Yeah, that isn't it. I expected to hate it based on the internet rage machine. It was very clear that sexism is bad. Women in charge with no checks is just as bad as men in charge with no checks just in different ways. I actually LOL a couple of times and I liked it in the end. Robbie and Gosling were both great. Will Ferrel is the worst part of the movie, but I generally dislike him anyway.

That said, I don't know what counts towards oscars these days, but it didn't look like an oscar bait movie to me. Those are all "gritty" last time I looked and Barbie isn't gritty at all.