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Gerwig's flick sees Margot Robbie's Barbie tasked with journeying from Barbieland to the Real World to figure out why she's suddenly🎉 not fitting the mold as to what a stereotypical Barbie should be. There, the plastic gal sets out to discover what true happiness is – and finds her independence along the way. Ken, however, stows away on her trip and wastes no time bri🍨nging back all the knowledge of the patriarchy he accumulated in the Real World to Barbieland. Oh dear.

Barbie is in cinemas now. For more on the movie, check out our breakdown of all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Barbie Easter eggs you might have missed or the past 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Barbie movies that didn't make it to the big screen.