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Topics: Netflix, Film and TV
Callum Jones
Netflix's newest sci-fi dystopian movie has been described as 'jaw-dropping' by viewers - and if that isn't a glowing testimonial, then I don't know what is.
The streaming platform has been hitting it out of the park lately - with a murder mystery series starring Nicole Kidman leaving audiences 'hooked' and a crime series leaving people binging the whole show in one night.
Although, those are for anyone looking for a good TV recommendation, so how about a film one instead?
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The 2024 film stars Kissing Booth's Joey King, Orange is the New Black's Laverne Cox, and Scream's Brianne Tju, and is based on a 2005 book of the same name.
And whatever you think you know about sci-fi, prepare to be bamboozled as this film focuses on a society where people are separated into 'ugly' and 'pretty' - until they undergo cosmetic surgery when they turn 16.
The film is called Uglies and it was released on Netflix last week.
You can watch the trailer here:
Despite having only been released fairly recently, Uglies has risen in the ranks to the second most popular movie on the streaming site.
It only narrowly missed out the top spot by Rebel Ridge - which has been described as by viewers as the 'best movie they've ever seen in 2024'.
So Uglies has some tough competition.
The film recently became a topic of conversation on Facebook's 'Netflix Bangers' - with one user asking: "Going to watch uglies. It’s it good?"
And many were quick to sing it's praises.
"The way my jaw dropped when I saw what this was from, I haven’t been excited to watch something in a long time," one person penned.
A second added: "Very good, although there's got to be another one by the way it ended," while a third remarked: "I loved it!!! So many questions at the end making me believe there's gonna be another one out!!!"
While people on Facebook seem pretty impressed by Uglies, critics are seemingly in a completely different camp.
The film sits at a lowly 16 percent Rotten Tomatoes score following its release.
Richard Roeper, from Chicago Sun-Times, wrote: "Everything about Uglies is average. Not terrible enough to be campy, not deep or provocative or visually impressive enough to merit further chapters in the story."
It's Better in the Dark's Anthony Morris said: "Uglies is not a serious movie; neither is it an epic tale of overwrought emotional angst like the best YA films. But there is a lot of hoverboard action, which is a big plus."
While Adrian Horton penned in The Guardian: "Though it supposedly argues against human beings turned into synthetic quasi-droids, Uglies feels like just another throwaway product."
You can make your mind up for yourself as Uglies is streaming on Netflix now.