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Kate (355 KP) rated Dumplin' (2018) in Movies

Jan 5, 2019  
Dumplin' (2018)
Dumplin' (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Drama
Contains spoilers, click to show
Typical feel good about yourself whatever your size, takes place in a Texas city and the main plot is about pageant queens. Actually quite good as it is not too slushy and all the songs featured are Dolly Parton songs which you cannot help but sing along too. Unexpected is a scene where the teenagers turn up to a bikers bar and it turns out to be drag queen bar who of course all sing along to Dolly Parton. Enjoyed watching it.
  
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Neil Tennant recommended The Young Ones (1963) in Movies (curated)

 
The Young Ones (1963)
The Young Ones (1963)
1963 | Classics, Comedy, Musical
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"A group of teenagers, led by Cliff Richard, rally together to stop a theatre being demolished. They succeed by putting on a show there. The Young Ones is a gorgeous fantasy, so optimistic and beautiful, about the potential of pop music for young people. It made me want to join a youth theatre, which I did a few years later, and it introduced the six-year-old me to the thrill of both pop music and theatre. They’re still thrilling me today."

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Into the Hurricane
Into the Hurricane
Neil Connelly | 2018 | Thriller, Young Adult (YA)
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This was a very goodcoming of age novel that pitted two teenagers not only againsttheir own anger, guilt and depression but also a hurricane. These two strangers reluctantly at first team up to help each other and in the process find themselves again.

Connelly did a good job of setting the scene and showing us what was inside the characters minds. As a reader you got to see them evolve and grow. It created fairly complex characters. It was a quick and enjoyable read.