Barbie

Ahogyan a Barbie-világból érkezők felfedezik a való világot, az nagyon izgalmas, eredeti, és egy okos, friss és egyedi szatíra ígéretét vázolja fel, reflektálva így a mai (nyugati) társadalom álproblémáira. Az ezt követő „nemek közötti konfliktus” és annak gyerekes megoldása azonban eltemeti az említettek minden potenciálját. Ez nagy kár. Sőt, a gyerekek és felnőttek szórakoztatásának egyensúlya sem működik itt. Egyáltalán nem gyerekeknek való. De örüljünk, hogy a pandémia után a nézők nagy számban térnek vissza a mozikba. Köszönet érte Barbie-nak. És külön dicséret jár a zseniális „Barbenheimer” marketing ötlet szerzőjének. Bár Tom Cruise mellett dolgozó szorgos csapat nem érdemelte meg, hogy az M:I-7 film ennyire háttérbe szoruljon. (2023.08.16)

Definitely a Meta film, a great financial success, playful and clever filmmaking, with an excellent Robbie and Gosling, great dance numbers and songs, good philosophical musings to ponder, enjoyable cameos and an originally conceived world. A few things are annoying and cringeworthy, but I surprisingly enjoyed it. The best part is definitely Barbie's trip to our world – it's a shame they don’t spend more time, as there were a few humorous interludes – but the patriarchy in Barbie's world had its moments too. Hard to rate, I don't need to see it again, but it entertained me. 65% (2023.09.26)

My daughter recently told me she was absolutely pink with joy that I took her to the playground. That phrase kept coming back to me as I watched this film, because it is essentially about the loss of joy, but pretends to be about something else. It's not grim philosophy, but a terribly simple and basic petty battle of the sexes. The sequence of sketches and funny scenes works well, including the great cast. The finale, however, is all about the fact that from a certain point onwards, the pink joy disappears and I'll have to watch it live, unable to do anything about it. (2023.08.06)

I didn't fall for it. At its very core, Barbie is as shallow and superficial as what it mocks all along. I can totally see the brainstorming sessions between the Mattel and Warner Brothers executives, in roundtables similar to the one Will Ferrell had in the film: "Hey, we need to boost the sales of our rubber dolls, how about we make some seemingly socially critical pulp fiction, wrap it in basic lessons about the workings of the patriarchy and the status of women in society, and just take a little dig at our corporation on the side to make it look self-aware to the naysayers of our product line.... ". Well, what comes out of a corporation making fun of corporatist? Yes, just corporate toothless humor, created on commission, and made to answer to those at the top who pay for it. PS: I'll slap two stars, for the opening (really funny) reminiscence of A Space Odyssey and then for the brief scene where Margot tells a naturally aged woman that she's beautiful. That's what the Botox princesses, led by Nicole Kidman, should be playing in a loop to light up their barbie heads. (2023.12.13)

In terms of experience, it’s five stars. It's a riveting, visually stunning, imaginative, fun ride with a fabulous Margot Robbie and an even more fabulous Ryan Gosling. It's a pleasure to see a big-budget film that totally breaks away from the uniform grey that blockbuster Hollywood usually offers today. But the voice of reason complains timidly about the script's underdeveloped supporting (human) characters and the sometimes annoyingly literal feminist cannonade in the final act, when it seems as if they wanted every argument they could think of to be heard. So, four stars. (2023.07.19)