8 Gritty Movie Reboots We'd Secretly Love

7. Barbie

Barbie is the perfect foundation to build a dark story on, just look at her, she's all superhumanly-proportioned and ever smiling, it's just not natural. For too long Barbie has been left for little girls to enjoy, now is the time for the plastic pin up girl to step into the frightening world of struggle and suffering that is the movies. Premise: Barbie finds herself disenchanted with life; everything she attempts to do comes strangely easily for her, there is no challenge in her existence. One day, she catches a glimpse of a someone who looks just too familiar, with her blonde hair, hourglass figure and bright pink everything else, Barbie finds herself compelled to follow this stranger. Things take a sinister turn, however, when Barbie discovers that the stranger is not only identical to her, but that the other Barbie knows of the existence of more just like her, each in professions such as pony trainer, airline hostess or professional socialite. The two Barbies must undertake an investigation to uncover the truth about their origin, are they merely clones in a Truman Show universe? Cast: Scarlett Johansson (Pretty much everyone on screen/Barbie)
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