I don't think it is a great idea to speculate about what Amy Schumer's comedy is all about because even though I liked the movie, Trainwreck, a lot. However, her comedy is one-dimensional as she targets more towards sexual humor that are both unfunny and disgusting but with an angle. To be honest, I am not too fond of her comedy. But, she does have a knack for some dramatic acting as I witnessed it in Trainwreck and also in the underwhelming Thank You for Your Service. Even though I understood the message and its positivity, the comedy does fall flat and it makes the experience more boring. I'm actually glad that this was just bad than awful, like its trailer.
Renee Bennett (Amy Schumer) is a woman with self-esteem issues as she visits a store to find a dress but the clerk tells her that it is better to go shopping online as the store does not provide her size. She has trouble of getting people to pay attention to her and for them to treat her with respect. She learns that her company, LeClaire, a large cosmetics company, is hiring for a new receptionist but she is not confident enough to be the "face" of that cosmetics company. Renee does not the see the point of applying.
Because of an unfortunate incident with the screw during her first SoulCycle class, she makes sure her seat is screwed on properly this time. Renee attends a SoulCycle class but falls off her bike and lands on her head. When she wakes up, an employee (Sasheer Zamata) is looking over her offering her an ice pack. Afterwards, Renee looks at the mirror and sees herself with a body of a thin and conveniently attractive woman. It gives her confidence and explores her inner beauty on the outside and interacts with other people.
This is all over the place tonally as they attempt to provide a good message to women while balancing some unnecessary and inappropriate plus-size humor. The comedy gets old right away even though I had a few chuckles throughout the movie. I cannot solely give a good review because it has a good message and getting to that point, the movie contradicts itself with Schumer's speech at the end that made me scratch my head as to why that speech was so preachy and dragged on. Also, even though it targets to not only the older female crowd, because of its PG-13 rating, Schumer attempts to younger female viewers to show the message. Also, the comedy suffers of playing it safe instead of not going as raunchy or as hilarious in its jokes than be restrained to a couple of chuckles.
Schumer has charisma but she is not enough to save the movie. Even though the romantic chemistry between Rory Scovel's character and Schumer's character is sweet, it does retreat to the contradicting part of the movie instead of focusing on the relationship. Her character works at a cosmetics company and then relies on formulaic rivalry between her and Michelle Williams' character. I'd say Williams does give a bold performance. Directors Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein makes their debut and based on their screenplay resumes, it was not a promising expectation based on the trailer. It is not their worst effort, but the movie is a product of positivity and confusion that the screenplay does not have the confidence to provide the good message about confidence and self-esteem in a fresher script.
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