No doubt you've spent a few months hearing about Barbenheimer, referring to the simultaneous releases of Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" and Greta Gerwig's "Barbie". Obviously the movies couldn't be more different. I saw "Oppenheimer" last weekend, as arms control experts had recommended seeing it before "Barbie" after all, she lives in the world that he helped bring about.

Anyway, this movie addresses the issue of how we define gender roles, and of course looks at matriarchy versus patriarchy. The plot actually reminded me of the 2007 Disney flick "Enchanted", with the idea of an ultra-feminine character from an apparently perfect world suddenly coming to the real world.

All in all, it's an over-the-top but enjoyable flick. You'll probably leave the theater asking yourself what it means to be a man or a woman. Along with Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, the cast includes America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Kate McKinnon, Will Ferrell, Helen Mirren and Michael Cera. Therefore, the supporting cast makes this movie a link between "Ugly Betty", "Kim's Convenience", "Sex Education" (twice), "Ghostbusters", "Anchorman", "Prime Suspect" and "Arrested Development".