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Nearby Theaters Playing Barbie

Since Barbie is now officially banned in Kuwait, here are three cinemas that you can drive to that are currently showing Barbie.

Muvi Cinemas
Location: Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia Google Maps
Distance: 2 Hours and 20 Minutes from borders

Vox Cinemas
Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia Google Maps
Distance: 2 Hours and 50 Minutes from borders

AMC Cinemas
Location: Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia Google Maps
Distance: 3 Hours and 15 Minutes from borders

If you’ve never driven to Saudi before, check this link for information.
Any Kuwait resident can get a visa to Saudi, check this link for info.

Update: So beside the fact that this post blew up on Instagram, it also made it into The Hollywood Reporter

31 replies on “Nearby Theaters Playing Barbie”

Adults can decide how to best spend their free time. The officials in the government of Kuwait, by dictating what citizens and residents can and cannot watch, are treating everyone like children.

governments all around the world dictates what should or should no be allowed in their country, why is this wrong?

Saudi Border Patrol: What’s the purpose of your visit?
Barbie Girls & GentleKen piled up in the car: To see the Barbie movie! 😁

What are you planning on wearing Mark? You’d look good in really large Bono shades with rose colored lens.

If people are worried their kids are gonna turn gay from a movie (and I watched Barbie, has nothing in it not even kissing) then the problem is with parents upbringing not the film

If people think one movie will be responsible for the “brainwashing” of grown ups and children alike, they’re the one who are being naive here. It’s not about this one movie.. it’s about it being one of the many movies (along basically any media) that banned before and will be banned in the future. It got banned because it progresses their agenda of alternating cultures and alienating people from their own culture and sources of morality and sense of right and wrong, one movie/tv show/music video/video game…etc. at a time. But rejoice! you’re a certified cultured open-minded supporter of humanity!

And the problem if one’s culture becomes different from their family’s is…?

Or do you claim that you still follow the culture of your cave man ancestors?

If your foundations are weak then anything, not just LGBT, will sway you. I watched Rambo 3 in the cinema when I was 7 in 1988. Did I turn to a killer?

few years ago a bollywood movie was banned in kuwait. One of my friend flew to dubai to watch that particular movie. 90 kd was the price for the return ticket.

It has been a couple of years since I left the region (circa the time Saudi started permitting women to drive) and never in my wildest dreams did I imagine going over there to do something that is restricted in Kuwait. What next, head over to grab a pint?

Because it’s not just about the movie. The movie is a movie but the reason it was banned is why everyone is up in arms about it. It wasn’t banned because of LGBTQ content, that content was already censored and removed from the film which is why Saudi and UAE have now released the film.

On the other hand the international media are heavily covering this ban because it’s newsworthy since Kuwait and Lebanon are the only two countries in the region to ban the film and from my understanding Lebanon is backtracking now and might release it.

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