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The dramatic story about the daughter of a former Miss Willodine, where she decided to participate in the competition of Miss Teen Bluebonnet despite its excess weight suffered. The confrontation begins and things escalate, but everyone discovers that all the girls in the competition are walking in their footsteps in that competition, which caused a sensation in that small city Texas.
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.
As it proceeds through a series of teary reconciliations in the last half-hour of its 110-minute run time, the film's didactic drama begins to grate, its treacly emotions feeling increasingly unearned.
Maybe we're just going have to endure well-meaning but preachy-tiresome movies like "Dumplin'" until it simply becomes normal for an obese person to appear on screen without being defined entirely in terms of weight.
December 03, 2018
Film Festival Today
The film may have its occasional narrative flaws, yet ultimately emerges as a fulfilling feel-good story with the happiest of vibes.