Barbie movie is based on a comic fantasy genre that was released in the year 2023 and was mentioned to be typically set in an imaginary world in which the characters are found to be living colorful and almost perfect lives in the Barbie world. 

In this article, the viewers can have information all about the Barbie movie cast, budget, story, and much more providing a unique history by the director Greta Gerwig by becoming the first movie to have a female lead. 

Why Barbie Movie Is The Talk Of The Town Recently? 

It was seen that Barbie and Oppenheimer both were mentioned as a competitor and were also the year’s biggest hits. It is again mentioned that the movie is making the headlines in the news all of a sudden, and the reason behind the news is because of its nomination at the Oscars 2024.  Despite being critically praised, Barbie was defeated by its competitor Oppenheimer’s movie which was directed by Christopher Nolan. 

About The Latest Barbie Movie: 

Greta Gerwig’s movie Barbie is mentioned to bring the picture of Barbie to the real world. This was the movie that was mentioned as a project on which the members were found working from the year 2016. 

It was described as a movie whose story-writing as well as ideas were related to the mixture of the dream world and the real world.  The cast members were finalized in the year 2019 and the production started which was previewed in the year 2023 in June in Cinemas. 

The director of the movie stated that the production and directing of the Barbie movie was a joyful experience and also mentioned that she almost cried when she stepped on the set of the movie for the first time. It was also mentioned that this was the movie that is known for including the brand-new footage that was chosen by the director Greta Gerwig having the hope that audiences will enjoy the show. 

Purpose Behind The Barbie Movie

Barbie is mainly an adventurous and comic fantasy-based movie that follows a self-exploring journey by two characters namely Ken and Barbie who take a major step to enter the real world by leaving their seemingly perfect and colorful Barbie land. 

The movie is mainly based on the heart core of womanhood and humanity which is not known for doing anything related to careers they have or the outfits they wear. The main purpose behind the Movie is to mention a spiritual connection that is passed by women of different generations giving their hopes and dreams for the people who came after them and hence to pass the commentary related to the effects of feminism.

Barbie Movie Plot: 

Barbie movie is seen to have a start in which the narrator explains the impact of the Barbie doll on society. In Barbie Land, Barbie is seen working in high-position jobs and Ken is seen spending time under Barbie’s shadow and is also mentioned to have feelings for her which is not recognized by Barbie. In the movie, it is seen that Barbie is questioning the mortality that she had in this Barbie land and further is found to suffer from an existential crisis in the party. 

It is seen that the next day after the party, she is suffering from problems like her perfect skin turning with blemishes and her lifted feet which is mentioned as the signature of Barbie turning to be flat. To fix these problems she is advised by the weird Barbie to travel to the real world in which the human girl playing with her is unhappy so that Barbie can find her and help her to be happy again. 

What’s the twist? 

After this, she decides to travel to the real world where Ken is seen to convince her to travel with him to the world and is found to face many problems in their journey like being arrested several times and hence getting an idea about the flaws that are present in the real world. Barbie finds her human girl, Sasha who is at her local school, and tries to help her with the problems she is facing. 

Later in the Barbie movie, when she is stuck in the Mattel headquarters, and meets the CEO of Mattel who wants to send her back to Barbie Land by packing her in the life-sized doll box, she is helped by her human girl Sasha and her mother in her escape from the Mattel Headquarters and again moving to the Barbie Land and finds that Ken is overthrowing the system and further mention the new constitution in the Barbie land that is to be followed. 

After facing this situation, it was found that Barbie along with the mother-daughter duo and Weird Barbie as well as Allan were against the new constitution rules mentioned by Ken and further made a plan to free the Barbies and hence restore the rules of the constitution that were mentioned before. After all these incidents, Ken and Barbie apologize to each other for their mistakes and lastly, barbie decides to travel to the real world and live her life as Barbara Handler along with the mother-daughter duo that is Gloria and Sasha. 

Who is in the Barbie Movie Cast? 

The cast of the movie mainly includes some stars like Margot Robbie who is known for playing the role of the main character that is Barbie and Ryan Gosling is known for playing the role of Ken. The character of Barbie’s human girl, Sasha is played by Ariana Greenblatt, and Gloria who is mentioned as the mother of Sasha in the movie is played by America Ferrera. 

Further characters that are mentioned to be playing the role of Barbies like Issa Rae who is the President Barbie of the Barbie Land. Rhea Perlman is known for playing the role of Ruth and Will Ferrell as Mattel CEO and many more were found to be the cast members in the Barbie Movie. 

Barbie Movie Production: 

The production of the movie mainly included the development which was known to provide the idea of a live-action and was mentioned to be directed by Greta Gerwig who was known for her acting as well as writing and directing skills in America and is also known for working on the movies that are based on mumblecore. 

The scripting of the movie was done by Noah Baumbach known for making comedy sets and also for his screenwriting skills along with Greta Gerwig to provide an adventurous and fantasy-related comedy experience to the viewers. The production team includes David Heyman along with Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner which also included its main lead actor Margot Robbie. The costumes the Barbie were designed by Jacqueline Durran and have made a practical approach for creating the wardrobe of Barbie. 

It was mentioned that the budget of the Barbie movie was originally mentioned to be approximately 100 million dollars, although the budget was steadily mentioned to rise to 145 million dollars and this was the information that was mentioned by the production team in an interview with the New York Times.

FAQs: 

• What genre is Barbie Movie based on? 

The genre of the movie is mainly adventure along with comic fantasy. 

• What are the number of awards won by Barbie movies?

The movie has won 176 awards because of its directing, screenwriting, performance that the cast has performed as well as its unique production. 

• How much did the Barbie Movie earn from the US box office? 

Greta Gerwig’s movie Barbie has earned up to 636 million dollars from the US box office. 

Conclusion: 

At the end of the article, it can be concluded that the Barbie movie was the biggest hit of the year 2023. It is mentioned that the movie had made a positive impact on the lives of women providing a historically excellent show in the industry. Recently the movie was seen in the headlines of the news and was also mentioned to win an Oscar award in the year 2024 for its song and was also praised for its production designs and plot but was found to be defeated by its main competitor Oppenheimer.