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Barbie scores impressive Rotten Tomatoes rating as critics hail much-awaited blockbuster

Barbie has scored an impressive 89% on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of its release this Friday.

Evening Standard

Toying with itself: the Barbie movie hits the limit of self-awareness

Greta Gerwig’s Mattel extravaganza is canny, often funny, pleasurably gonzo, well-acted yet stuck in a familiar loop of intense self-awareness

The Guardian - US

Barbie Review: Margot Robbie Digs Her Heels Into This Generation-Defining Comedy (And Ryan Gosling Is, Like, Pretty Good, Too)

As colorful as it is nuanced and hilarious, Greta Gerwig's Barbie vaults Margot Robbie up to icon status with a sharp and poignant story...and Ken.

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‘Barbie’ review: A doll’s life is richly, unexpectedly imagined by Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie

“Barbie” is a lovely, eccentrically imaginative example of brand extension and raw, untrammeled commercialism. Well, maybe a little trammeled. Any $145 million studio movie based on a doll, accessories sold separately, no doubt comes with a few restrictions. And yet this one actually feels spontaneous, and fun.

Chicago Tribune

Barbie set to topple Oppenheimer with $110m US opening

Greta Gerwig’s toyland satire expected to win out over Christopher Nolan’s atomic-bomb drama but both will provide box-office boost

The Guardian - US

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie is a 'feminist bimbo' classic – and no, that's not an oxymoron

The following article contains spoilers for Barbie.

The Conversation

50 shades of pink: Inside the UK’s Barbie-inspired dreamhouses

As Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ movie is about to premiere, we take a closer look inside the pinkest properties

The Independent UK

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Movie Review: She’s Perfect Barbie. He’s Scene-Stealing Ken. Their life in plastic looks fantastic

She's been Astronaut Barbie, Teacher Barbie, Doctor Barbie, President Barbie

The Independent UK

Greta Gerwig says she feels ‘properly middle-aged’ as she prepares to turn 40

The ‘Barbie’ director will celebrate her next milestone in August

The Independent UK

Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out

One-time indie cinema darling Greta Gerwig is now making money for a megabucks toy company that sells vacuous, hypersexualised dolls – and no one bats an eyelid

The Guardian - UK

7 Netflix and Max movies to get you ready for Barbie

From director Greta Gerwig's inspirations, to Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling's colorful escapades, these movies will get you in the Barbie mindset.

TechRadar

Barbie review: boisterous and hilarious Kentertainment

Barbie is the perfect summer comedy...

WhatToWatch

Tickled pink: Barbie fans flock to film's preview screening

The countdown is over - Barbie fans flock of Greta Gerwig film.

The Canberra Times

Jackie Calmes: I'm going to Barbie Land

It's my full-time job but wallowing in our broken politics can sometimes make for a dark world. Why wouldn't I look forward to going to Barbie Land and immersing myself in a fantasia of pink?

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The Independent UK

Barbie debuts strong on Rotten Tomatoes with 89 per cent score

Film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling hailed as ‘a very charming success’

Pedestrian.tv

The Reviews For Barbie Are In & They’re… Surprisingly Mixed

"Can you really call out and perpetuate a stereotype at the same time?"

Cinemablend

Critics Have Seen Barbie, And It Seems Margot Robbie’s Life In Plastic Is, Indeed, Fantastic

Critics have seen Barbie, so what are they saying about Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling's take on the classic doll?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Barbie wins over film critics with extremely positive reviews

Barbie has earned some rave reviews from film critics.

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Evening Standard

Barbie review: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig are in the pink with the comedy of the year

This bubblegum pink blockbuster is weird, wonderful and very funny

The Guardian - UK

Barbie review – Ryan Gosling is plastic fantastic in ragged doll comedy

Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum-fun-cum-feminist-thesis indulges Ken but pulls its punches as it trips between satire and advert

Inverse

'Barbie' Review: Greta Gerwig Breathes New Life Into a Tired Movie Trend

In 'Barbie,' a plastic parade of camp and goofy hijinks slowly gives way to tender, insecure emotion. Read our review of the new movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Chicago Sun-Times

Breezy ‘Barbie’ a blast — a smart, funny social commentary dressed up in candy colors

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling achieve some sublime moments as the dolls discovering life isn’t easy outside the safety of Barbieland.

The Independent UK

Barbie review: A near-miraculous achievement from Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie

While it’s impossible for any studio film to be truly subversive, this Mattel-approved comedy gets away with far more than you’d think was possible

Total Film

Barbie review: to use Ken's words, "sublime"

Tribune News Service

Movie review: With sublimely silly 'Barbie,' Gerwig takes aim at patriarchy

In Greta Gerwig’s hands, Barbie is a weapon. The director wields the iconic doll like a broadsword in “Barbie,” cleaving through culture with gleeful spirit and savage humor. In this existential exegesis on what it means to be a woman, and a human, Gerwig reflects our world back to us…

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