
WHAT'S IT ABOUT
An average-looking, average-weight person crushed by society’s unhealthy obsession with svelte beauty gets everything she wishes for, before losing it all. Then regaining it because Hollywood.
An average-looking, average-weight person crushed by society’s unhealthy obsession with svelte beauty gets everything she wishes for, before losing it all. Then regaining it because Hollywood.
A funny, moral allegory that falls apart when it gets confused about its own identity.
The Pitch: "Amy Schumer magically gains the body of a supermodel, except she's only imagining it ... but this belief banishes her self-doubt and she lives her life with gusto and happiness"
The Reality: "Amy Schumer pulls off a lot of laughs, carries the concept really well, but just over halfway the plot and characterisations get lost and inexplicably she goes all Mean Girls / Devil Wears Prada, and even though her final speech brings back the original concept, it's a hollow victory as her joyous oration about looks-aren't-important is celebrated by a room of supermodels"