Barbie review: A funny, self-satirising and moving story about a doll with real heart

Barbie is a movie that wants to have it both ways: an ironic celebration of Barbie and her idyllic world, it’s also a satire on the impossible ideal she represents for young girls
Barbie review: A funny, self-satirising and moving story about a doll with real heart

Margot Robbie is brilliantly cast as Barbie 

Thu, 20 Jul, 2023 - 21:02
Declan Burke

★★★★☆

Not even Barbie (12A) is immune to existential crises. 

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