A fiercely independent teenager tries to make her own way in the world while wanting to get out of her hometown of Sacramento, California, and to get away from her complicated mother and recently-unemployed father.
Barbie fails to deliver a genuine challenge to patriarchal norms, lacking the radical edge of earlier works by John Waters and Ira Levin. Its polished, mainstream approach dilutes its message.
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