UglyDolls
Seen it?2019 | 88 min | Animation, Music, Family, Comedy
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 30% on Rotten Tomatoes and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and families. If you loved Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 28 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After traveling to the other side of a mountain, Moxy and her UglyDoll friends discover Perfection -- a town where more conventional dolls receive training before entering the real world to find the love of a child.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
30% on Rotten Tomatoes, 39 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.6 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$33 million worldwide on a $45 million budget; spent 1 week in Netflix's global Top 10; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 112K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kelly Asbury
- Kelly ClarksonMoxy (voice)
- Janelle MonáeMandy (voice)
- Blake SheltonOx (voice)
- Wanda SykesWage (voice)
- Gabriel IglesiasBabo (voice)
- Leehom WangLucky Bat (voice)
- Bebe RexhaTuesday (voice)
- Charli xcxKitty (voice)
- LizzoLydia (voice)
- Nick JonasLou (voice)