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Critics Have Seen Barbie, And It Seems Margot Robbie’s Life In Plastic Is, Indeed, Fantastic

Critics have seen Barbie, so what are they saying about Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling's take on the classic doll?

Cinemablend

Love Island star landed role in Barbie movie thanks to dating show superfan Margot Robbie

Australian actor is a self-confessed ‘Love Island’ fanatic

The Independent UK

'Barbie' Review: Greta Gerwig Breathes New Life Into a Tired Movie Trend

In 'Barbie,' a plastic parade of camp and goofy hijinks slowly gives way to tender, insecure emotion. Read our review of the new movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

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Barbie review: to use Ken's words, "sublime"

Total Film

Movie review: With sublimely silly 'Barbie,' Gerwig takes aim at patriarchy

In Greta Gerwig’s hands, Barbie is a weapon. The director wields the iconic doll like a broadsword in “Barbie,” cleaving through culture with gleeful spirit and savage humor. In this existential exegesis on what it means to be a woman, and a human, Gerwig reflects our world back to us…

Tribune News Service

Barbie review: A near-miraculous achievement from Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie

While it’s impossible for any studio film to be truly subversive, this Mattel-approved comedy gets away with far more than you’d think was possible

The Independent UK

TikTokers are showing off pink outfits they’re going to wear to watch Barbie movie

Fans are desperate to find the perfect pink look to watch the ‘Barbie’ movie in theatres

The Independent UK

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‘Barbie’ Stars Conflicted Over Whether Movie Is ‘Feminist’

Not everyone behind the movie agrees on its values, a few days before its release worldwide.

Zenger

Is the Barbie movie a bold step to reinvent and fix past wrongs or a clever ploy to tap a new market?

After a months-long marketing blitz, the much-hyped Barbie movie is released this week.

The Conversation

Barbie fans angry at Margot Robbie for using her real accent while promoting new movie

As Barbie-mania continues to grow ahead of the movie’s highly anticipated release date, some American fans have taken umbrage to star Margot Robbie using her real accent during the promo tour.

Evening Standard

As a Dark-Skinned Woman, Barbie Showed Me That Pink Makeup Isn’t Just for White People

Pink was seen as a shade only few could pull off—then the toy made it cool for all.

Marie Claire

What to stream: A film guide to enhance your 'Barbie' viewing experience

“Barbie” isn’t just a movie that uses the iconic doll to explore themes of existentialism, the human condition and patriarchy. It’s also a true celebration of cinematic history. Writer and director Greta Gerwig shared her list of 33 films that inspired “Barbie” on the cinephile social network Letterboxd recently, but…

Tribune News Service

Before Barbenheimer: when major movies are released on the same day

The much-hyped showdown between Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer isn’t the first time two cinematic titans have gone to war

The Guardian - US

Tired of Boppenheimer? Here are this year’s other major film releases to get excited about

2023 is a great year for cinephiles

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Best pink Barbie-style bags for a plastic-fantastic touch

Think pink with some Barbie-inspired arm candy

Metal Hammer

The one thing missing from the new Barbie movie soundtrack is this Barbie Girl x Slipknot mash-up that everyone needs to listen to immediately

This mix of Aqua's Barbie Girl and Slipknot's Psychosocial is the best Barbie mash-up since Barbenheimer

Marie Claire

The latest internet comments about Margot Robbie highlight how societally normalised incel culture is

Plus, how online incel hatred translates into real-life crimes.

Evening Standard

Oppressively over-hyped and wearingly transactional: I’ve got Barbie fatigue already

The film seems to have settled on an uncomfortable toothless brand of self-awareness, smirky without being actually funny, all arched eyebrow and no bite, says Megan Nolan. And she’s over it

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Evening Standard

The music of Greta Gerwig’s films, from Lady Bird to Barbie

Here’s a look back at some of her most notable musical moments ahead of Barbie-fever well and truly landing

Evening Standard

Labour bigwigs are all smiles at summer drinks as tensions rise

Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting were among guests at the New Statesman’s summer drinks

The Walrus

We’re All Living in a Barbie World

The Barbie movie promises to be a two-hour cinematic lobotomy. Why are we so excited?

The Guardian - UK

The banned Barbie film: her anguished first role as Karen Carpenter

Todd Haynes animated the impossibly slender doll to show what drove the singer to her early death. The film has more in common than you might expect with Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster

iMore

iPhone 15 color leak claims Oppenheimer blue is out, Barbie pink is in

The iPhone 15 is drawing ever closer, and now the color rumors abound, with leakers showing off three new color options.

GoodToKnow

Who is Ryan Gosling’s wife Eva Mendes and does she have children?

Who is Ryan Gosling’s wife Eva Mendes and does she have children? She has a superstar husband but is very famous in her own right.

Evening Standard

Come on Barbie, let’s go to Selfridges

In line with the much-anticipated film release of the summer, the department store is thinking pink

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