metaphor of femininity more ancient than all: the doll. If you feel excluded from this, that’s the door. Perhaps, instead, it can become a precious opportunity to experience a different view from yours. Who knows.
Surprisingly, Barbie is also touching, balanced to the millimeter, aware to the neurosis. The big cast does not disturb, the storyline of executives Mattel seems superfluous, but it is a good metaphor of so many things that there is no room to tell them. He’ll have to go see it from you. In conclusion, Barbie is a pastiche of references and echoes: from Pinocchio to Matrix passing through 2001: Odyssey in space, The Truman Show, Rocky and The Godfather. A complete film, which needs more than one vision, which has already entered history. If not of the cinema, because the snobs exist, at least of the pop culture all round.
Il cast
Margot Robbie is Barbie Stereotipo, absolute protagonist of the film. Next to her Issa Rae, Emma Mackey, Kate McKinnon, Dua Lipa and Hari Nef. Ryan Gosling is Ken. Next to him, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Scott Evans and John Cena. America Ferreira plays the human Gloria, who works at Mattel. Mattel’s president is Will Ferrel. In the cast also Michael Cera, Alexandra Shipp and Ariana Greenblatt.
Dove in streaming
After being on Sky/NOW and Netflix Barbie is now streaming on Timvision and Mediaset Infinity live, otherwise you can rent or and buy on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Rakuten TV, Timvision, CHILI.
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