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‘Barbie’ Breathes New Life Into a Tired Hollywood Trend

A director beloved for their arthouse movies gets tasked with the dreaded white whale of Hollywood: making a great movie out of a well-known property. The result? A movie that is inarguably an IP movie. But also? A movie that can’t be divorced from that director’s profoundly distinct vision.

Greta Gerwig has done the impossible — and created a new camp classic along the way.

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