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Barbie movie: Marketing was great, but film was a letdown

The packaging of the "Barbie" movie was more enticing than the lackluster content it contained. Despite a year-long marketing campaign and numerous promotional activities, the film turned out to be a disappointment.

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Gerwig's movie begins with a cliché, as a narrator (Helen Mirren) states, "Since the beginning of time, there have always been dolls," while little girls surround a giant Barbie and violently destroy their old toys. This scene parodies the monolith sequence from "2001: A Space Odyssey," a trope that has been parodied countless times.