Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, starring actors Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Ryan Gosling (Ken), was released world-wide on July 21. 

There was a lot of controversy leading up to the highly anticipated movie since the trailer was released. 

The basis of the story follows the life of stereotypical Barbie, and her boyfriend, Ken. 

At the beginning of the movie, everything was seemingly perfect until there was a rip between the real world and Barbieland. 

In order to fix it, stereotypical Barbie and Ken make a trip to the real world to fix what caused the rip, only to find that Barbie dolls didn’t have the effect on the world that they thought it did. 

They found that although the purpose of Barbie was supposed to solve issues such as sexism and patriarchal control, it did the exact opposite. 

  The Barbie movie really opened the eyes of everybody of how the world really is, and it showed the reality of how women in the modern world are treated. 

 Although it was expected that the Barbie movie’s target audience would be younger children, its true target audience seemed to be adults and in its opening weekend, the movie made $356.3 million overall. 

When someone thinks about a Barbie movie, they would typically think of it as a kids movie with magic and a storyline fit for a younger audience. 

But, considering this movie had many controversial topics regarding feminism and sexism, it seems to target a more mature audience. 

The majority of reviews for the movie are positive, at 87% on rotten tomatoes. 

One of the overall concepts of the movie was to not let a man define you, and they did a great job showcasing what sexism looks like in the real world today. 

It touched on sensitive topics such as women being used for their bodies and women being expected to do the most but not too much at the same time. 

The Barbie movie is seen mainly as a feminist movie at heart, and made an impact on women of many ages all over the world, opening eyes and minds to some of today’s concerns.