Editor’s Note: The below contains full spoilers for Barbie.As silly as it may sound, Ryan Gosling’s performance as “just Ken” from Greta Gerwig’s smash hit Barbie is genuinely Oscar-worthy.
In fact, Gosling’s performance as Ken is actually so good that it could almost be considered a flaw in the rest of the film.
Ken spends pretty much the entire second half of the film as the main antagonist, and while what he clearly represents is a serious topic, Gosling is just so gosh darn entertaining that we can’t help but love him while also hating him.
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