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Dumplin'

2018

Anne Fletcher

Jennifer Aniston, Danielle Macdonald, Odeya Rush, Luke Benward ...

5.2

1,148

Comedy The story centers on a confident teen girl — named Dumplin’ by her former beauty queen mom (Aniston) — taking a job at the local fast-food joint. She meets a former jock whom she likes and he seems to like her back, but when she begins to doubt herself, she sets out to take back her confidence by entering a beauty pageant and gaining respect for her mother.

	Media	Author	Review
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"[Macdonald] easily holds the screen here, too, even when working on fumes and with dumb shtick. She and an energetic cast (...) keep you hopeful even when the storytelling grinds to a crawl"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"The set-up somehow works reasonably well in 'Dumplin’' (...) [Macdonald] helps elevate the material (...) It's all presented with admirable conviction"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Ace turns by Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston — plus a sprinkling of Dolly Parton pixie dust — make Netflix's teen comedy a sweetly progressive surprise."
		Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"[Fletcher] has a way of instilling basic comic conflicts with a heady dose of humanism (...) One of the pleasures of 'Dumplin’' is watching the four young actresses work together"
		Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"Macdonald shines brightly here (...) But her glowing performance simply calls attention to how creaky and formulaic the rest of 'Dumplin’' is."
		Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"[It is] pretty sweet to sink into (...) Macdonald is so immensely likable, you wish she was given a little more genuine tension"
		Jake Nevins The Guardian	"It is boringly conventional, giving the sensation of having seen it all before (...) Too often the film loudly announces its noble intentions with slogans instead of dialogue (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"A charming and emotionally moving coming-of-age story, elevated by the performances of its two leads and given a great deal of personality thanks to the writing and directing behind the scenes (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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