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Did the Barbie movie make you cry?

88 replies

sweetie19 · 03/09/2023 08:55

I saw it yesterday and I absolutely loved it.

The ending made me very emotional and I definitely wasn’t the only one in the cinema crying.

I felt like I could really relate to the whole film - life isn’t perfect, there’s lots of change, stereotypical Barbie not feeling like she is good at anything (pretty much how I feel most of the time).

Did anyone else find it emotional?

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PictureFrameWindow · 03/09/2023 09:54

No, but I laughed my ass off. There were so many great gags in it. Particularly loved all the physical comedy.

RedLem0nade · 03/09/2023 09:55

I teared up at the growing up and growing older reel yes but, as with PP, I’m a major crier.

I really liked it. I brought my 7 & 9
year old and thought of it as a nice frothy intro to feminism-lite. We chatted about what the patriarchy is, the fact that of course in real life not everyone is as pretty as all the Barbies were etc. Also what a gynaecologist is. Good work for a cinema visit I felt!

Oh and of course it was their first taster of the wonderful BBC Pride & Prejudice😂

Julen7 · 03/09/2023 10:02

I cried when I thought it was never going to finish

toomanyleggings · 03/09/2023 10:04

Yes just at the end it did with the video montage stuff of women’s lives.

CarPour · 03/09/2023 10:05

I found it boring and American Ferrers rant while true was the same thing I've seen written a thousand times across the Internet. It wasn't new or particular in depth or intelligent, it wasn't a light bulb moment

Plus Ken was a bit of a twat and fucked up babrieland because barbie didn't show him enough attention

Where was I supposed to cry?

PostOpOp · 03/09/2023 10:16

I found it boring and American Ferrers rant while true was the same thing I've seen written a thousand times across the Internet. It wasn't new or particular in depth or intelligent, it wasn't a light bulb moment

This. I was underwhelmed because it was nothing new and quite surprised how many people (women) this is new for.

I didn't cry at the rest either, but maybe I would have had I not fallen asleep during the first half.

PlatinumBrunette · 03/09/2023 10:18

I’ve not seen seen it but my DD (who moved out last year) has seen it about 5 times with various friends.

She texts me saying “I’m sobbing again!” And that she misses me, so I guess it was made for young adults. She also said last week, “I think you must miss us playing Barbies.” Er nope!
So, I told her I absolutely loathed playing Barbies 😂 Apparently I was a good actor then.

SkaneTos · 03/09/2023 10:24

I liked the ending of the movie, but it did not make me cry.

(I liked the movie overall, but it did not make me laugh out loud. The parts that I thought were the most funny were the stuff with the discontinued Barbie dolls, like pregnant Midge, and the Barbie doll with the TV screen on her back.)

kezziegrey · 03/09/2023 10:31

No, I watched it with my children. I found it a bit boring and preachy. They enjoyed it though.

yeahthisisit · 03/09/2023 10:31

Julen7 · 03/09/2023 10:02

I cried when I thought it was never going to finish

It did seem to last forever…

BeMoreBarbie · 03/09/2023 11:21

Yes. I sobbed my little heart out. The mother and daughter are exactly me and DD right now. I'm welling up even typing this!

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 03/09/2023 11:31

I haven’t seen the film but I’ve read a transcript of that speech that is meant to be so powerful, etc, and I just find it faintly baffling. Based on everything I’ve read about the film, if anything it has to say about women and the patriarchy is new or a lightbulb moment to anyone over the age of twelve, where have you been for the last God knows how many years??

scrantonelectriccity · 03/09/2023 11:32

Yes but I was 6 weeks post partum and very hormonal anyway when watching it

HellHound · 03/09/2023 11:39

I didn't cry but it sparked a debate in my 10 & 12year old dds.... Whilst I'm an old hand in feminism debates it was a useful "introduction light" to the patriarch.

foolishone · 03/09/2023 11:43

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 03/09/2023 11:31

I haven’t seen the film but I’ve read a transcript of that speech that is meant to be so powerful, etc, and I just find it faintly baffling. Based on everything I’ve read about the film, if anything it has to say about women and the patriarchy is new or a lightbulb moment to anyone over the age of twelve, where have you been for the last God knows how many years??

It's very fucking clearly not a lightbulb moment for most women with any awareness of gender politics and expectations but it's quite nice to see this recognised and acknowledged in a clever way in a blockbuster, high profile film.

Plus there are a lot of women who aren't really aware and don't think 'feminism' is for them.

Pretty obvious really.

BeMoreBarbie · 03/09/2023 11:56

I found the speech a copy of the "be a lady they said" speech that's narrated by Cynthia Nixon so I wasn't impressed by it it surprised.

SM4713 · 03/09/2023 11:59

If anything, it made me laugh!

grayhairdontcare · 03/09/2023 12:00

I thought it was a load of old shite that went on forever!

itsmyp4rty · 03/09/2023 12:07

My friend cried because she knew she was never going to get those 2 hours back.

Namddf · 03/09/2023 12:10

yeahthisisit · 03/09/2023 09:42

No.
Didn’t find it funny either.
I was really frustrated with the movie, after reading how feminist and never-been-a-movie-like-this, I really thought it would be something else.
And the rage some men had about this mivie, I really thought I was going to be a middle finger to the patriarchy and men, women going their own way.
It was really dissapointing and the speech was just pretty shallow stuff, ie. wearing make-up, being thin and being a mother.
What’s feminist about that?

I agree it missed a trick. But as a gentle introduction for 13-20 year olds (which I think was the target audience) it was good.

The bit that made me cry was when she said ‘Us mothers step back so our daughters can see how far they’ve come’. For some reason!

Namddf · 03/09/2023 12:11

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 03/09/2023 11:31

I haven’t seen the film but I’ve read a transcript of that speech that is meant to be so powerful, etc, and I just find it faintly baffling. Based on everything I’ve read about the film, if anything it has to say about women and the patriarchy is new or a lightbulb moment to anyone over the age of twelve, where have you been for the last God knows how many years??

I’m a mother of teen girls and it’s amazing how conditioned and oppressed they still are by society to be honest. I feel we have gone backwards since I was that age. Not legally, but socially.

They need to hear this more than ever.

Viviennemary · 03/09/2023 12:14

It was the most boring, silly load of nonsense ever.

theveryhungrybum · 03/09/2023 12:27

I loved it, have seen it twice and will watch again when it goes to streaming. I didn't cry, but I laughed lots!

pepino · 03/09/2023 12:38

43ontherocksporfavor · 03/09/2023 09:11

I think the reels of childhood memories of daughters with mums was what tipped me over . But then I cry at lots of films.

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This made me cry as it made me miss my mum.

Natsku · 03/09/2023 12:44

I cried at the scene with the old woman on the bench. And at the home video montage.
And laughed a whole lot.
For a lot of women, especially teen girls and young women, the patriarchy rant is something new, it does give them something to think about and start questioning the actions of men in their lives.