It was going well before they began over-explaining certain issues and ideas. Determined to make points and say it like they think it is. Lengthy ramblings and reinforcement tone.

On the plus side, colour and fun vibrancy in many scenes for a nice ride. Margot is great. But the dwelling on certain ideas and pushing of those ideas was drawn out, laboured.

Self-referential, as if they were too scared not to. Imagine a Barbie movie that didn't come with a toxic masculinity lecture? Who would dare make that?

A truly bizarre narrative intrusion at one point. Something about Margot Robbie's looks being incompatible with the Barbie character's vulnerable moment? In effect disallowing the Barbie character from having that emotion because the actor playing her is pretty? Very strange.

Immature writing in many ways. There are good lines from Ken and Barbie, but also really awkward material.