Barbie (2023)
You would think that a film based on this franchise would fail, right? How wrong everyone could be, because not only does this film make sense, it is also funny, clever, thought-provoking and a blast to watch from start to finish, fully embracing the absurd premisse and having a ball with it. No, I did not expect to be so invested in Barbie. Go figure. Right off the bat this film sets the tone, as a snarky narrator (a gleefully sarcastic Helen Mirren) talks about Barbieland, where everything is sunshine and rainbows and all the Barbies (including the discontinued ones of the bizarre editions) live their wonderful lives. Oh, and the Kens hang around as well. That is, until Stereotypical Barbie (Robbie) begins to question her existence and her feet suddenly fully touch the ground. She discovers that there is a girl somewhere in the real world who is having a crisis of sorts and this is why Barbie is feeling the backlash. So she has to go into the real world and try to reconnect wit...
