If you loved Kinky Boots, try Dumplin'

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Kinky Boots

2005 · dir. Julian Jarrold

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Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender, uplifting mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Kinky Boots, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Dumplin' is

Small-town Texas, a pageant stage, sequined gowns. A plus-size teenager enters a beauty contest run by her former beauty queen mother, a faded tiara collecting dust. This film lands best as a casual Sunday watch.

If you loved Kinky Boots, try Dumplin'

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If you loved Kinky Boots, try Dumplin'

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