The Barbie movie shatters both records, and expectations.

By CHARLOTTE STONE,

CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

That’s one of the many amazing things about the movie: Director Greta Gerwig was able to turn a movie about dolls into a movie for everyone. A movie for all ages, a movie for the ages.

She was able to completely transform the stereotypical perception of Barbie into something much deeper, a symbol of female empowerment.

The film is set in Barbie Land, a fictional world where all Barbies live. In this alternate reality, full of different Barbies and Kens, Barbies run everything. All of the doctors, the president, the Supreme Court Justices, even the construction workers are women. However, the Kens don’t seem to have any occupations or dream houses like the Barbies.

as a doll coming to life in the real world. Although the real world is far from perfect, Barbie sees the beauty in everyday humanity and finds herself unable to fit back into the fake reality of Barbie Land. In the end, she chooses to accept all of the challenges and hardships of being a human and return to the real world permanently.

Although Robbie gives a dazzling performance, she isn’t the only one worth mentioning. Her co-star Ryan Gosling (Ken) shined just as bright, but for different reasons. His job wasn’t to get the audience to empathize with him, but to depict the hypocrisy of the patriarchy, which he does extremely well.