Barbie

"One of the most inventive, immaculately crafted and surprising mainstream films in recent memory..."

"Barbie may be the most subversive blockbuster of the 21st Century."

"Deeply bizarre, conceptually slippery and often roar-out-loud hilarious."

"Both a master’s thesis on feminism and an Austin Powers-esque romp."

"(A) terrific high-concept comedy."

"This is a truly original work -- one of the smartest, funniest, sweetest, most insightful and just plain flat-out entertaining movies of the year."

"Barbie never lets us forget how clever it’s being, every exhausting minute."

"A wonderfully fun watch that somehow manages to simultaneously celebrate and satirise the Barbie brand..."

"It’s entertaining and amiable, but with a softcore pulling of punches..."

"A masterful exploration of femininity and the pressures of perfection."

"The Mattel brand looms large here, but Gerwig, whose directorial command is so fluent she seems born to filmmaking, is announcing that she’s in control."

"An impressive and original work of the imagination."

"An ambitious study of the human condition via popular product, Barbie thinks right outside of the box."

"A dazzling achievement, both technically and in tone."

"The film is at once a journey of self-actualisation and a testament to female solidarity."

"There is plenty in Barbie to be delighted by, even moved by."

"The Barbie movie will definitely make you laugh, probably make you cry, and absolutely make you think."

"Barbie could’ve just been a commercial, but Gerwig makes this life of plastic into something truly fantastic."

"Welcome to Greta Gerwig's fiercely funny, feminist Dreamhouse..."

"A very funny kids’ movie with a freshman liberal arts student’s vocabulary..."

"With a neon-drenched landscape, a heap of nostalgia and charming performances, Gerwig delivers for all the Barbie girls and boys."

"Delivers the fun but fudges the politics."

"An exuberant, sometimes exhaustingly clever piece of Mattelian neorealism..."

"A new kind of ambitious and giddily entertaining blockbuster..."