"She's everything. He's just Ken."
Director: Greta Gerwig
Cast: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Issa Rae
Barbie — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
You have to be thin, but not too thin.
Context
It comes from Gloria's speech near the end, which breaks the Barbies out of Ken's influence.
Meaning
This line opens the monologue's list of contradictions and sums up the double binds women are held to.
I'm just Ken.
Context
It is sung during Ken's power ballad after the Kendom collapses.
Meaning
Ken admits his identity crisis. The line became a viral, Oscar-nominated song.
I'm here to see my gynecologist.
Context
It is the film's closing line, spoken as Barbie starts her new life in the real world.
Meaning
A funny, blunt final line that confirms Barbie has fully become a human woman in a body. Gerwig has talked publicly about what it means.
Do you guys ever think about dying?
Context
Barbie blurts it out in the middle of a choreographed dance party in Barbie Land.
Meaning
The first crack in Barbie's perfection, where mortality breaks into a world that doesn't change.
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