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Empireonline's rating
On the nose with so much - wasn't too heavy handed in its representation of fenmisim, the patriarchy or anything along those lines.
However the final third, starting with the war of Ken sent this film into a bit of an anti-climatic ending. Enjoyed it massively up to that point and found it educational without being condisending. As a male especially, to understand the points this film makes it absolutely makes a difference and is eye opening.
The cop out and 'realisation' Barbie makes at the very end is frankly a cop out, going against the trend of the entire film. Was frankly disappointed and felt it just ran out of ideas.
Still Gerwig should be commended for her attempt to turn a Mattel product into a film filled with humour, social conscience, style and at the very least humour.
Just a shame it was so badly let down towards the end.
However the final third, starting with the war of Ken sent this film into a bit of an anti-climatic ending. Enjoyed it massively up to that point and found it educational without being condisending. As a male especially, to understand the points this film makes it absolutely makes a difference and is eye opening.
The cop out and 'realisation' Barbie makes at the very end is frankly a cop out, going against the trend of the entire film. Was frankly disappointed and felt it just ran out of ideas.
Still Gerwig should be commended for her attempt to turn a Mattel product into a film filled with humour, social conscience, style and at the very least humour.
Just a shame it was so badly let down towards the end.
Another drawn in by the appeal of Harrison Ford and at this stage gamely pressing on to get to the end with very slim prospects of returning for any future seasons.
Cannot for the life of me figure out who this show is aimed at. Seems to have smatterings for everyone yet in doing so appeals to no-one.
Contains the type of lunacy and unprofessionalism that could put therapy back years. The 'look therapists are people too (albeit based on people who only exist in the minds of people who have never met a therapist of seemingly another human) sthick became tiresome very quickly.
Most recent 'enjoyable' moment is when it's revealed a doctor is sleeping with their patient who has a serious neurological condition. Nice.
The privilege of the characters in this show is just to a startling degree and no character comes across as remotely likeable. Yet get the feeling the attempt was to try and write it in such a way that it dealt with serious issues and deep characters in real life situations. But this is the kind of life only a very small percentage of real people actually live.
Yes it's supposed to be comedy with a sprinkling of reality, but instead is just a life of the 'lows' being minor inconveniences with the emotional range of ChatGPT.
Cannot for the life of me figure out who this show is aimed at. Seems to have smatterings for everyone yet in doing so appeals to no-one.
Contains the type of lunacy and unprofessionalism that could put therapy back years. The 'look therapists are people too (albeit based on people who only exist in the minds of people who have never met a therapist of seemingly another human) sthick became tiresome very quickly.
Most recent 'enjoyable' moment is when it's revealed a doctor is sleeping with their patient who has a serious neurological condition. Nice.
The privilege of the characters in this show is just to a startling degree and no character comes across as remotely likeable. Yet get the feeling the attempt was to try and write it in such a way that it dealt with serious issues and deep characters in real life situations. But this is the kind of life only a very small percentage of real people actually live.
Yes it's supposed to be comedy with a sprinkling of reality, but instead is just a life of the 'lows' being minor inconveniences with the emotional range of ChatGPT.
Really enjoyable first season, loads of fantastic references to movie and TV history, real Back to the Future vibe which works really well.
Fantastic casting with the likes of Ed Bedgley Jr, Haley Joel Osman, Britt Lower and Keith David alongside the main leads, means you become invested in the characters, even if they're tinged with silliness and juvenile (but not unfunny) humour.
Then, as that sense of cleverness with a side of ridiculousness sets you up for season two, it comes off the rails a bit. Whilst still having some great moments, it struggles to regain momentum and loses a lot of charm. It just about finds its way back halfway through and just as you're about to quit you see it through.
Then season three. An intriguing start is quickly jettisoned into something so tedious it bordered on the unwatchable. So disappointed as got so invested felt I had to see it through. Even with a TTD won't ever get that time back.
Watch series one and stop. In fact, after series one just use your own imagination on how you'd want it to go on. As aside from Wolf's 80/90s escapades, fail to see how anyone could have gone so wrong.
Fantastic casting with the likes of Ed Bedgley Jr, Haley Joel Osman, Britt Lower and Keith David alongside the main leads, means you become invested in the characters, even if they're tinged with silliness and juvenile (but not unfunny) humour.
Then, as that sense of cleverness with a side of ridiculousness sets you up for season two, it comes off the rails a bit. Whilst still having some great moments, it struggles to regain momentum and loses a lot of charm. It just about finds its way back halfway through and just as you're about to quit you see it through.
Then season three. An intriguing start is quickly jettisoned into something so tedious it bordered on the unwatchable. So disappointed as got so invested felt I had to see it through. Even with a TTD won't ever get that time back.
Watch series one and stop. In fact, after series one just use your own imagination on how you'd want it to go on. As aside from Wolf's 80/90s escapades, fail to see how anyone could have gone so wrong.