Uglies

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Destiny N First, you have to read the series as a whole to really appreciate it. They did not do a bad job, however, they should have blended uglies and pretties a little to create a better bridge to a sequel. But overall it follows the book pretty well! I hope they get another shot with pretties, that’s my favorite one. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/12/25 Full Review Willian H Feios (Uglies) is yet another example of Netflix’s current phase: quantity over quality. The platform seems more concerned with releasing mediocre or bad films one after another than investing in renewing series that actually won over the audience. And Uglies fits perfectly into that batch, a forgettable title that tries to seem relevant but fails at almost everything it sets out to do. I watched the first 30 minutes and I’ll be honest: it was exhausting. Despite the futuristic premise and a universe that could have been interesting, the film doesn’t take off. The narrative is slow and doesn’t manage to hold your attention. The pacing drags, and even with a few promising elements, like the friendship between the main characters (especially between the boy and the girl, who have a cute connection, and between the two girls, who have a somewhat interesting dynamic) the script goes nowhere. Visually, the film also disappoints. The CGI is weak, the chroma key is glaring in several scenes, and the yellow eyes on the characters, maybe meant as a symbolic effect, just look strange rather than impactful. They don’t stand out in a good way. It all feels like déjà vu: we’ve seen similar stories, with similar ideas, and almost all of them were done better. Uglies tries to follow the young adult dystopia formula, but it arrives late and out of breath. In the end, it’s a bad, boring, weak film that puts you to sleep. What a shame. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review Myles W The plot and acting were both really unbearable…I can’t recommend this movie to my worst enemy Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review Jeffrey P With hints of Brave New World, Logan’s Run, and Cinderella to it, Uglies is not as original as it looks, nor as shallow as it sounds. Uglies is a dystopian tale of BFFs where outer beauty is everything and a story that becomes more mundane as it progresses in the second half towards a conclusion that reveals a basic familiar story hiding underneath shiny new aesthetics. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/19/25 Full Review Toby W From what I'd read I was expecting this film to be so bad that it's funny... But unfortunately, this movie just made me feel brain-dead. I will give credit where it's due, the plot and setting are really interesting and have so much potential. But, from the CGI that looks like a tiktok beauty filter, to the moral of 'looks aren't everything' that is immediately overrided by the hot people getting superpowers, Uglies isn't worth watching (if you want the storyline, go read the book instead). Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/08/25 Full Review nancy c The books are way better. Her bestie peris was not a special circumstances op in the uglies book. It is sad what they did to this story. BUT if (BIG IF) they come out with the other 2, I’d watch just to see where they were taking this story. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/02/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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