Barbie

It's not a film I expected to land on my blog. But here it is, in all it's pink plastic glory. "Barbie" is no dumb blonde. This movie is funny, smart, and self aware. Margot Robbie plays stereotypical Barbie and Ryan Gosling plays Ken. They are both really fabulous. What's it all about? Barbie must travel to the real world to find the girl who is playing with her who has thoughts of death before Barbie's feet go flat and she turns into a weird Barbie, like the one played by the hilarious, Kate McKinnon. Ken tags along for the ride and discovers The Patriarchy in the real world. Ken brings back such forward thinking to Barbieland and the next thing you know, all the PhD Barbies, and the Supreme Court Barbie Justices and the Nobel Prize winning Barbies are serving beers to all the Kens - chaos! The head of Mattel (Will Ferrell) and his board of directors need to set things straight. What a hoot. From the set pieces to the costumes, "Barbie" is a delight to behold. It looks amazing. Greta Gerwig (cowriter and director) has made a very special and funny film. Do yourself a favour and go beach yourself off by catching this one in theatres now.