Pretty Ugly People (2008)

Lucy has always used food to escape life's problems, but when this self-titled "fat friend" lures her group of old college buddies to the Montana wilderness, she reveals a new self - skinny, beautiful and still flawed.

Director:

Tate Taylor

Writer:

Tate Taylor

Stars:

Missi Pyle, Melissa McCarthy, Larry Sullivan

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Missi Pyle	...	Lucy
Melissa McCarthy	...	Becky
Larry Sullivan	...	Austin
Phill Lewis	...	Raye
Josh Hopkins	...	George
Jack Noseworthy	...	Trevor
Octavia Spencer	...	Mary
Philip Littell	...	Richard
William Sanderson	...	Sam
Allison Janney	...	Suzanne
Stacy Yutuc	...	Flirty Flight Attendant
Allison Mackie	...	Bitter Flight Attendant
Amy Landers	...	Puffy Paint Flight Attendant
Drew Matthews	...	Boy
Sean Daly	...	Park Ranger

Storyline

Former college chums gather for what they think is their fat friend's dying last days, but they instead find her celebrating the last few days before reaching her target weight loss at a mountain lodge with a subsequent hiking trip planned for them all. Though it's the woman's long-held dream journey that she wanted to take with her best friends, the others, largely, can't get over the feeling of being duped, with everyone's emotional baggage breaking out awkwardly all along their forced and uncomfortable three-day hike back to civilization.

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Plot Keywords:

hiking | lodge | closeted gay | mistaken for gay | oxymoron | 

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Taglines:

Is losing the weight worth losing your friends?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, brief graphic nudity, pervasive language, and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

The bear that appears in the film is Brutus the Bear. He was raised from a cub by Casey Anderson who married Missi Pyle (Lucy.) They were married in Montana (where the film takes place) and Brutus the Bear was the Best Man.

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Goofs

First night of the hiking trip they stay in dark-colored tents of varying sizes, then the next night they are all staying in small white tents with blue rain flys. The dark ones reappear during the last tent sequence.

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Quotes

Mary: Um, black people haven't been campin' since the underground railroad, and you ain't Harriet Tubman.

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Crazy Credits

There really is a Holland Lake Lodge

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Connections

References The Waltons (1972)

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Soundtracks

Raindrops
Performed by MF3
Written by Herve Owens
Courtesy of MF3

User Reviews

Expertly crafted comedy/drama

First of all, if you do not read the title before watching this movie, you may be a little...irritated? Or upset. The characters in this movie are dysfunctional but their dysfunctions remain very well guarded and hidden in their everyday lives...until their old friend from college (Missi Pyle) convinces them all to meet years later, in the middle of nowhere Montana to go on her own selfish journey. At first she seems to be the only person who is not a mental case, but towards the end, we realize she may be worse than any of the other characters.

I highly recommend this movie to anyone who isn't afraid of stepping out of their comfort zone, and has the ability to to laugh at the fact that what runs through a person's mind daily, or even just many times in their own life, can actually be played-out in reality when all pretenses and distractions are suddenly removed.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 April 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pretty Ugly People

Filming Locations:

Holland Lake, Montana, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,522, 20 September 2009

Gross USA:

$6,537

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,537

Company Credits

Production Co:

Harbinger Pictures, Plump Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min 99 min (original)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1