Warner Bros.’ New ‘Barbie’ Movie Spurs Controversy

Warner Bros.’ New ‘Barbie’ Movie Spurs Controversy
Moviegoers walk past the poster of the movie "Barbie" at a cineplex in Islamabad on July 21, 2023. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images
Carly Mayberry
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Those Barbie lovers looking for a dreamy two-hour experience of living vicariously through the doll’s fun and fluorescent world should instead expect to enter Hollywood’s land of woke, critics say.

The movie from Warner Bros., which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and was directed by Greta Gerwig and co-written by Ms. Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, opened in theaters Friday.

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