Barbie's rental price on Prime Video has been slashed ahead of the Oscars.

The movie, which became the highest-grossing movie of last year, is up for eight Academy Awards this weekend.

If you missed out on it the first time around, or just fancy a rewatch, Prime Video has now reduced its rental price to £1.99 from the usual £4.99. The movie is also available to buy from just £7.99, down from £13.99.

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The Oscars recently drew controversy for largely snubbing Barbie's Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie in the Best Director and Best Actress categories.

Speaking last month about the snubs, Gerwig told Time: "Of course I wanted it for Margot. But I'm just happy we all get to be there together.

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"A friend's mom said to me: 'I can't believe you didn't get nominated'. I said: 'But I did. I got an Oscar nomination'. She was like: 'Oh, that's wonderful for you!' and I was like: 'I know!'."

Robbie herself said of the snubs during a SAG-AFTRA panel discussion: "Obviously, I think Greta should be nominated as a director.

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"What she did is a once-in-a-career, once-in-a-lifetime thing. What she pulled off, it really is. But it's been an incredible year for all the films.

"We set out to do something that would shift culture, affect culture, just make some sort of impact, and it's already done that and some, way more than we ever dreamed it would. That is truly the biggest reward that could come out of all of this."

Co-stars Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera, who are nominated in the Supporting categories, also recently spoke out against the omissions.

Barbie is also up for Best Picture as well as Best Adapted Screenplay, while this year's field is led by Barbenheimer rival Oppenheimer with 13 nominations.

Barbie is available to buy or rent in the UK from Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft Store and more, as well as being available to watch on Max in the US.

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