Vulture
On 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.
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Dumplin'
Patti 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.
2018110 minsUSA
Comedy
- Director:
- Anne Fletcher ('Hot Pursuit', 'Step Up', 'The Proposal')
- Writer:
- Kristin Hahn
- Cast:
- Danielle MacdonaldJennifer AnistonOdeya RushMaddie BaillioBex Taylor-KlausLuke BenwardGeorgie FloresDove Cameron
Dumplin' / Reviews
Variety
"Dumplin'" has been so carefully calculated, it's a wonder it plays as warmly and sincerely as it does.
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The New York Times
Kristin Hahn's script gives Will sassy lines and too many tears, but the filmmakers never give this character a real, searching, complex inner life.
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The Guardian
It is boringly conventional, giving the sensation of having seen it all before, only this time with more glitter and higher hair.
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Hollywood Reporter
Dumplin' clings timidly to its YA roots, which are firmly on the unsophisticated side of the spectrum.
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