Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
This article was originally published on July 28.
We are recirculating it now timed toBarbies streaming debut on Max.
The exact scene that pushed you over the edge likely varies depending on your particular brand ofemotional vulnerability.
Im not good enough for anything, she says through tears.
Seriously,What Was I Made For?
It has almost killed me three times today alone.
Kens might have shed a self-aware tear in the face of Ryan Goslings portrayal ofBarbies primary almost-boyfriend.
He has so much range, itslike hes tackling multiple movie genres at once.
Normally Id enact violence on someone singing Matchbox Twenty with that much conviction.
But not when hes Just Ken, by Way of Baby Goose.
Barbie looks, awestruck, into this womans face with all of its wrinkles and absorbed wisdom.
Youre so beautiful, Barbie says, as if shes just seen Jesus.
Roth smiles back at the flawless Barbie with warmth and confidence.
I know it, she responds.
Greta Gerwig said in aninterview withRolling Stonethat she was almost persuaded to drop the scene from the film.
Indeed, whats so special about this sequence is how seemingly minor yet groundbreaking it is.
Theyre saying, Hi, Barbie, one phenomenal woman to another.
[Cue a tiny, plastic hand raising a tiny tissue to your eye.]
