This was a great movie, far more moving than I expected it to be.

Barbie starts with a bang, paying homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey. It also has a bit of a Truman Show feel but quickly goes in a different direction. Barbie has an existential crisis, incepted by a mother-daughter duo, and has to journey to the real world to restore the balance. Oh, and Ken (a marvelously complex character) tags along.

Our Barbie is optimistic, smart, kind, and just a touch naïve. She asks big questions. She's comfortable saying "I don't know." And yet as stereotypical Barbie, she self-identifies as *not* the most talented of the whole crew. This makes for some lovely dialogue in the hands of Gloria's character about what it means for a woman to be "good enough." As Barbie discovers this, we too discover a curious inversion. Barbieland---materially vacuous (no tea in the teacups, no ocean in the waves) yet substantively rich---feels like home. The real, messed up world feels so aseptically alien.

And the costumes and props are fantastically detailed. Great soundtrack.