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Uglies
2024 100 min United States of America PG-13 12+
★4.5
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Director: McG
🎭 Based on
«Uglies»
byScott Westerfeld
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Description
In a futuristic dystopia with enforced beauty standards, a teen awaiting mandatory cosmetic surgery embarks on a journey to find her missing friend.
Starring
Joey King
Actor
Brianne Tju
Actor
Keith Powers
Actor
Awards
1 win total
Key opinion
Uglies is widely regarded as a failed adaptation that suffers from a hollow script, flat performances, and an unconvincing world. The film fails to elevate its source material, resulting in a generic dystopian experience that lacks emotional depth and internal narrative coherence.
| Originality | The film relies on clichéd tropes and a lazy script that fails to distinguish itself from superior dystopian genre entries. | |
| Acting | Performances are widely described as wooden, lifeless, and hampered by artificial, flat dialogue. | |
| Production | The production design and visual effects are perceived as cheap and artificial, lacking the atmospheric depth required for its setting. | |
| Theme | Thematically, the film fails to translate its exploration of beauty and societal pressure into a coherent message, leaving ideas underdeveloped and contradictory. | |
| Adaptation | The adaptation is criticized for stripping away the nuance of the source material, resulting in a blunt and repetitive narrative. | |
| Pacing | Pacing is uneven, frequently stalling due to excessive exposition and a lack of narrative momentum. |