‘Barbie’ review: Margot Robbie’s Mattel movie is lousy

Kylie Minogue knows exactly which actress she wants to play her in a potentional biopic – Margot Robbie!

Margot Robbie perfectly embodies the beloved titular doll in Greta Gerwig's movie. But the actress and executive producer went one step further during the film's promotional tour this summer, dressing in a new, Barbie-inspired look for each red carpet event!Robbie and her stylist, Andrew Mukamal, collaborated on each iconic look, adding a thrilling new layer to the movie for lifelong fans of the legendary doll and her enviable fashions.There was this classic black custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown for 's Los Angeles premiere, which paid homage to «Solo in the Spotlight» Barbie from 1960 — even down to the red rose accent on the skirt, opera gloves and sheer handkerchief.For the European premiere in London, the pair paid tribute to iconic British designer Vivienne Westwood, with a couture gown modeled after 1990's «Enchanted Evening» Barbie.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag It's the biggest movie of 2023 so far – the first-ever live-action Barbie movie, which took £223 million at the box office worldwide on its opening weekend. Starring Margot Robbie as Barbie, and Ryan Gosling as Ken, Gerta Gertwig's film follows the couple on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis.

The Barbie movie has been trending for weeks now, and with the film’s smash-debut at the box office, everyone is in Barbieland right now.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Departing Neighbours actors have gone on to all kinds of incredible futures over the years, following their exits from Ramsay Street. Margot Robbie, who played Donna Freedman from 2008 to 2011, and Guy Pearce – Mike Young from 1986 to 1989 – became major Hollywood actors, with Margot currently setting cinema screens alight with her starring role in Barbie, while Guy is known for films including LA Confidential and Memento. Kylie Minogue – who played tomboy mechanic Charlene Mitchell from 1986 to 1988 – of course became a huge chart success, most recently scoring a top 10 hit with Padam Padam.Then there's Craig McLachlan, who played Henry Ramsay in the late 1980s before going on to have a short-lived pop career.

Margot Robbie appeared in her first movie back in 2009, and in less than 15 years she’s landed starring roles in some of the era’s biggest blockbusters.

“Barbie” has been blessed.Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated pink-filled comedy “Barbie” has finally driven its magenta-colored convertible into theaters.The movie is chock-full of religious motifs and allusions — thanks to the filmmaker’s past experiences at St. Francis High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Sacramento, California.“In the movie, like, when it starts, she’s in a world where there’s no aging or death or pain or shame or self-consciousness, and then she suddenly becomes self-conscious — that’s a really old story,” Gerwig recently told the Associated Press about the parallels between “Barbie” and the Bible.

Margot Robbie had a vision when it came to producing Barbie — and was willing to say anything to get her movie made.  

At long last, Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer” hit theaters for the summer movie event of 2023: “Barbenheimer.” And advance predictions say both films will do very well at the box office this weekend. Critics love both movies, too, which matters a lot more.

Margot Robbie, the Spice Girls were no feminist wannabes.In fact, the two-time Oscar nominee attributes some of her own ideas about feminism — which she and director Greta Gerwig explore in the much-anticipated “Barbie” movie, out July 21 — to the 1990s British girl group.“The Spice Girls changed everything and dictated my version of second-wave feminism,” Robbie, 33, told Rolling Stone.“It’s like, ‘Oh my God, they wear little sparkly dresses and push-up bras and then have a girl gang? That’s what I want to be!’”Growing up in the ’90s, the Aussie-born Robbie also had a pink passion for the Aqua bop “Barbie Girl.” At the urging of the “Babylon” actress, the 1997 hit was included on the “Barbie” soundtrack — reworked as a “Barbie World” duet featuring rappers Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice.“I was like, ‘Greta, how are we going to incorporate this song? We can’t do a Barbie movie and not have a nod to Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl.’ It has to be in there,’” Robbie told a reporter.

Barbie dreamhouse in Malibu, California is now available to rent on Airbnb.As of this week (July 17), fans can request to book Ken’s room in the hot pink, life-sized toy house-inspired mansion for two individual one night stays, for up to two guests.Selected winners will then be able to stay at the “ken-ified” dreamhouse on July 21 and July 22 free of charge.

The Barbie World keeps expanding!

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Check out the brain on Barbie! Sure, she’s just a doll, but that doesn’t mean she has to be an airhead. Therein lies “Lady Bird” director Greta Gerwig’s inspired, 21st-century solution to bringing one of America’s most iconic playthings to life on the big screen. Combine that with the casting of Margot Robbie in the title role, and “Barbie” is already starting out on the right, perfectly arched foot. So what if this high-concept comedy falls a bit flat in the final stretch? Barbie’s strength as a brand comes from her aspirational appeal. While some have rightly criticized the doll for setting unrealistic beauty standards, Barbie also showed girls they can do and be anything, as different models have portrayed her as president, a rocket scientist, even trans. You know who else sets unrealistic beauty standards? Movie stars. Like Barbie, they serve as role models, which is what makes Gerwig’s take on the ultra-popular toy line so darn smart. Robbie might be a dead-ringer for Barbie, but her moxie powers the performance. Gerwig has made the kind of family film she surely wishes had been available to her when she was a girl, sneaking a message (several of them, really) inside Barbie’s hollow hourglass figure.

3 stars (out of 4)

Not even Ken can please everyone.

plays the real-life Barbie in the $100 million live-action “Barbie” movie coming to theaters on July 21.Depending on who a Barbie fan believes, however, the genuine, in-the-flesh Barbie who inspired the doll is either the late Barbie Ryan or the now 82-year-old Barbara Handler Segal.The two origin stories could not be more different. Either Barbie exists thanks to one man’s obsession with the “perfect woman” — or because of an apparently sweet story revolving around a mother’s love for her two children.But both come with far darker sides than the innocent child’s toy would suggest, including orgies, sex toys, embezzlement, AIDS, and suicide.The battle over who really inspired Barbie only exploded into the open decades after the doll made her debut at the International Toy Fair in New York in 1959.She was an immediate hit: 11 inches tall, long-legged, slim-waisted, perky-breasted and either blonde or brunette, dressed in a hand-made black and white swimsuit, and soon after advertised on The Mickey Mouse Club.

Margot Robbie is living her dream life as Barbie right now!

“Barbie” starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. HGTV is onboard too, with its new reality competition show “Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge,” which counts HGTV star Tiffany Brooks among its judges. “My immediate reaction [to being asked on the show] was ‘Of course.’ I didn’t care what else I had planned. I needed to be there,” Brooks told The Post. “Having been on some of their competition shows before, I know that all of the network stars eat, breathe and live to be competitive,” she said.

Just one week before Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” hits theaters, which is sure to be the summer’s biggest movie. And the film boasts a sizable ensemble cast beyond Margot Robbie‘s Barbie and Ryan Gosling‘s Ken.

Margot Robbie has expressed her excitement for the upcoming Barbie movie, describing it as a celebration of "the real-life Barbie". The actress, who stars as the iconic doll alongside Ryan Gosling, praised director Greta Gerwig, stating that she is "everything" and "can do anything".