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Synopsis
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Cinematic DNA
Greta Gerwig has said she watched Jacques Demy's 1964 French musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg — a film where every word is sung, every surface is saturated with color — and understood immediately what Barbieland should be: a world where artifice isn't dishonesty, it's the only language adequate to feeling. Demy's films are devastating precisely because they're beautiful. The same sadness hides inside Barbie.
Federico Fellini's '8 ½' as inspiration for a film that tackles existential crises, but still remains joyous.
— Greta Gerwig · IndieWire - Greta Gerwig on How She Made 'Barbie': ‘It Was a Gigantic Balancing Act’
Films with Similar Themes
identity and self-discovery · feminism and gender roles · consumerism and materialism · escapism vs reality · acceptance and belonging
