Dumplin' (2018)
- 6.6
- 1h 50min
- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- 2018-12-07 (USA)
Storyline
Willowdean ('Dumplin'), the plus-size teenage daughter of a former beauty queen, signs up for her mom's Miss Teen Bluebonnet pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow her footsteps, revolutionizing the pageant and their small Texas town.
Plot Keywords
small town, aunt niece relationship, aunt, grief, sister sister relationship, dress, impersonator, waitress, lollipop, teenage boy, bullying, based on novel, drag queen, title directed by female, beauty pageant, texas, mother daughter relationship, beauty queen, shrine, protest
Short Review
...there's so much willful, joyful uplift in the final scenes, it's hard not to buy into every aphorism re-upped from the classic Dolly playbook.
