Dumplin''s reviews
Media reviews
Variety
From its unpatronizing body-positive messaging to its restrained, tactful faith-based concessions (a given with Parton on board), 'Dumplin'' has been so carefully calculated, it?s a wonder it plays as warmly and sincerely as it does.
New York Times
In the comedy 'Dumplin?' the sometimes sweet and occasionally sour story is just another excuse for packaged uplift.
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Anne Fletcher has made better rom-coms, like 'The Proposal', but they had better scripts. Written by producer Kristin Hahn, 'Dumplin?' clings timidly to its YA roots, which are firmly on the unsophisticated side of the spectrum.
The Guardian
As a coming-of-age tale, a comedy of southern pageantry, or a story of mother-daughter reconciliation, it is boringly conventional, giving the sensation of having seen it all before, only this time with more glitter and higher hair.
Vulture
On its surface, Dumplin' is a slight, charming comedy about beauty pageants and learning to be yourself, but watch closely enough and you might see some of the new moves it brings to an otherwise predictable routine.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote