The first hour of this film was fun and engaging. The humour is quirky and original. It is pretty well-acted and it was refreshing to see a film not take itself too seriously.

It's visually brilliant and offers some real escapism. At some point, this changed. It felt like the writers thought, "We can't just continue to make jokes, we need a story." And then it fell down.

This is about Barbie having some kind of existential crisis; rallying against the past and previous beliefs about women's role in society. And it got kind of boring to be honest; and its light-hearted, satirical edge is lost. It became a little preachy about gender based roles in society.

The main message as far as I could tell is that it is ok to be normal, to be average, and ignore the pressure of striving towards excellence and achievement. This is ok, but it just feels flat; and it got lost and because of the entertaining first hour. You just don't know how seriously to take it.

This film was seriously hyped up before its release because of its content, its cast and originality, but once watched, it will be quickly forgotten.