Uglies (2024)
In a futuristic dystopia with enforced beauty standards, a teen awaiting mandatory cosmetic surgery embarks on a journey to find her missing friend.
- McG
- Rob Burgess
- Kristina Massie
- Whit Anderson
- Jacob Forman
- Vanessa Taylor
- Scott Westerfield
Rating: 6/10 by 594 users
Alternative Title:
Огидні - UA
Ugly - Verlier nicht dein Gesicht - DE
زشت ها - IR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 40 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: dystopia, beauty standards, cosmetic surgery, based on young adult novel, teenager, missing friend
Certainly not pitched at my age demographic, probably more likely my daughters, to me this seems like your usual dose of somewhat shallow woke-ism. I didn't linger too long but what I found ironic is how this film makes a pitch for "diversity" which always end up looking like "conformity". Join "tribe" A (the beautiful brainwashed technocrats) or B (the alleged non conformists agrarians) and its collectivism, not individuality, whichever way you cut it. Action is alright, acting is alright and special effects seem reasonable. I think a certain youthful viewer may like it but perhaps fail to appreciate, what's missing from the conversation. In summary, I see no overly positive message here. Perhaps aside from a rather simplistic rejection of physiological stereotypes. Whats more important is the right to true individuality, which extends beyond the superficial, to meaningful things like free speech and free expression. Its the loss of these basic freedoms that define us as free thinking unique human beings, in the name of conformity, that's truly ugly.
