"Dumplin" is a Netflix Original film released late last year that follows the story of Willowdean aka Dumplin ( the embarrassing nickname her mom calls her). She is a plus-sized sixteen-year-old in a small southern town struggling with fitting in, self-esteem and the pressure of being the daughter of a former beauty queen.
Her mother "Rosie" played by Jennifer Aniston, is still living in the glory of her old pageant days and spends most of her time consumed with directing the community's annual Miss Teen Bluebonnet pageant that her daughter decides to compete in as a form of revenge.
Willowdean gathers a group of unlikey girls to compete in her mothers pageant as a form of defiance. A short haired lesbian, a plus-sized church going teen, her best friend who hated pageants as much as she did (or so she thought) and herself forming the perfect bunch to upset her mothers perfect pageant.
This film explores the pressure of perfection in pageants, and the pressure young girls face with self-image.
I don't want to give away the ending, because it is a film that is definitely worth watching and there are many lessons to be taken away from this movie.
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