My daughter wanted to see Barbie, so I went with her Friday night. It's not one I would go to on my own, but it was fun. There were a huge number of people in pink dresses all over the theater., and very much a buzz and party atmosphere.
There were a couple of scenes that I don't think will age well, not in the sense that they are wrong, but that they are SO much a reflection of this moment in time. I think 10 years from now they will really stand out as kind of jarring, and people will be like "Oh, yeah, remember the early 2020s?"
Having said that, as a father of three daughters I always appreciate girl-power messages, and while the movie seemed a bit disjointed at times, it had a lot of fun moments, and it interspersed some silliness with a couple of scenes that were genuinely moving (as well as a couple that kind of clunked).
The cast was generally very good, with the exception IMO being Kate McKinnon. Her character was a funny concept but she never really hit it for me. Also, if you want to see Michael Cera in a fight scene beating a bunch of guys up, here is your chance! (unsurprisingly, he was not extremely believable in that scene).
There were a couple of scenes that I don't think will age well, not in the sense that they are wrong, but that they are SO much a reflection of this moment in time. I think 10 years from now they will really stand out as kind of jarring, and people will be like "Oh, yeah, remember the early 2020s?"
Having said that, as a father of three daughters I always appreciate girl-power messages, and while the movie seemed a bit disjointed at times, it had a lot of fun moments, and it interspersed some silliness with a couple of scenes that were genuinely moving (as well as a couple that kind of clunked).
The cast was generally very good, with the exception IMO being Kate McKinnon. Her character was a funny concept but she never really hit it for me. Also, if you want to see Michael Cera in a fight scene beating a bunch of guys up, here is your chance! (unsurprisingly, he was not extremely believable in that scene).

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