Review of Uglies (2024)
Seen in 2024.
When you turn 16, you get cosmetic surgery but also brain surgery.
Logan’s Run (1976) meets Crimes of Fashion (2004). There is no understanding here, just the contemporary dystopian YA formula. If you’re interested in the premise and you want good science fiction about youth and beauty, check out “Liking What You See: A Documentary” (2002).