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Uglies is a 2024 American science fiction drama film directed by McG and written by Jacob Forman, Vanessa Taylor, and Whit Anderson.Based on the novel of the same name by Scott Westerfeld, the plot centers around a future post-apocalyptic dystopian society in which people are considered "ugly" until they become "pretty" by enduring extensive cosmetic surgery at the age of 16.
Scott Westerfield's 'Uglies' book is now a Netflix movie. Here's a round-up of all the notable differences between the book and the film.
The movie, starring Joey King, is based on Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 novel of the same name. A dystopia, "Uglies" unfolds in a world with a unique coming-of-age ritual.
Netflix users have pointed out an odd detail about new movie fantasy film Uglies. The film has shot to the top of the charts on the streaming service since it was released on Friday (13 September).
Written for young adults, Uglies deals with themes of change, both emotional and physical. The book is the first installment in what was originally a trilogy, the Uglies series, which also includes the books Pretties, Specials, and Extras. In 2018, four new installments were announced, collectively titled the Impostors Series. [1]
The third novel in the Uglies series begins two months after events in Pretties in which Tally Youngblood has become a member of an elite group of "Specials," surgically enhanced super-humans, called the Cutters, who were founded by Shay. She invented the use of ritual self-harm to become "bubbly" and clear-headed in spite of brain lesions used ...
Joey King is breaking beauty norms in the dystopian film Uglies.. Based on the 2005 young-adult novel by Scott Westerfeld, Uglies stars King as Tally, who lives in a "futuristic world that imposes ...
On December 14, 1997, a made-for-television film based on the book was aired on CBS as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, and is now on DVD. The movie was directed by John Erman, screenplay by Maria Nation and William Hanley. The movie is rated PG-13 for some abusive treatment of a child, and is 120 minutes including commercials.