Pretty Ugly People

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Anna C 06/12/2024 Not what you expect with Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer but overall an okay film. I thought it would be better than it actually was. See more Horror fan 4 05/12/2024 One of the best hidden gems from the 2000's decade. Great cast and story. Tim Treakle See more sean g 11/13/2022 Slow, dull, some good ideas, but it's just like a dragged out long book, it's a shame, some really good actors, but it's just a movie about a girl who wants attention , a sad girls who take her friends into the wild to show off ..... See more 11/27/2019 Simply horrible.. don't waste your time. See more 08/21/2017 The script was poor and the comedy was absent...but at least the acting was good. See more jesse o 06/16/2017 You know, I've loved Melissa McCarthy ever since I first saw her in Bridesmaids. When I first saw the trailer all those years ago, I thought Melissa's character would annoy me, the character just had that vibe. But, color me surprised, when Melissa, in a cast full of tremendously funny and talented women, stole the show with a great comedic performance. And ever since then, I've been a big fan of the woman. Some would argue that she's just a female Kevin James when they criticize her or they use her weight as a reason for why she's not funny. The difference between Melissa and Kevin is the fact that, while Melissa does use her physicality as part of her performance, she's also got great comedic timing and delivery. She doesn't just use her 'weight' to get laughs, she uses all of the talents that she has at her disposal. Not to mention that, when it comes right down to it, Melissa McCarthy is a damn good actress and Kevin James couldn't act his way out of a paper bag if that bag was possessed by Daniel Day Lewis' spirit and it gave him lessons. The point is, Melissa McCarthy is pretty great. I started on this tangent because, as far as I can tell, this is one of Melissa's first major roles. Granted, it's in a small independent film and she had done some work prior to this point in supporting roles. Granted, this is also a supporting role, but I think it might have been the one that put her on people's radars, at least in Hollywood. Bridesmaids brought her so much more success and exposure, naturally. And, surprise surprise, like in almost every movie she's in, Melissa ends up being one of the highlights. And let me tell you that those highlights are difficult to come by when it comes to this movie. The idea is a good one. A woman tries to get all her college friends together for one last time as she goes on this hike trail to becoming the person that she wants to be. You see, she used to be fat and she had gastric bypass surgery and she is just four pounds away from her goal. She views her friends as the model of what her life should be like once she achieves her goal. Her friends, six of them I believe, reluctantly agree to go on this trail, even if Lucy (the formerly fat friend) was misleading her friends in getting them to agree to go in the first place. Things, naturally, do not go as planned as the dynamics of the friendship are broken from the inside out. The title of the movie is pretty apropos when it comes to these people and how detestable they can be at times. And that's the main problem with this film, the characters are just about the most unlikable people you will ever meet. With the exception of, maybe, Mary and Trevor, all of these people are the biggest assholes to each other and it's kind of an unpleasant film to watch at times. It's difficult to see how these people ever managed to be friends in the first place. There's racism, sexism, homophobia, adultery and that's just off the top of my head. I get the idea of the film and exploring these very flawed people and their relationships with one another. But, the fact of the matter is, that we are all flawed in whatever way that may be and, I'm sure, that most of us aren't major fucking dickheads to one another, least of all to our friends. You can write a movie with flawed characters that you can relate to because, once again, we all have our flaws and maybe we would be able to see ourselves in some of these people and we might be able to reflect on our own choices and mistakes. Not this movie, there's no possible fucking way that anyone, ever, could relate to any of these detestable people. And it's not even that the movie is bad, it's just that the characterizations leave a lot to be desired. The film also lacks structure, it's almost like you're watching one long skit. They jump all over the place from character to character, focusing on whatever issues the film wants to discuss at the time. The problem is that it feels like they're ticking off a box of 'complex' issues. 'Oh, we discussed racism, we can check off that box, now it's time to deal with homophobia' and so and so forth. That's no way to write a movie, it just feels like an incredibly forced and artificial. These issues have to come up organically for them to feel like actual character development and/or progression. The acting is perfectly solid, but these actors just can't elevate a script with contemptible characters. The ending also feels a little too perfect. Granted, the friends went through something very serious and that might have brought them together, but it's all wrapped up with a neat little bow. In all honesty, this movie is fine. It really is fine, I found it to be perfectly watchable. But there is no denying that the characters are just insufferable and the structuring of the script and its themes is piss-poor, at best. Yes, this is a perfectly fine movie to watch if you want something to kill time with. But it's not an entertaining movie and you really shouldn't watch it, there are better things to do with your time. You could go out and get laid or something. Three minutes of sex is more satisfying than this. See more Read all reviews

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