Amy Schumer’s New Movie Sparks Major Fan Backlash

Amy Schumer’s starring in a new move called “I Feel Pretty.” She plays a girl with really low self-esteem. Schumer’s character dreams of having the confidence of a model. She wants to feel “undeniably” pretty. Her dreams come true after falling off a bike in a SoulCycle class. She bumps her head, has a bunch of hair ripped out and wakes up thinking she’s a super model. Long story short, her entire demeanor changes as she sees herself as a beautiful, confident woman.

I watched the trailer, and it looks more like she turns into an obnoxious skankasaurus, but that’s subject to interpretation.

Change everything, without changing anything. Watch the trailer for my new comedy, I Feel Pretty – coming soon to theaters. #FeelPretty pic.twitter.com/TITRYJSGc4

— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) February 8, 2018

The entire movie is supposed to send the message that women already have it all. They’re only limited by how they see themselves. However, not all of Schumer’s fanbase is feeling it. Some say she’s sending the OPPOSITE message.

This trailer makes me feel genuinely depressed. What were you thinking … smh 🤦‍♀️
Not cool man, not cool

— Leanne Taylor (@Arlandria_II) February 10, 2018

So the new Amy Schumer movie is about a woman who is half an inch from being conventionally Hollywood attractive (but rest-of-the-world attractive) who thinks she’s rest-of-the-world-attractive? I have never been more confused in my life.

— Sofie Hagen (@SofieHagen) February 9, 2018

Amy Schumer is blonde, white, able-bodied, femme and yes, thin. She IS society’s beauty ideal. So they give her a ponytail and remove her make-up and suddenly she’s ugly? Why not just give her glasses or a fatsuit? What is wrong with this world?

— Sofie Hagen (@SofieHagen) February 9, 2018

Who is this meant to resonate with? Before we can enjoy the premis, surely we have to buy into the fact that she is not pretty. How many of us are bigger than her? Are we supposed to accept that THIS is ugly when it’s all we’ve been taught that we should aim for?

— Sofie Hagen (@SofieHagen) February 9, 2018

Man, Amy Schumer’s new movie where being fat and confident in your body is a joke and assuring women that if they’re skinny they have nothing to be self conscious about is super empowering and body positive. pic.twitter.com/H2iupfTQrJ

— Abrasive (@GodlessCharlie) February 9, 2018

I think this movie is good and bad I don’t understand the concept of why a plus size woman has to hit her head to feel beautiful

— Lynzie (@zgirl24) February 10, 2018

did amy schumer really think a movie about a woman needing a blow to the head to feel confident in her body would uplift people????

— Rachel Whitehurst (@RachLWhitehurst) February 10, 2018

just watched the Amy Schumer movie trailer and wow it’s worse than I even expected. not only does it take a blow to the head for this slightly chubby girl to think she’s attractive but EVERYONE around her is shocked by her confidence?

— fiona 💞 (@neonfiona) February 10, 2018

See, here’s the thing: As a woman who is actually fat, I have been routinely accused of being mentally ill or, yes, having injured my brain by people (almost always men) who don’t believe I should have the self-confidence I do have. This isn’t funny.https://t.co/jaPAKJvzlV

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 9, 2018

I had such high hopes but once again it’s the same narrative of a “bigger” girl being ugly. Implying that the only way we could be happy with ourselves is after a head injury that makes us “feel pretty” is just bullshit. 💁🏼‍♀️🙄 https://t.co/ARSXuRblpL

— Destiny 🧜🏻‍♀️🌊 (@fablesandfae) February 9, 2018

is this movie REALLY just making jokes about a fatter woman actually ~loving herself~ like that’s the funniest concept in the world……………………….. yikes https://t.co/AILxQ6CkcR

— parker elizabeth (@TheatreGeek17) February 9, 2018

Which movie executive hit their head and thought Amy Schumer’s new movie was a good idea

— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) February 9, 2018

Look– I understand the message the movie’s trying to send. It’s about how you see yourself. Schumer’s looks didn’t change. Her attitude did. The producers just did a terrible job of conveying that. I think more people have a problem with society treating the “confident” Schumer has a joke though. I don’t know.

I will not be watching this movie. Thanks but no thanks. I don’t think girls need Amy freaking Schumer to convince them they’re pretty. I know it’s idiotic to say that looks don’t matter (because we ALL obsess to some degree), but character counts more than anything. I don’t care if I sound like a 90-year-old woman. It’s the truth. Amy Schumer’s the worst example ever. Girls should NOT aim to be like her.

That new Amy Schumer movie is loosely based on the real life occurrence of her hitting her head and convincing herself that everyone thinks she’s funny

— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) February 10, 2018

Yep, pretty much.