Omphali's review about Barbie(2023)

Barbie falls short of the excitement touted in its promotion. The deconstruction and satire of patriarchy are far from profound; instead, it remains at a superficial level of self-discovery and having full agency and freedom. The controversy surrounding Barbie's image and its potential exacerbation of female appearance anxiety is hardly addressed. Essentially, it's a rehash of age-old themes but presented in a new packaging. Considering Hollywood's conservative and profit-driven nature, one can only regard this as a brave attempt at expressing feminism within the world's most profit-oriented film industry.