DR Rodzinski: I, too, felt nothing, emotionally, about "Barbie."
I had a small discussion in today's weekly Zoom chat with film music fans in which the ending was cited by one of them as something rewarding and refreshing after a film filled with absurdity, albeit entertaining absurdity.
To that, I had to ask what was rewarding and refreshing about a "doll" becoming a real person and wanting a real life? Was she having a Pinocchio-style complex or something?
I think Barbie has a place in children's imaginations and toys...but is she really a real-life heroine?
I like clever things, but there was nothing that resonated for me after it was over.