Uglies is Netflix‘s newest dystopian thriller and the movie holds a strong message. Based on the hit young adult book series by Scott Westerfield, the movie deals with a world where being Pretty is highly valued while being Ugly is looked down upon.
The movie follows two Uglies Tally Youngblood (Joey King) and her friend Peris (Chase Stokes). When people turn 16, they are given the chance to become Pretty after a very heavy cosmetic surgery and move to a more desirable city. When Peris becomes Pretty, he forgets everything about his friendship with Tally and she becomes extremely upset. Tally befriends Shay (Brianne Tju) who introduces her to the world of The Smoke, which rebels against the norms of becoming pretty. She becomes hesitant to join her friend and returns back to Uglyville.
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She is recruited by Dr. Cable (Laverne Cox) who is the mastermind behind the Pretty surgery and convinces her to infiltrate The Smoke after telling her that they hold a dangerous weapon that will threaten society as they know it. Tally successfully comes into contact with The Smoke and reunites with Shay again. She enjoys life as a rebel and falls in love with David (Keith Powers) whose mom Maddy (Charmin Lee) develops a cure for the Pretties, since the lesions in their brains make them forgetful about choice after the surgery. Dr. Cable finds the rebels after Tally burns her tracker and both sides become hostile immediately. In a turn of events, Shay becomes a Pretty and rejects the cure that Maddy made. Not wanting to test an unwilling subject, Tally volunteers to become Pretty, but does she end up following through with it?
Did Tally become a Pretty at the end of Uglies?
Yes, Tally begins her journey as a Pretty at the end of Uglies. Her looks have drastically changed and she’s living her dream life as someone who’s living in Pretty Town. Like the beginning of the movie, she wakes up and does her normal routine, but everything that’s surrounding her now is very lavish. “I feel at peace,” she says, being adjusted to her lifestyle. She then looks at her scar, noting that maybe some of her past life as an Ugly is still part of her.
What happens to Tally in the Uglies sequels?
Uglies direct book sequel Pretties deals with Tally fitting in with a clique called the “Crims.” She falls in love with another Pretty named Zane and the two find the cure that Maddy provided to Tally. They agree to take the two pills together to see the outcomes on if it works on their lesions. It seems like it’s working for both of them, but Zane gets splintering migraines at times while Tally’s had no side effects. She takes him to the hospital after he has a huge migraine under the guise of him breaking his hand
Tally and Zane decide to leave the city with some Crims, but have some hiccups on the way such as crash-landing in a reservation where people are shown their violent nature, as well as past flame David looking for her. When David brings them to Maddy, she tells Zane and Tally that the pills were meant to be taken together and that the cure is eating up Zane’s brain. Dr. Cable finds their whereabouts and Tally tells David to leave, while she stays with Zane. The heroine is taken by Dr. Cable and Shay who tell her that she was meant to be a Special which leads to the third book in the series Special.
Will there be a Uglies sequel movie?
Though it hasn’t been confirmed yet, Joey King (who also produced the film) hinted at its future at Netflix. “There’s more books,” she told ScreenRant. “I mean, there’s always, there’s worlds in which things that happen. I’m not saying much right now. I’m really just saying words. We’re really excited for people to see this one, and we’re excited for the future of these characters and to see what people enjoy. And really enjoying the moment here.”
