The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
Animation · Music · TV Movie · 1987
Rock sensation Barbie and her band The Rockers, beloved by everyone all around the world, decide to do something no band has ever done before - preform a charity rock concert in outer space.
Movie details
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
1987 Animation · Music · TV Movie 25m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.9 / 10
Community rating
Rock sensation Barbie and her band The Rockers, beloved by everyone all around the world, decide to do something no band has ever done before - preform a charity rock concert in outer space.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Bernard Deyriès
Written by
Martha Moran · Ruth Handler · Bill Dubay
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Sharon Lewis
Barbie (voice)
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Michael Breyner
Ken (voice)
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Mary Adams
Dana (voice)
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Sarah Jayson
Diva (voice)
Joanne Wilson
Dee Dee (voice)
Garry Chalk
Additional voices (voice)
Doc Harris
Additional voices (voice)
Court is in session
Put Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.