How did y'all miss so much about this movie? I'm a dude and I loved it!! Touching, heartfelt, and for women and men alike.

I understand and respect that this movie isn't for everyone. However, so many of y'all completely missed the point. It's about how the patriarchy hurts BOTH women and men by putting these gender stereotypes on us. And the patriarchy is not just men, it is society as a whole. This is not about hating men or "women are so much better than men". It's a commentary about how women are viewed as LESS THAN in the real world. But the message is not that women are superior to men, it's that we're EQUAL and WORTHY on our own. Barbie doesn't just exist to look good and Ken doesn't just exist to be Barbie's boyfriend/sidekick. They are both worthy of happiness and love as INDIVIDUALS. Also, Barbie didn't treat Ken badly, she just didn't want to be in a relationship with him and he refused to take the hint. Men have been taught that women owe them something so when Barbie rejected him he took it as her being mean to him. But she didn't actually owe him ANYTHING. I've also seen some people say the movie is anti-motherhood, which it is not. It's simply about being able to have a CHOICE. America Ferrera's character specifically says that it's okay to "just" be a mum. You don't have to have a career or choose between a career and being a mum. Plus the pregnant Barbie was a real Barbie that was discontinued because people thought the idea of it was funny seeing as she didn't have a vagina (and you know, was a DOLL). Speaking of, the ending with Barbie going to the gynecologist, now that she has a vagina, is actually genius. Because, aside from the fact that they had emphasised that she was a doll and therefore didn't have a vagina, it's just a part of being a woman/having a vagina. It's so mundane and something we don't really think about. It symbolises Barbie transitioning into a human/adult, similar to girls going go the gyno for the first time representing that transition from girl to woman. This is signifant because although Barbie is portrayed by an adult actress, her worldview is very childlike (as is Ken's). And this movie is NOT aimed at kids. It's aimed at people who played with Barbies when they were kids but are now adults who are dealing with real life issues. Margot Robbie is fabulous as always but Ryan Gosling just took it to another level as Ken! America Ferrera is very underrated as well.

I think people who didn’t play with Barbie and/or don’t know Barbie canon don’t get why Ken was treated the way he was. Barbie wasn’t mean to Ken. She just didn’t want to date him. In Barbie Land she can be/do anything she wants. So Ken can be her boyfriend or just a friend. In Barbie Land Ken really is… just Ken lol He’s not a career guy. Mattel didn’t create houses, cars, etc. for him. So the world they created in this film is accurate. This movie was successful because it catered to an underserved market: women. Regardless of race and socioeconomic background, many girls played with Barbie’s. They also cast leads that both men and women love. The marketing for this was also brilliant. People seem to be taken aback by the message in this film because they go into thinking it’s a little kids movie. It’s not. It’s a movie created for the women who were once little girls that played with Barbie. It hits on topics that women (and men) deal with in the real world. Barbie Land doesn’t need to change. It’s imaginary and allows girls to imagine themselves as anything. The real world is what needs to change.

Some people just completely miss the messages of movies

They looked so confused watching this

Um🤔. A gynecologist doesn't make vaginas. They take care of them. Make sure they are healthy and well 😊

I'm so sad you didn't like it. I've already watched this movie 5 times cuz I can't stop watching it and I always start sobbing.

You don't go to a Gynecologist to get a one, you would already have one, she is human now.

56:28 The way I interpreted it, *Barbie* became human and thus has all the human parts. She's seeing her gynecologist because she now has reproductive organs.

at the end barbie is seeing her gynaecologist because she now has genitals, she’s not getting one 😂

This is my interpretation of the movie. It's about going from girl to woman. Barbie land is what our childhood felt like; we were safe, naive, and everything seemed perfect. The real world is what womanhood feels like; it's scary, there's pain & we are faced with so many challenges, while still being held to unrealistic expectations by society. As we get older, we see and understand sacrifices our mothers and grandmothers made; they walked so we could run. "We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they have come"

To people surprised that these two didn't understand the deeper themes of the movie, let's remember: Jane also thought Barbie went to the gynecologist to "get" a vagina...

I never understood that _hands-off_ mentality some men have. It wasn't a chore to care for our baby. _It was a delight._ My daughter is 35 now, but back in the late 80's my wife and I cared for her equally.

I'm surprised you all cut America Ferrera's character's monologue within your reaction. That speech got me sobbing in the theater. I know what she said does not only apply to women. Basically, any person who has been marginalized by society can probably relate to that message.

i just want all parents to know that teenagers are not mean to you because they hate you all of a sudden, they go through the process of separation which is normal and HEALTHY

Imagine a guy feeling you owe him anything just because he likes you.

No no no she’s not getting one she got one when she turned human. She’s just doing her first womanly check up.

I knew you wouldnt like it too much as I was watching your reactions because I could tell you didn't get the deeper meaning of everything. To be fair, I didn't get it all at first, either. I also get that it isn't for everyone, and that's ok. I still saw you enjoyed a lot of it and I appreciate the effort!! I look forward to watch more of you guys!! ❤

It is little girls moving the dolls which is why Ken goes all over after hitting the wave.

the thing with garbage woman barbie, and like all those smaller jobs, is that those are those barbies dream job! they love it!

The 2003 first issued boxed doll had no wedding band & some people disapproved. Even though Midge & Allen were married in a wedding set in 1990 & in the 2003 Happy Family set had a 2 year old boy named Ryan. Pregnant Midge had a magnetic belly with a tiny baby inside -so you just removed the belly & get the baby girl out.

Fun fact:the daughter played young gamora and young ahsoka

this movie is for only those who had high media literacy and is not clouded with biases

When she became human, she "got" a vagina, just like she started breathing and her heart started beating. Thanks for your reaction.

i love how jane thought it was just going to be glorification of Barbie. to each his own. but this Movie was Amazing. Full stop.

How can you not like this movie?!😭🥺

I liked the movie the first time I saw it but over time it has really grown on me, and I think it's genius and great fun. I saw it 3 times in the theater. Ryan Gosling is amazing and hilarious. Highly intelligent script and iconic set design and costumes. Such a fun movie with good life affirming messages.

Aw. Jane at 32:03 : ( So sad. Sidenote “He’s also Ken-adian” was such a good joke.

40:40 Seeing the daughter singing this with her mother means that they’re bonding

I LOVE alan, I have my grandmas doll. She always taught me to grow up to be an Alan in society. 😂

This has quickly become one of my favorite movies ever. It wasn't what I expected - it's so much more! It's not just fun and laughs, it's also very deep and intelligent with some excellent social commentary.

Ooo Ryan Gosling was great for this ❤❤ lol

This movie just wrecks me emotionally, idk i went through a million stages of grief watching it. Its so good just, yea... emotions.

barbie wasnt ever mean to ken?? she was not in a relationship with him. she doesn't owe him anything, he just liked her? weird thing to say..

36:57 Century City is a real place. It's a prominent business district in Los Angeles. Home to lots of high level offices and luxury retail/ housing.

I really liked the movie ❤. I really enjoyed it. I saw it first, and then I saw Oppenheimer, which was also released on the same day, July 21st, since the name “Barbenheimer” got invented.

If the dislike ratio is confusing, there is absolutely a group bots going around youtube mass disliking reactions to this movie.

Ken was my favorite character. I think Ryan did a brilliant job! ❤❤❤

Yes it was a real doll - In 1975, Growing Up Skipper caused a lot of controversy -When you rotated the arm of child Skipper she became teen Skipper -an inch taller & small breasts would appear

I had a couple of handful of laugh out loud moments watching the film (the main one being the 2001 parody, which later learned they'd spoiled in a trailer so I'm glad I'd missed that). Otherwise it felt like the movie was a conversation starter. I wanted to find female friends who had watched it to discuss how they felt about that monologue that woke up the Barbies.

Fun Fact: The "mother" of Barbie was invented in Germany by Reinhard Beuthien and was called "BILD-Lilli". Ruth cooperated with him and they created Barbie.

Watching a film in stereo with one earbud can't be enjoyable also thinking she didn't have a vagina at the end was hilarious

The woman guessed wrong almost every time. I think she just didn’t get it. Even her take that Barbie was buying a vagina. She became human and human women’s vagina is a huge deal right now. It has been with who we are from the Garden of Eden, to being property, to second class citizens, to the constant fight for equal worth and rights. Actually this is a point lost on a ton of people. But I think the woman didn’t understand the parodies very well so the storyline seemed weak when in fact it is massively world view changing, clarifying. It is deep but hidden so perfectly with humor and incredible set designs and costumes. Ironically, the guy seemed to guess things better and understand the subtext much better. But overall it was a good and solid reaction. Thank you both.

Margot Robbie (Stereotypical Barbie) and Ryan (Beach Ken) will work together again for the Ocean’s 11 prequel with Robbie coming back as a producer too, and the film will probably also be distributed by Warner Bros (My favorite logo)

Sasha and her friends were meant to represent the Bratz dolls...FYI

This is the highest grossing movie of 2023, $1.4 billion dollars!

For me the main message of the movie is that you don't have to live in the box society places you in. Or the limits you place on yourself. You're not defined by the things you have or people around you or the expectations on you. Only you get to define yourself. Barbie gets to become human and be a complicated, dynamic individual. And Ken isn't his girlfriend or his coat or even beach. He's Ken and he gets to define himself, too. He's Kenough just as he is. And, secondary to that, society doesn't always keep up or treat people right so don't be complacent about the status quo. Question how things are done and if how things are done is actually good or just taken for granted thats how it is. Try to have perspective for others. At one point slavery was considered "normal" and women couldn't vote. That didn't make any of that good or right, but it took time for enough people to really realize it and then they had to fight to change things. How the Kens were treated was bad. The real world has come a long way in working toward equality, but it's not perfect. And change doesn't happen overnight, but that doesn't mean we stop striving for it. I also liked MellVerse take in his reaction. That the movie is also the journey of growing up. The beginning their views are simplistic and everything is "perfect" at least for Barbie. Bc children before about age 8 can't really do perspective. Like sit a kid at a tea party table with stuffed animals and ask them to draw the tea party from the teddy bears perspective and they can't. It will be from their own. That starts to change around 8ish. All kids have main character syndrome lol... Second act, Barbie experiences adolescence. She starts getting some complex existential awareness and her body is changing on her and she doesn't understand what's going on and has to find herself and who she is in the real world. Then she grows up. And its not pretty or perfect and life has change and loss but also excitement and new experiences. And its finite imperfections are what makes it beautiful. She embraces who she is and that she doesn't have the answers but thats ok. The journey is worth it.

Why would Barbie get arrested for punching the guy after he assaulted her? California. That's why lol

geez, talk about missing the whole point of the movie. hopefully the comments helped clear your minds a little.

Netflix the Toys That Made Us has a Barbie episode that explains some of the Barbies

Barbie's real name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

44:16 I think the Barbie talking about the "Zack Snyder cut of Justice League" played younger Storm in the more recent X-Men films?

Oy, tell me y'all missed the forest for the trees on this whole plot thing without saying it...

"Babe.........if you wanted one....." DIED laughing. Great video.

About the ending scene (gynecologist): When Barbie closes her eyes after talking to Ruth, she sees images of women, with Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For” aptly playing in the background. She possibly comes to the conclusion that the thing she wants to create is a legacy of her own, or maybe it’s just the fact that she’s a human that’s made her excited to see a gynecologist. And anyway, that’s the big physical change she has when she becomes human (other than getting a heart and other organs too). Jokes aside, we believe Barbie wants to be a mother at some point; maybe it’s her reflecting Gloria’s thoughts and feelings too.

if you didn’t get the message of the movie just say that.

I think this movie is all about putting people in boxes - figuratively for the most part - and why it's the opposite of what we should be doing.

Century City is very real!

Oh yay, I was hoping to find a reaction from someone who actually played with them as a kid!

I love your reaction. I love the Barbie.

The line about Ken having just as much power as women in the real world is fantastic. Because no matter who is hearing and what their views, if you think that the line means Ken is not equal in Barbieland, you are also acknowledging that women still aren't equal in the real world. The only way that line is negative is if you think that women have less power and autonomy and say in things by a large margin. Otherwise, it should be an uplifting statement.

You should have watched this movie separately. You missed the deep emotions. 👎

Jane - I think you mean 'Legally Blonde' not Clueless.

Cant emphasise how profound the question how to be human is.

Superior Court is Provincial, there is a Supreme Court of Canada with cool statues out front of the building, including the one I use as my avatar.

I loved this movie❤ I seen it 4times in the theater 😊

Why would you not show us the reaction to America’s amazing monologue 😭😭😭

Justin the perv 😂❤. Love you guys

They both almost got the point

Ken rules. brewski beer me.

51:13 What? Gravik from Secret Invasion?

Now you both need to watch Oppenheimer (2023).

Movie was also really good at highlighting both the push for women to be more than moms. There is the undertone of stating you can be whatever you want no matter mom or astronaut. Additionally it touches on the male bashing that occurs if you don’t say “correct” things. It’s really interesting. I’m not wording it great so please don’t bash…i didn’t even see it before watching Natalie Golds reaction, where she describes it much better than I am. Lol Thx guys!

YASSSSSS💖💖💖💖

This movie is Not For Me on a whole slew of levels, and that's okay. I'm happy for the people who enjoy it.

Give Ryan Gosling the Oscar.

I can see y'all not enjoying this movie and being unpleasantly surprised if you were looking for a simple, happy, bubbly movie! I think those of us who really enjoyed it, and want to see it multiple times, enjoy looking at the deeper meanings in the movie and really enjoy the way this one was written and crafted. It's more of a thought-provoking movie than a fun one! (Though it is very fun in moments!). So, simply saying - I don't think you were wrong for disliking it. To me, this movie is a lovely representation of what it means to be human. She has a "perfect" life, but it feels empty because there is no challenge or emotion or change within it. So the entire movie is Barbie coming to terms with those things and finding out they are beautiful - the scene with the old woman, her crying, the bits with America Ferrarro's character. Ken's story is the same kind of trajectory too - finding purpose and meaning in himself and not in what he thinks he should be. He was never going to be happy if his happiness relied so heavily on Barbie. This movie feels like it came out at a really good time, with so much fear of change and so much insistence that there's a "right" or "wrong" way to be yourself. Also - the Ken part at the end was a joke, but also a reminder that things aren't fixed overnight! Women weren't immediately given equality - it had to happen over time. Barbieland isn't going to be perfect in that either, but it's able to be a little lighter because the Kens seem perfectly fine with it so long as they get to wear robes. It doesn't have the same darker outcome that inequality might have in the real world, lol! Anywho, hope y'all have a great day, and I hope the response here didn't sour y'all too much! I think some people forget that others might have different tastes than they do and that's okay! Y'all weren't dunking on the movie at all, you just expected a different vibe. Perfectly reasonable.

Great movie exposes the bias in all of us. Catastrophy makes everyone realize we only survive by working together using their individual talents and common advantages as humans. The way things are going gender and all these stereotypes we keep will be useless when our basic needs as humans aren't being meet. During the great depression nobody was worried about being better than someone else or getting attention they were just trying to survive and eat, I hope we as the human race aren't in that situation again.

holy shit this was a bad reaction lmao some of the most inane observations as you talk over the entire movie and never let yourselves actually get immersed in anything it's saying.

Lol I watched this for an hour for u to say this was just okay. I don’t think u got this movie at all but okay it’s ur right to have ur own opinion. I thought u would really like it. Oh well.

Have y'all thought about reacting to ready player one?

Are you guys reacting to the Aquaman 2 trailer?

I hope you two react to more horror movies! ❤

At the risk of sounding like a total Ken, for the love of God please go watch The Godfather films right now!! 😂

Secret invasion was actually good I don't get the hate for it at all

I watched the movie twice. The reason why it is not rewatchable is because it is about serious topics thst women face. It has s feminist message.

Fun movie

55:43 Awww

Wow

Yeah I think they missed some points

Omg u never seen the godfather??

gah damn ya'll cry throughout any other movie when its the most boring or mediocre film but for THIS ya'll dont cry or even get emotional? didnt get immediately who Ruth was even without knowing it coz its so obvious who it could be. didnt cry when you see the women with their children in the footage? BRUH thats wack.

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I really wanted to enjoy your watch through, but there was so much off-topic conversation…and you talked over so much critical dialogue…that it didn’t feel like you really wanted to watch this as much as you wanted to talk about other things.

love y'all but sometimes you talk too much and miss a lot of dialogue and ultimately the entire point of the movie

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I went and saw this with my girlfriend. She had to leave, but wanted me to stay and tell her if the rest of the movie was good. I had a good time. Like yeah, I think a lot of the messages are pretty blunt and exaggerated. As a guy who tries to follow both women's and men's gender issues, some stuff did have me recoil a bit. ("The kids never take it out on the dad". WTF really?! "Everything is your fault". There's literally an entire academic field dedicated to how everything is men's fault.) But I'm aware I wasn't the target audience, and it had a bit of a "venting out" aspect to it. I thought it worked with the over-the-top hammy vibe of the movie. Despite my above criticism, I loved America's frustrated outburst. I thought that was a pretty powerful moment, and I like those moments of insight about women's frustrations. And I'm actually surprised they gave Ken and arc and had a bit of a message there as well. I mean it was definitely still "A woman's idea of what men's issues might be". But there were legit aspects to it, and some angles I didn't expect. They didn't really need to do that, so I was kinda impressed Greta went there. Also, the movie is a bit of a Rorshach test. It had so many strong takes in so many different directions that everyone will find something to be offended by. So it's interesting to see which parts people latch to. I thought it was just kind of a fun movie experience. It wasn't mind-blowing, but I thought it really put itself out there, and had me rolling at several points.

45:45 please react to the trilogy!!

Guys, please go back to your old reaction format where the movie was always down, this changing cut is confusing 🙏

I know that song called “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Ellish fit so well in the movie just because it can relate to Barbie just to show was she made to be Barbie or to be a human? And she chose to be a human. But they didn’t have to play it again during the end credits after the song Barbie World. I found it very depressing