Review of Dumplin' (2018) by Dawdlingpoet — 25 Nov 2021

I enjoyed this film. Its cheesy and a bit cliched but the songs are fun, easy to hum along with and its an easy, feel good watch. Its not especially original but thats fine as I was only looking for an easy and fun watch - it may be corny but it does have that life affirming feel to it, which sometimes is just whats needed.

I imagine quite a lot of people could relate to the main character, to the themes present (feeling like you don't fit in, the obsession with fashion and skinny figures in young people etc.). Its not a film to be over analysing or expect a great deal from but for what it is, its certainly not bad.

I certainly liked that the film doesn't shy away from some aspects of things, it doesn't overly sugar-coat the scenarios, what is allowed and what happens at the pageant. Danielle Macdonald gave a decent performance as the main character, Willowdean, I felt, so thats good.

I reckon this is worth a watch if you have Netflix and are interested in it.