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The first reactions toBarbieare here!
After the Los Angeles premiere of theGreta Gerwigfilm on Sunday night, attendees shared their thoughts on social media, praising the comedy and its performances fromMargot Robbieand Ryan Gosling.
ComicBook.com’s Jamie Jiraktweeted, “… Greta Gerwig somehow exceeded my expectations. She tackles the positives and negatives of Barbie so beautifully. Give Ryan Gosling an Oscar nomination, I’m dead serious!”
Eric Heckler of the New York Film Academywrotethat Ken is Gosling’s “best role to date — Greta Gerwig takes everything that has made him great in his previous films and combines them into a Super-Gosling.”
“The Oscar buzz is real, and if it happens it would be one of the most fun and inspired nominations in recent memory,” Heckler added.
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ScreenRant’s Joseph Deckelmeiertweetedthat the “whole cast is brilliant” and said the movie is “funny, bombastic, & very smart. Greta Gerwig aims for the fences & hits a home-run. Margot Robbie’s performance is great & @RyanGosling & @SimuLiu are pure entertainment!”
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Perri Nemiroff of Colliderwroteon Twitter that the story is “mixed” but “the craftsmanship is incredible. In particular the costume & production design includes next-level work that heavily contributes to creating the feeling that these truly are Barbies, their dream houses, and their worlds come to life.”
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Variety’s Katcy StephansaidBarbieis “perfection”: “Greta Gerwig delivers a nuanced commentary on what it means to be a woman in a whimsical, wonderful and laugh-out-loud funny romp. The entire cast shines, especially Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in roles they were clearly born to play.”
At the premiere Sunday, director GerwigtoldVarietyher feelings about finally sharing the highly anticipated movie with fans.
“It’s really incredible, and I’m really just trying to, you know, take it in [and], like, not miss it. Because so much has led up to this moment,” she said. “It’s very emotional. It really is.”
Barbieis in theaters July 21.
source: people.com
