The movie is entertaining, most often when it just embraces the absurdity of the doll world. However, the feminist messaging is so heavy handed it feels like parody most of the time. Ken discovering the patriarchy was amusing but the joke goes too far, and again the only way I can describe it is that the message feels like a parody of itself, but you can tell that it's meant to be taken seriously.

I still think the movie is fun and genuinely amusing in places. But the most I enjoyed it was when we were with the Kens which I feel is a misfire in Barbie's movie.

I almost wish they had just made a comedic film, set mostly in Barbieland, and left the human characters out.

I admire what they tried to do, but the tones of the silly Barbie movie and the critique of society segments didn't mesh well.