“The plus-size, teenage daughter of a former beauty queen signs up for her mum's pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow in her footsteps, revolutionising the pageant and their small Texas town.”
https://www.netflix.com/title/80201490
Fabulous choice if you’re looking for a sweet, simple, feel-good movie. Really enjoyed it. Made me smile! And bonus points if you like Dolly Parton.
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I absolutely loved it
Do you think its appropriate for an 8 yo?
A large part of the movie is the main character dealing with the death of her close aunt, so it depends how familiar your daughter is with death.
Yes sorta- I’m less concerned about content than most parents tho.
This was a surprisingly fun movie. Great performance from the lead actress.
This is worth a watch but the protagonist had no redeeming qualities. I ended up rooting for all of the other characters and thinking Dumplin’ was too stupid and close minded to root for.
So true. I really wish they had done more with Hannah Perez, because I loved her as a character but never felt like I got to know her motivations properly
Danielle Macdonald is a highly likeable actress
Patti Cake$ (2017) was highly enjoyable as well
She kind of reminds me of Merritt Wever who plays Zoey on Nurse Jackie. Both are fantastic actresses, hope they do a ton more stuff!
Seen some pretty good reviews for this. Have it on my watch list.
I enjoyed this movie while watching it, yet it seemed to fall away once examined.
Willowdean is ONLY called fat by a group of guys, the same guys yelling at the other chick. Even when her mom yells out "Dumplin" in front of the school, theres snickering and some "omg she called her Dumplin" but aside from the guy she nut shotted no one else ever refers to her as that again.
The pageant girls are all weirdly supportive, not even a side eye glance when the misfit bunch roll up.
Actually, EVERYONE Dumplin interacts with is overly supportive, it's almost like shes a Mary Sue sure she didnt get everything, but she gets A LOT, a devoted friend, entry to a bar, free groupon pampering from the cast of a Dragshow, a loving supportive mother- despite minor foibles, a good car that one day didn't turn over, a cute boy to like her.... she is nothing but loved.
Some say she has no redeeming qualities but she did have that one establishing scene her first scene at work with Table 7, that showed she may have the glowing, can do qualities of her dearly departed aunt.
I would tend to agree. She is really fucking disrespectful to her mom and that's never really addressed.
Stop examining things you enjoy. This is what is called a "feel good movie" and it was excellent.
I just finished watching it and was bawling before the end! 5/7 would watch again.
I watched this last night and it was fine. I'm confused who the intended audience is for this. It felt a little more juvenile than I would have liked but maybe that's just because it's aimed at younger audiences.
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Fyi if your 8 year old child is overweight that is 100% your fault. Be responsible and get your child active before she becomes obese. Seriously do your job as a parent
Would say so although it depends on her maturity. It felt to me as if it was aimed at tweens but overall it seemed pretty wholesome to me :)
Thanks. I put it on. She has her moments, but is pretty mature and empathetic for her age.
I googled it amd it seemed that curse words (what kids doesn't know them- just doesn't use them lol) and kisses was what made it pg13
Did she like it? I have a twelve year old sister I was thinking might enjoy it but I wasn’t sure
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Really cute movie. And also not a "mean girl" movie like others with thin girls vs fat girls tropes or other pageant-set flicks/shows, it's really pretty wholesome with the messages.
I thought the same thing! It was so great that all the girls supported each other.
Grown ass man and put this own for background noise while working. Didn't work a second, loved it.