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Uglies Reviews
The (yes) ugly CGI hoverboard action and unconvincing love interest are issues, but casting Laverne Cox as a villain who forces children to undergo surgery is just unfortunate considering the current political transphobic moment
It’s ironic that Uglies is about valuing authenticity over the artificial when it is the most contrived, synthetic dystopian product to ever exist.
If you are a fan of the “Hunger Games” franchise, you will love “Uglies”.
The lack of immersive worldbuilding in “Uglies” prevents the viewer from fully identifying with any relatable societal issues.
Even if Uglies was watchable, its tropes have been worn down to nubs and its themes wrung dry.
Deja vu time.
Uglies is so carelessly made, it feels like an active gesture of contempt toward the readers of Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 source novel and to anyone who watches the small-screen result.
The refried script (more like burnt) is full of ridiculous moments and lines of dialogue, and it feels longer than a day without bread. [Full review in Spanish]
Chooses to focus on the least interesting aspects of its dystopian scenario to be a weaker version of the YA adaptations we already have. Not quite rotten but it's too far from Fresh to put it there.
One of the ugliest films of the year.
Uglies is yet another Netflix project that tries to be more than it can be with a talented cast squandered on cheesy dialogue and underbaked plot elements.
The big message here is handled with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, but a solid, likeable cast helps paper over the clumsy dialogue.
All Uglies offers is the blandest of body positivity and self-love messaging, devoid of any of the camp, romance, or visual spectacle that make such tween-facing, platitudinous films palatable in any measure.
It feels a bit infantile, never mind petty, to go looking for literary-theological heft in a project so clearly directed at the blushingly young, or to begrudge them an indulgence like Uglies.
Uglies feels like McG took the scripts for The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Maze Runner, spilled hydrofluoric acid on them, and then hot-potato’d the remnants back together and fused them onto Bratz dolls with the melted skin of his fingers.
Superficially scripted, this fake-looking, CGI-heavy, sci-fi fantasy is utterly predictable and an abysmal disappointment.
Should have stayed on the page.
Despite the entire cast being extremely talented performers, the casting for Uglies feels more like a reunion for old Netflix characters than an accurate portrayal of these characters.
Uglies harkens back to the wave of YA dystopian films that peaked a decade ago, and without a more unique or impactful message, it's unlikely to leave a lasting impression.
The story is pretty standard, and while not insultingly bad, it’s all just very bland, with little to latch onto.