Ryan Gosling is being tipped for Oscar glory as critics rave about his performance in Barbie

It's been Barbie this and Barbie that since the world first got a whiff of a movie in the making – but now that the film is finally here in all its pink perfection, another character is emerging as the scene-stealing star.

Margot Robbie as Barbie is good – but it’s Ryan Gosling as Ken the critics are really raving about. 

He plays the adoring doll that orbits Barbie’s world, flashing his washboard abs and staring dreamily at the love of his life with his striking baby blues. His job is simply “beach” and just as clean-cut and ath­letic as Barbie’s boyfriend should be. But this Ken is a lot more than an easy-on-the-eye jock with perfect hair and bright-white teeth.