Review of I Feel Pretty (2018) by Scoutcomfort — 21 May 2018

Short take: A boring "comedy" that is poorly developed and severely confused in its message.

Long take: 'I Feel Pretty' is supposedly a comedy. The issue is I didn't laugh once. The four other people in the large theater laughed twice. It just wasn't funny which is bad since it is a comedy.

The characters are so poorly developed. Not one person seemed realistic. Which is a shame because the entire crux of this film was a relatable girl learning that self-esteem and confidence is better than the conventional Hollywood beauty. Instead we are left watching characters that give us no reason to love them or laugh at their mistakes. The most horrendous character of them all is Schumer's character Renée. Throughout the movie, Renée can only focus on herself: what she looks like and what the world thinks of her. Even when she is playing up her friends, she can't help but comment on herself. Or when Renée, a growna** woman, learns that even conventionally pretty women struggle with self-esteem. How has she not realized that practically everyone deals with some insecurity? Has she only thought of herself in her 25-30+ years of life? In this type of movie, the editing doesn't matter all that much to me, but it was just so bad here that I couldn't help but care about it. The sound editing made it feel like I was watching an ABC family original movie. It was all cheesy and felt forced. And now I have freakin' Meghan Trainor stuck in my head.

Even with the poorly developed characters and awful editing, the most frustrating part of 'I Feel Pretty' was its mixed message. The trailers portray a movie that is about confidence and self esteem. This was the message of the last 10 preachy minutes. However, the rest of the movie sang a different tune. One full of fat jokes and stipulations on insecurities. Really what this movie is about is a narcissist learning to love herself. If this movie was funny, then these faults would not have been as glaring and 'I Feel Pretty' would be an okay, guilty pleasure type movie. But, Schumer and Co.