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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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ShutTheDoorBabe · 03/09/2023 13:08

Lol no. I though some of it rang true and was def a talking point with my dc but no, I thought it was funny, silly and an interesting way of getting the point across. A bit Monty Python-esque in some scenes, as well.

greengreengrass25 · 03/09/2023 13:13

Yes I cried as did my dd at one point

greengreengrass25 · 03/09/2023 13:15

The no longer playing with dolls bit about the mum made me upset

Bit like in Mama Mia slipping through my fingers

Bonbonbonbonbons · 03/09/2023 13:26

I cried. With boredom.

AllOfThemWitches · 03/09/2023 13:28

No but I liked it. Could relate to a lot of it, especially to how men interact with women.

ThePoshUns · 03/09/2023 13:33

I felt a bit choked up watching the mother / daughter montage, mainly because I don't have a daughter and that sort of thing always sets me off

ThePoshUns · 03/09/2023 13:35

I thought it was a great film, funny with a great message. Feminists still have much work to do!

Songbird74 · 03/09/2023 13:37

Did not like it at all. I thought the ending could’ve been better; like Barbie going for an interview or something. The last line just didn’t raise a giggle or a chuckle from anyone in the audience. It was an OK film but not one which I would actively seek to watch again. Margo Robbie was fab and that other chap (his name escapes me) was also great, but I just didn’t love it at all.

Icannoteven · 03/09/2023 13:37

Yes I saw it with my partner the first time and my 9 year old dd the second time, which made all the mother daughter parts more emotional for me. I’m not usually a big crier.

I cried at the mother daughter parts and also the end. Something about the speech Barbie gives (about wanting to be part of the people who make meaning, have the idea rather than be the idea) really touched a nerve for me.

I also thought it was hilarious, the physical comedy, the relatable parts - e.g having the godfather mansplained to you the bit about men having to show off by jumping over things instead of going around - just cracked me right up. I was a Greta Gerwig fan before this though so her brand of zany, silly-but-slyly-serious humour appeals to me.

OriginalUsername2 · 03/09/2023 13:42

I teared up at the beginning when you first see barbie world and all the details. I think it was nostalgia (for the argos catalogue ritual of circling what you want - because I never owned any of these things!)

I didn’t tear up at anything I was supposed to be moved by. Like a pp said, it was perfect feminism-lite for my dd.

Moonberri · 03/09/2023 13:47

I cried but not because I heard anything new or particularly powerful. I was in an emotionally weary place at the time and America's speech just touched a nerve, that I am exhausted by life while DH has much less pressure on him.

Something doesn't have to be new or life-altering to make you cry.

DD also learnt what a gynaecologist is 😊

drunkpeacock · 03/09/2023 13:56

Erm I laughed a bit (loved Alan and weird Barbie) slept for a while and left before the end but no tears, unless you count tears of boredom.

I felt like the writers were very confused and tried to hit multiple messages and appeal to different generations and ended up with a bit of a messy film.

pompomdaisy · 03/09/2023 14:02

No. I can't even think of a part that would have made me cry. Have you considered antidepressants?

BeMoreBarbie · 03/09/2023 14:12

pompomdaisy · 03/09/2023 14:02

No. I can't even think of a part that would have made me cry. Have you considered antidepressants?

Have you considered not being so rude? Jesus!

Missingmyusername · 03/09/2023 14:59

No didn’t cry but America’s speech was good.

I had Barbie but never had any use for a Ken 😂 was a pretty layered film.

AllOfThemWitches · 03/09/2023 15:03

pompomdaisy · 03/09/2023 14:02

No. I can't even think of a part that would have made me cry. Have you considered antidepressants?

Wtf 😆 it's clearly intended to trigger an emotional response.

PerspiringElizabeth · 03/09/2023 15:05

No it made me eye roll 😄 it was fine, but the cinema was full of late teens who are realising the inequalities of the world for the first time and whooped, cheered, ‘PREACH!’-ed during America Fererra’s speech, and I was there like….. this isn’t new!

Lengokengo · 03/09/2023 15:10

I am not a crier, but I cried at the end it touched several nerves; how much harder my parenting life has been than DHs and how much my own mother has fallen short in her parenting to me. I think it says more about your own situation, than revealing anything surprisingly new.

roarrfeckingroar · 03/09/2023 15:12

Yes. I felt seen and heard and cried after for me and my daughter.

AllOfThemWitches · 03/09/2023 15:13

PerspiringElizabeth · 03/09/2023 15:05

No it made me eye roll 😄 it was fine, but the cinema was full of late teens who are realising the inequalities of the world for the first time and whooped, cheered, ‘PREACH!’-ed during America Fererra’s speech, and I was there like….. this isn’t new!

I imagine it's aimed primarily at them tbh

AvengedQuince · 03/09/2023 15:24

As a former 'tomboy' who has never owned or played with a barbie, it really did nothing for me, especially the speech which didn't resonate with me at all.

Whengodwasarabbit · 03/09/2023 15:27

That film broke my heart. I cried.
My teen dd kept asking me to come and watch it with her, she’d already seen it with her friends.
She never wants to go to the cinema with me so I was surprised.
We’d spend whole days playing with these dolls when she was little, pools and cars and the big Barbie houses. Such happy times. I remember passing it all into my friends little girls for them to enjoy. I still remember those days and the chats we had and how carefully she laid out the furniture and combed their hair, just as I had with some of the same dolls.
I think that’s the bit that got me, how lovely it is to be part of a child’s imagination and play and how soon it’s all over.

greengreengrass25 · 03/09/2023 15:38

Whengodwasarabbit · 03/09/2023 15:27

That film broke my heart. I cried.
My teen dd kept asking me to come and watch it with her, she’d already seen it with her friends.
She never wants to go to the cinema with me so I was surprised.
We’d spend whole days playing with these dolls when she was little, pools and cars and the big Barbie houses. Such happy times. I remember passing it all into my friends little girls for them to enjoy. I still remember those days and the chats we had and how carefully she laid out the furniture and combed their hair, just as I had with some of the same dolls.
I think that’s the bit that got me, how lovely it is to be part of a child’s imagination and play and how soon it’s all over.

Yes and me

My dd was also sad as her own little girl is growing up too itms so we were both crying

WhatWhereWhenHowWhy · 03/09/2023 15:46

Loved it and yes I was emotional x

Overheater · 03/09/2023 15:48

Moonberri · 03/09/2023 09:04

I cried at America Ferrari's "rant" about expectations of women. It just hit home to me how much pressure I am under compared to my DH, for example.

Same here! I saw the film a month ago and still think about it.