captain_slinky | MOVIEPASS DAY 11: I FEEL PRETTY

SPENT: $30 (one $10 pass for each of us)
MOVIES SEEN: 11 (I Feel Pretty, Tully, Overboard, Super Troopers 2, Avengers Infinity War, Beirut, Blockers, Black Panther, Isle of Dogs, Ready Player One, Isle of Dogs)
TICKETS PURCHASED: 19 ($220.39 with tax)
COST PER TICKET: $1.57
FREE POPCORN EARNED: 2

I'm not a fan of Amy Schumer. Didn't like her stand-up, didn't like her Comedy Central show, didn't... I just didn't like her.

The movie that they are advertising this as, which seems to be aimed squarely at the "Moms & Wine" crowd, is repulsive - "Fat girls can only get self respect and esteem if they have a head wound, and even then they just do skinny-girl things that look ridiculous when done by a fat girl! HA! LOOK AT HER DANCE! SHE HAS A BELLY!"

So that's the frame of mind I had when going in to see "I Feel Pretty" this morning.

THE MOVIE THEY ARE TRYING TO SELL YOU IS NOT THE MOVIE THAT IS ON THE SCREEN!!!

What I got was a great movie that played with the classic body-swap, wish fulfillment tropes and transferred them into a Real World setting for examination of just how ridiculous they are, and how they are all wrapped into self worth and exteem and confidence and doubt and success.

It was funny. It was sweet. It had the whole theater (only five of us) laughing out loud in several spots.

This... was a great movie! I should start ranking these things! Let's see here...

MOVIEPASS MOVIE RANKINGS BASED ON HOW MUCH I LIKED THEM