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The honest confusion of (Willowdean's) feelings, portrayed with lovely sensitivity and vulnerability by Macdonald, gives this film a sweet sincerity.
Full reviewPatti Cake$'s Danielle McDonald signs up for a beauty pageant in protest in this coming-of-age comedy co-starring Jennifer Aniston as her mother, a former beauty queen. Soon other local kids follow in her footsteps, revolutionising their small Texas town.
The honest confusion of (Willowdean's) feelings, portrayed with lovely sensitivity and vulnerability by Macdonald, gives this film a sweet sincerity.
Full reviewDumplin’... manages to be entertaining, and if it hammers on its message a little too often and a little too clumsily, it’s still a fun romp at heart.
Full review(A) feel-good story... likeable cast - and an absolute treasure of a soundtrack...
Full reviewOn its surface, Dumplin' is a slight, charming comedy about beauty pageants and learning to be yourself, but watch closely enough and you might see some of the new moves it brings to an otherwise predictable routine.
Full review"Dumplin'" has been so carefully calculated, it's a wonder it plays as warmly and sincerely as it does.
Full reviewKristin Hahn's script gives Will sassy lines and too many tears, but the filmmakers never give this character a real, searching, complex inner life.
Full reviewIt is boringly conventional, giving the sensation of having seen it all before, only this time with more glitter and higher hair.
Full reviewDumplin' clings timidly to its YA roots, which are firmly on the unsophisticated side of the spectrum.
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