Pretty Ugly People

Pretty Ugly People takes a wickedly comedic look at body image, self-loathing and sex within a group of estranged friends in their mid-30s. Lucy was obese her entire life and had always longed to be a thin so she could finally lose her virginity. Successful gastric by-pass surgery has now left Lucy svelte and beautiful. However, she convinces her friends that she’s still obese, on the verge of dying, and that her last wish is for them to reunite for a retreat in Montana. Everyone begrudgingly agrees to come and upon arrival, they discover they’ve been had. The newly thin Lucy attributes her friends’ presence as a way to “walk with you all as a skinny girl like I imagined it would be back in college.” She explains that once she has finally done this, “The old me will have died.”