With Barbie, Greta Gerwig innovates again in the cinema

after a impressive international campaignl, which includes a cafe in New York and the possibility of taking photos inside the doll’s box, Barbie hits theaters like a breath of fresh air by the hand of greta gerwig and with two protagonists who put the promotion on their shoulders: Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

First clarification: It’s not a movie for minors. 10 years even though it is qualified as Suitable for all Public. Don’t get hooked colorful aesthetic of a doll’s house, because the proposal it makes will leave you thinking.

Second clarification: if you decide to go see this film, I want you to surprised and get carried away by the plot, so I’m just going to anticipate a little thing so that it really amazes you. That is exactly the feeling that is going to leave you, because the screenplay by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach presents the perfect life of an icon doll in past decades and then the deal with today’s world. And he does it from humor and with a certain touch Sidekick with the viewer.

The thing is barbie is 64 years old and represents an aspirational aesthetic profile from another time, which is contradicted by today’s world. However, Mattel (his factory) resorted to a large investment in the cinema to reactivate presence of one of its main brands in the world. The best idea they came up with, maybe emulating Lego with their fun Lego Movies. That’s how we got to this movie. almost two hours que confronts the ideal world of Barbie with the real one, obtaining the expected result for all characters. Yes, it is very good.

margot robbie (also producer of the film) she is the perfect barbie both in doll moments and in those that question their reality. In the same way Gosling embody Ken and It’s all emotion, vulnerability and masculinity at the same time. Impeccable in the role.

Of course they are not alone: ​​a host of familiar faces surrounds them and supports them to put together this different story: kate mckinnon masterfully composes a discarded doll, Issa Rae, Michael Cera, Nicola Coughlan, John Dinner and Dua Lipa they are the most popular. But the rest is not out of place and provides exactly what the director expects of them in terms of dolls.

But they are also, as part of the real world, America Ferrera, Rhea Perlman and Will Ferrell scam papers very prominent and decisive for the conclusion of this colorful plot. And she has a narrator, who even expresses our thoughts out loud, no less than helen mirren,

Final warning: Barbie is one of those movies that will not go unnoticed. That you are going to love or that you are not directly interested in seeing. But if you go to the movies, get ready to enjoy, laugh, and why not get a little emotional. That’s how good it is.