The Pretty One is a debut feature by writer-director Jenee LaMarque. She has a lot to learn. Experience might help
LaMarque foregrounds her scenario's awkwardness-it never quite feels like a comedy-and the pair of male suitors she brings in (Jake Johnson and Ron Livingston) are, refreshingly, as unfixed as her main character
is a quiet, tender triumph that leaves you feeling as if you've been embraced without you feeling had
by Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
by Chuck Bowen [Slant Magazine ]
