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I Feel Pretty
2018 110 min China, United States of America PG-13 16+
★5.7
Comedy, Romance
Director: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein
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Description
A head injury causes a woman to develop an extraordinary amount of confidence and believe she's drop dead gorgeous.
Budget:
$32M
US Gross:
$48.8M
Worldwide:
$94.54M
Starring
Amy Schumer
Actor
Michelle Williams
Actor
Emily Ratajkowski
Actor
Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2018
— Best Comedy Performance
Key opinion
I Feel Pretty is a polarizing comedy that balances a heartfelt message of self-acceptance with inconsistent execution. While many viewers appreciate its empowering theme, critics and audiences are divided over whether the film's screenplay is charmingly earnest or frustratingly thin and didactic.
| Acting | Amy Schumer’s committed performance effectively anchors the film, imbuing the protagonist with energy and sincerity that elevates the material. | |
| Acting | Michelle Williams delivers a standout, surprising comedic performance as the quirky, high-voiced boss. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is fundamentally divisive: some find it an uplifting, instructive fable, while others condemn it as lazy, incoherent, and riddled with contradictory moralizing. | |
| Humor | The comedic quality is inconsistent; while some audiences found it genuinely funny and engaging, others criticized the humor as sparse, cheap, or undermined by a sluggish narrative pace. | |
| Theme | The film’s central message on self-worth is debated; supporters see an inspiring call for inner confidence, whereas detractors view the reliance on a head-injury plot as a shallow, problematic reduction of body-positivity discourse. |