Nick

Really enjoyed this movie, vastly superior to the latest Nosferatu iteration. Thoroughly recommend for a strong performance from the entire cast.

I liked the lead actor and actresses performances, also the performances of the supporting cast were admirable too. What I hated was the moral of the story, better to be dead than disabled. It feels like a totally missed opportunity, to have love with Louisa show Will that life with her in it, is still worth living. Unfortunately this didn't happen. Meaning whatever the relationship they had, it clearly wasn't good enough. When he was shown to be immunocompromised and almost died three(?) Times in the past two years I felt myself wondering why he didn't just give life a chance as he's on deaths door anyway. Came away feeling disappointed and deflated. The scene pacing felt rushed at times and dragged at others. Exposition was poor. American terminology was used where it never would in the UK and families saying grace before eating? Also not a common British sight. It's always a shame to see 'all female' slapped on marketing only for the product to be a bit crap. This isn't a good example of female writing, directing or producing. Wish I knew the ending before devoting an hour and a half to this.

This movie could have been something that really sent a positive message in a time of division. Instead of teaching young people that the world is a better place if men and women work together and respect one another, it decided to do the opposite. The main storyline of the movie is that in Barbie land, Barbie's are in complete control and Ken's are irrelevant, and that in the real world the opposite is true. Upon seeing this, Robie and Gosling return to Barbie land and Ken flips the system so men are the ones being selfish and Barbie's are irrelevant. The Barbie's then work together to make it so the Ken's are irrelevant again and everything is as it was at the movies start. There is no moral of the story of positive takeaway. Work together for everyone's benefit has been replaced by an eye for an eye. Men are jerks in the real world so the Ken's should be punished. The movie made some important and satirical references to how women and men have different challenges in the modern day. These were however short distractions from the problematic plot. Do yourself a favour and wait a year for it to come to a streaming service.