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Barbie (2023)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.6
Barbie poster

Overview

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.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

HBO Max logoHBO Max
YouTube logoYouTube
Apple TV logoApple TV
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by directly engaging with and critiquing patriarchy and gender inequality, portraying female empowerment as the solution to systemic issues.

Barbie (2023) showcases extensive diversity in its casting, featuring minority actors in prominent roles that reimagine the iconic character. The narrative centrally critiques traditional patriarchal structures, contrasting them with themes of collective feminine identity and empowerment.

Secondary

Barbie (2023) offers a positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes, emphasizing individuality, defiance of traditional gender roles, and radical acceptance. The film features openly queer actors and includes subtext and safe spaces that align with LGBTQ+ community values, affirming diverse identities and self-expression.

Barbie (2023) offers a net positive portrayal of trans themes through allegory and symbolism. It emphasizes identity affirmation, bodily autonomy, and challenging gender norms. Barbie's journey and the diverse characters celebrate gender fluidity and self-discovery, presenting a supportive and validating narrative for trans and queer experiences.

The film's central conflict involves the Barbies reclaiming Barbie Land from the Kens. This is achieved through strategic social manipulation and intellectual maneuvering, leading the Kens to fight among themselves. There are no scenes depicting female characters engaging in or winning direct physical combat against male opponents.

The film adapts the established Barbie and Ken doll characters, along with other associated figures from the toy line and real-world history, maintaining their original genders as depicted in the source material. No character established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender.

The film features multiple Barbies and Kens of diverse races, reflecting the varied doll line. However, no specific, named character with a previously established race (from source material or prior adaptations) is portrayed by an actor of a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.8
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.8
Metacritic logo
8.0

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