This Barbie is a feminist parable fighting to be great in spite of Mattel’s input
by Charles Pulliam-Moore from The Verge - All Posts on (#6D321)
Margot Robbie as Barbie in her cowgirl guise. | Image: Warner Bros. Greta Gerwig's Barbie is often good and sometimes great, but it always feels like it's fighting to be itself rather than the movie Warner Bros. and Mattel Films want.