{"id":1310,"date":"2018-04-20T20:59:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T20:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/dev\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2018-07-30T21:24:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T21:24:18","slug":"i-feel-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/i-feel-pretty\/","title":{"rendered":"I Feel Pretty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amy Schumer is fearless. She is an amazing and outrageous comedic talent who has absolutely no lack of confidence and that\u2019s what this film is all about. She wants it to empower young women who lack self-esteem. There are some good laugh out loud moments, but it\u2019s more a series of bits than a cohesive film. There are scenes which seem to be unfinished or cut short.<\/p>\n

Schumer plays Renee, a woman who goes to a spin class surrounded by incredibly beautiful, thin, women when she falls and hits her head really hard. Her brain gets scrambled so when she looks in the mirror, she sees a new her. She\u2019s supermodel gorgeous and confident beyond belief. Schumer runs with it overacting a lot, showing off her attributes which have not changed at all playing. She\u2019s still got that jelly belly and un-enhanced face. Schumer didn\u2019t wear much makeup, on purpose.<\/p>\n

Her best friends are Vivian, (SNL\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0Aidy Bryant) and Jane (Busy Phillips – TV\u2019s Vice Principals, Cougar Town<\/span>) who are not the portraits of beauty either. When they see Renee, who is so excited about her new image, they don\u2019t see any change in her appearance but they see the huge change in her attitude. She is totally obnoxious ready to take on the world. As a web master for a LeClair beauty company working out of a hole\u00a0\u00a0of an office in a building in New York\u2019s China Town, she longs to work at the glamorous home office. New found confidence prompts her to apply for the very visible receptionist job. <\/span><\/p>\n

The interview is painful, but funny with Oscar Award winner Michelle Williams working comedy of her own as Avery LeClair, the owner of the family-owned beauty business. Williams speaks with this high, breathy, childlike voice as Avery. She\u2019s supposed to be smart but sounds clueless and although we winced hearing her silly voice at first, it works. Williams hasn\u2019t done much comedy, but maybe she should do more. She\u2019s got good timing.<\/p>\n

Super model from the \u201c60s, Lauren Hutton, plays Michelle\u2019s famous grandmother, for whom the business is named. She\u2019s gives the voice of reality and her interaction with Avery and Renee is amusing.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1311″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1312″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1313″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n

Renee\u2019s love life is a disaster, but with new found confidence, she turns waiting in line at a cleaners into a date with Ethan (Rory Scovel- TV\u2019s Those Who Can\u2019t, Wrecked<\/span>). It’s kind of an Abbott and Costello \u201cWho\u2019s On First\u201d bit of miscommunication. Scovel and Schumer did open mic nights together when they were starting out about 10 years ago, and they\u2019re comfort level plays well in the movie. He\u2019s made somewhat nebby, coming out of a Zumba class they paint as women only. But Zumba isn\u2019t just for the ladies. We\u2019ve taken Zumba with plenty of men, too.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our favorite scene is the when, on a date with the shy, retiring Ethan, she hops on stage to enter a bikini contest. Schumer outdoes herself showing just how fearless she really is. No angle is unturned in every possible position, from butt up. She\u2019s covered and got it covered, but she is absolutely hilarious.<\/p>\n

Renee also comes in contact with Avery\u2019s brother, the tall and super handsome Grant LeClair (Tom Hopper – Game of Thrones<\/span>). He\u2019s the black sheep of the family, but not to Renee. But there are scenes that seemed cut short or unfinished, especially with Ethan and Grant, for example when he uses her hotel room to order food and disappears wile she’s his the shower. We thought there might be more fun interaction there, but, alas, there was not. And there are not enough scenes with her best friends who could have been pulled in for more action. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fans of Amy Schumer and millennial woman will relate most to the message of this movie. Schumer shows that every woman has insecurities about how they look, but wants to empower women to shake their fear of flaws. You may not think this is the best movie, but it may make you laugh and feel better about your bad self.<\/p>\n

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