Deborah Ross

Should be called Ken: Barbie reviewed

Greta Gerwig’s new film is highly entertaining but Ryan Gosling’s Ken is the real star

Margot Robbie is perfect visually as Barbie but Ryan Gosling brings some real vulnerability and heft to poor gelded Ken. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures  
issue 22 July 2023

Finally, the Barbie film is here, for which we must be thankful, as the tsunami of pre-publicity meant you probably felt obliged to lock your bathroom door so the trailers didn’t follow you in there.

They should have called this Ken but I guess that’s not going to help bring down the patriarchy

It’s a film that wants to have it all ways.

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