Margot Robbie as Barbie.
(Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. Pictures)
Anyone not already intrigued to the point of obsession with Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie from the on-set paparazzi photos of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken should have been fully convinced by the uproarious, “2001”-quoting teaser trailer. Details are still scarce on what the story of the movie actually is, but from the imagery available so far and knowing the script was co-written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, all signs point to it being a sparkling subversion of gender and identity. With a jam-packed supporting cast that includes Issa Rae, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Kate McKinnon, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Hari Neff, Rhea Perlman, Emerald Fennell, Kingsley Ben-Adir and many more, if anything, expectations may now be running too high for this movie to be the most fun and smartest movie ever based on a legacy brand of plastic children’s toys. —Mark Olsen
