When I first heard about the Barbie movie I thought it was just a silly, shameless money-grab and I had no interest in watching it. But it was given a lot of praise by critics and movie goers so I figured I'd go ahead and borrow it from the library when it became available.

What a pleasant surprise that I enjoyed it so much! These days I don't often enjoy what is considered "award worthy" (they tend to be boring or off-putting movies) or "comedic" (usually too raunchy for my liking) but Barbie truly lived up to the hype and then some. I had several laugh out loud moments while watching Barbie as well as several moments that brought me to tears.

Margot Robbie and America Ferrera were standouts; Kate McKinnon was quite funny; Ariana Greenblatt has impressed me here as well as her brief appearance in Ahsoka. Ryan Gosling's Ken was hilarious and Simu Liu's Ken was great. I found myself wanting to know more about Alan and Midge!

Most importantly I had a really fun time watching the movie. I recommend it to all women both young and old, particularly those who may have played with Barbies or had children who played with them.

I was one of those girls who played with Barbies. I didn't always have the latest Barbie doll or all the accessories and I remember being envious of my friends whose parents could afford to buy them all Barbie stuff. I remember the 80s/90s fashions as well as going through the phase of being curious about what was going on under the clothing and giving my Barbies haircuts. So I had fun seeing all the callbacks.

I think the men (Gosling, Liu, Cera, Ferrell) were all having great time poking fun at the male species.