A woman struggling with insecurity wakes from a fall believing she is the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. Her new confidence empowers her to live fearlessly, but what happens... Read allA woman struggling with insecurity wakes from a fall believing she is the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. Her new confidence empowers her to live fearlessly, but what happens when she realizes her appearance never changed?A woman struggling with insecurity wakes from a fall believing she is the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. Her new confidence empowers her to live fearlessly, but what happens when she realizes her appearance never changed?
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- TriviaThe poster at the event during Renee's final speech is entitled "Celebrating 50 years of Beauty". It depicts a famous photo of Lauren Hutton (who plays Lilly Leclair) in 1974.
- GoofsAfter Renee hits her head in the shower, falls unconscious and wakes up on the floor, blood is seen to have come out of her temple. The blood is running down along her face, and staining her shirt collar. Since she fell down quickly after hitting her head, the blood should have been running toward the back of her head.
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Renee Bennett: [Standing naked in the doorway] Just thought I'd give you a sneak peek.
Ethan: I'm not sure you know what sneak peek means. You're completely naked.
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Written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
Renee (Ms. Schumer) is a mostly normal person who works in a computer "dungeon" as website support for a high-end make-up company named Lily LeClaire. Adrian Martinez plays her usually unresponsive co-worker who seems quite comfortable with the lack of human interaction that comes with the daily process. When not at her dead-end job, Renee hangs out with her also mostly normal friends Vivian (Aidy Bryant) and Jane (Busy Phillips, wife of the film's co-director Marc Silverstein). Renee does seem to spend an inordinate amount of time hoping for her dream job (receptionist at Lily LeClaire headquarters) and her dream lifestyle (being beautiful and slim like the Lily LeClaire models).
If you've seen the trailer, you know what happens next. Renee gets conked on the head during a fitness class, and when she wakes up, she sees herself as the beautiful woman she always dreamed of becoming. Of course, her appearance hasn't changed the slightest, but the way she carries herself certainly has. Where once there was moping and hoping, there is now confidence and daring. Her self-esteem cup is overflowing and she falls into her dream job, and lands a terrific boyfriend, while also being pursued by a dreamy one.
Her time at the company headquarters finds her interacting with CEO Avery LeClaire played with drop-dead perfect comedic timing from 4-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams. Yes, THAT Michelle Williams! It's such a treat to see this talented actress step away from her usual dramatic characters and flat out nail a comedic role in which she seems to nearly flutter across the screen while sporting a voice that would typically only be heard in Saturday morning cartoons. The shared scenes with Ms. Schumer and Ms. Williams are the film's best, but unfortunately are too few - leaving some unexplored humor to our imaginations.
Co-writers and co-directors Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein (first time directors, co-writers of HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU) work hard to deliver the type of humor that Amy Schumer fans expect, while also paying respect to the all-important female body image message the film strives to deliver. It's a challenging proposal, however despite my finding much of the comedy predictable, the theatre was filled with laughter from what was very likely a group of loyal Schumer fans. The bikini contest sequence seemed especially effective in generating laughter and praise from the loyalists.
As for the boyfriend role of nice guy Ethan, Rory Scovel may seem like an odd choice. He's the anti-Hollywood leading man type - generally laid back with no glimmer of Type A personality. A quiet guy who takes Zumba classes is actually the perfect straight man for Schumer's dominating screen personality ... she does talk incessantly through most of the movie. Other supporting roles are filled by Lauren Hutton as Lilly "Gram" LeClaire, the company founder and grandmother to Avery; Emily Ratajkowski as Renee's fitness class acquaintance, whose sole purpose seems to be in convincing Renee that beautiful women have life struggles too; Naomi Campbell as a company executive; and Tom Hopper ("Game of Thrones"), as the required eye candy for a viewing audience likely to skew heavily female.
Ms. Schumer is surely to receive backlash on the movie due to utilizing a head injury to show her character the road to self-esteem and confidence. In my opinion she should be commended for using comedy and her celebrity to send this message to the girls out there. We never know what delivery method will work, and if a fake bump on the head in a movie gets a few girls to realize success in life is not about one's physical attractiveness, then I'm on board. Of course, there are many who say I'm not qualified to review the movie since, being a male, I can't possibly understand what girls go through. And on that point, they are likely correct.
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- Apr 19, 2018
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- Also known as
- Chị Thấy Chị Đẹp
- Filming locations
- Soul Cycle, Legacy Place, Dedham, Massachusetts, USA(Exercise Bike Accident Scene)
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- Budget
- $32,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $48,795,601
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,030,218
- Apr 22, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $94,539,879
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1