Barbie
She's everything. He's just Ken.
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Wokeness: 100%
Overall Score: 10%
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transsexual Barbie
There are BIPOC Barbies which isn't much of an issue because there always were Barbies of different races. The wokeness comes from the fact that there is a transsexual Barbie, it's not even a real woman.
Created: 07-14-2023
Created: 07-26-2023
I watched so you don't have to
That said, I didn't get very far.
There first few minutes has a 2001 Space Odyssey moment where they are telling us "Since the dawn of time there were dolls, but only baby dolls." And this get boring, so Barbie shows up and they smash babies. Holdup, so basically a pro-abortion message?
I didn't care about the trans Barbie because they weren't super obvious. But I stopped watching around the point of hijab Barbie. I'm sorry, but if you want to talk about feminism, and you undercut your message by having them want to be "jobs" that basically abuse women and keep them down, you've gone woke. Likewise, if you talk about feminism, but men can be successful women, you're gone woke. How does that uphold the message of Barbie about working women if trans women can basically take their jobs?
Created: 08-06-2023
Misandrist propaganda
There've been a number of reviews noting how the Ken character is portrayed as weak and stupid while the "girl boss" female empowerment message is pushed hard. Steer clear of this one. Not the Barbie that little girls grew up with in past decades. This representation is pushing feminism (i.e, hatred of men) hard.
Created: 08-29-2023
Created: 10-15-2023
Trans Barbie and Man Hate
One of the "Barbies" is literally a mentally ill man dressed as and pretending to be a woman. Also, "Ken" is the story's real antagonist. This movie is the embodiment of the harm that wokeness can do to our daughters. Toxic ideology to deteriorate the fundamental values of non-woke in the minds of children.
Created: 10-17-2023
Trans Barbie
Saw it with my wife, it was terrible, if it was just the over the top feminism it would have been bearable (yet still boring and “chick flick”.. it was really the man hate and Trans Barbie that made it unbearable to watch
Created: 12-30-2023
Good lord. And I forgot to leave a review on this garbage?
Yeah. It's so hard to watch. Men suck and Ryan Gosling is here for a paycheck. Who knows? Maybe he hates men too. I don't know Ryan. I'd take the part of an emasculated, castrated man for a few million. Whatever. This film is a "Marxist Lesbian" dream. Ugh.
Created: 01-09-2024
Created: 02-10-2024
This movie is not woke at all.
People like Ben Shapiro claim Barbie is "woke," that it pushes feminsim and suggests women are better than men. But when I hear these critiques, I have to ask--did they actually watch the movie all the way through?
Let's be crystal clear: Barbie is not woke. Not even close.
Take the opening scene, where little girls smash their baby dolls. Some critics twist this into a pro-abortion or anti-motherhood message. That is completely incorrect. What the scene is actually showing is that girls can choose how to live. Historically, girls were expected to grow up, have children, and stay at home. Barbie's arrival represents a new option: girls can now do what they want. It is not saying motherhood is bad--it is saying women should have the freedom to choose their life, whether that is raising a family, pursuing career, or both.
Then there's the claim that the movie promotes women ruling over men, and that Ken is protrayed as a dumb side character or even the villian. Again, that is completely incorrect. The film critiques both extremes--matriarchy and patriarchy--and ultimatley says that neither gender should rule by themselves. In the end, it says that the Barbies and the Kens should rule together, rather than alone.
Ken's character arc is actually one of the most thought out parts of the movie. He literally starts off thinking his worth depends on Barbie's attention. When that fails, he turns to power and control. But even that leaves him still feeling empty. At the end, Barbie told him, "You are Kenough." She literally tells him that his value and identity does not come from romantic validation or power. It is sending a message to men that they do not need validation from women, but they are enough and valuable on their own. In addition to this, it sends a message to women that they are valuable on their own aswell.
When people label this movie as "woke," I cannot help but think they walked in with a preconcieved idea. Barbie is not woke. Watch the move in full and be open to what it is actually saying.
Created: 09-01-2025
