Adults are likely to understand that these lyrics aren't intended to be taken at face value, but that's much less certain for kids. Happily, other songs have more positive messages -- including "your differences make you special. There's a bit more scary stuff and violence than parents might expect, including hand-to-hand combat no blood or injuries ; several scenes in which characters fall or are pushed from great heights or down dark, scary holes; and a very frightening bit in which dolls are threatened with being "recycled" and are almost shredded by a big, loud, monster-like machine with sharp metal teeth.
There's no sex or romance, but a male character offers his crush a bottle of sparkling wine and asks whether she can feel the "energy" between them. Other characters are more sympathetic, including a doll who's dreaming of having a child to love her and a girl who's been trying to appear perfect and learns that she's lovable even if she's not.
Kelly Clarkson and Nick Jonas co-star. Add your rating See all 27 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 23 kid reviews. But she's gotten impatient for the outside world to find her -- and now she's decided to go in search of the world.
What they find is the Institute of Perfection, which is under the total control of gorgeous uber-doll Lou Nick Jonas and is where dolls go to grow "from pretty to perfect. Or will the UglyDolls learn to embrace their imperfections? The visuals are bright and appealing, the songs are catchy, and the toy-looking-for-love setup is sweet enough to appeal to kids and adults alike.
But there are more mixed messages about looks and self-worth in UglyDolls than many parents will be comfortable with. True, the movie's overarching themes are "love yourself" and "your differences make you special," but we get to these ideas relatively late in the movie, after we've watched the main characters get shamed at length for being themselves. Adding weight to the iffy messages are two prominently featured and quite catchy songs, "The Ugly Truth" and "All Dolled Up.
You're too thin! Is that a blemish on your double chin? To adults, it's obvious that Mandy's heart isn't in statements like "When you're all dolled up, people only see what you want them to see. It's not until the movie gets to the song "Unbreakable" that parents will sit up and really enjoy the vibe being pumped out: Be yourself, and show them you can't be broken. Once UglyDolls turns that corner, it's all sweetness and smiles: Perfection and Uglyville merge, everyone learns to love and accept themselves, and Moxy finds her place in a child's arms.
Spoiler alert? Nah, you knew it was coming. It's just a shame that this happy ending doesn't feel more earned. Families can talk about UglyDolls ' messages about appearance. Does everyone agree about what's beautiful and what's not?
What do Moxy and her friends learn about finding happiness and accepting themselves? What does Moxy's storyline tell us about self-image? Why didn't she think a child would love her as she is? How did her adventures at the Institute of Perfection ultimately give her the confidence to believe in herself? Which parts of the movie were scary? How much scary stuff can young kids handle? What does it mean to persevere?
How did the characters in UglyDolls show perseverance? How did teamwork figure into their quest? Why are teamwork and perseverance important character strengths? For example: Lou throws the ugly dolls into the recycling bin.
A large robot dog grabs a toy in its mouth. Lou pushes a doll into a vacuum. A large robot baby picks up Lou and Moxy and shakes them. Lou kicks the robot baby. Lou and Ox fight with a knitting needle. They hit and punch each other. Lou throws Ox off the steps. Sexual references There are no sexual references in UglyDolls. It seemed like they portrayed Trump threw the jerk doll. Read my mind. Adult Written by ranchomama33 May 4, I'm surprised to see so many negative reviews!! I took my 5 year-old daughter to see it and we both really enjoyed it!
I found myself chuckling at the jokes and tapping my toes to the catchy songs. The message of the movie was great; I even found myself tearing up during the movie! My daughter loved it. I would see it again and recommend it to anyone! Parent of a 9 and year-old Written by Leslie C. May 3, Adult Written by sdaniel99 May 3, Fun and sweet This is my daughter's 7 new favorite movie.
Just a fun musical, nothing threatening or very scary. Adult Written by SamBrent. July 24, It was difficult to explain to younger kids why the bullying behaviour was wrong and that Lou was actually a bad guy. Also, the movie was boring. Focussed too much on exterior appearance and just not good. But - there are heaps of other amazing kids movies out there.
There are also other ways to teach younger kids about bullying and rights and wrongs. Adult Written by unicornson October 17, A Must See We loved this one, and the music makes it even stronger. Great messages and a compelling story. Adult Written by Darkseid April 26, Not Ugly as a movie at all My kids are 5 and 7. Spoilers ahead.
With the introduction of antagonist Leo, my son quickly saw and commented he is so mean to everyone, he is a bad guy. The music was excellent, though the onscreen coreography was more metaphysical than a traditional kids movie becomes. My kids both understood the lesson though it was figured out not in their face. Good movie. There were moments were the insults were prevalent, but nothing unforgivable.
Adult Written by kfind January 30, Miss 5 get scared really easily but she was fine with this movie. I liked the message about accepting yourself and that being unique is a good thing. There is some nastiness from the "perfect" dolls to the ugly dolls so it may not be suitable for younger kids but in the end all of the dolls get along well so overall I found the movie to be a positive kids movie. Parent of a 9-year-old Written by Shannon B. October 13, They named him Wage.
One of his schemes, born while he and Kim were in college, was to develop a line of toys based on his drawings. His mother, who worked as a toy designer at Mattel Inc.
It was no surprise that he struck out. That Christmas, Kim stitched together a doll based on his doodle and sent it to him as a present. Horvath was so pleased, he carried the doll around with him to show his friends. One of those was Eric Nakamura, who had recently opened a store in Los Angeles called Giant Robot, specializing in Asian pop culture items. It had everything to do with being honest. I guess that was because it was a handmade present.
Two weeks later, Kim sent a batch of hand-sewn dolls.
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