I was peppered with ads about the new Barbie move, streaming free. How bad can could it be? That took me five minutes of viewing. Anyone who watches more should attend a program for detoxing.
It opens with a small girl smashing dolls with a doll. The child either missed her meds or doubled-down on them. Zillions of animated Barbies are presented for the fans to look at, so the company can commercialize the product even more. I once had an adult student who brought all her Barbie dolls to her new home in a separate van. Doubtless she has seen this movie 100 times already.
Untalented humans are employed to play the Barbie and Ken roles, revealing no humor and nothing more than brutal, obnoxious, and obscene references. America has forgotten the class Greek style of drama, where "obscene" means "not seen on the stage." The current mode is reserving the stage for the obscene smirks, jokes, winks, and pratfalls.
The movie is perhaps painfully stupid throughout, but I could not stay for the thrills, chills, and pills.
