Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Taps July 17 For The DVD And Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Debut Of Amy Schumer's I Feel Pretty

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has selected July 17 as the street date for the directing team of Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein’s I Feel Pretty, starring Amy Schumer as the most beautiful woman in the world.

I Feel Pretty arrives in the home entertainment marketplace as both DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack selections and with a quick-to-market ARR of 88 days.   Box office receipts currently stand at $46.6 million.

The premise of the film is just fine and Amy Schumer is capable in the lead as a woman with self-esteem issues, but why PG-13?   Let her rip, you’ll likely end up with an even funnier film.   

And what was with the apology tour by Schumer?   A “black woman” should have been cast in her role … huh?   Promote your film, get out there and sell it, and stop the whining (just a thought).  

In any case, Schumer plays a New Yorker by the name of Renee, who — for the sake of argument — is not a size 4.   She feels that she is capable of working at a big cosmetic firm that she manages a web site for, but feels that her body type wouldn’t fit their public image.   

Fair enough, it makes her something of a “victim,” which is a larger societal issue, but you can understand her thinking.   This all changes when, while working out to keep her weight in line, she has an accident that knocks her cold.   When she awakes and looks in the mirror she sees the most ravishing woman in the world.   Which, of course, is the whole point of the comedy.   You see the world as you see yourself.  

This newfound confidence lands Renee a job at the beauty firm, where she quickly rises from receptionist to management and finds love along the way.   Happy ending … well, almost. 

 

Bonus features include a gag reel, deleted scenes and the featurette titled “Being Pretty.”

In other release news from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, director José Padilha’s 7 Days at Entebbe has been added to the July 3 release schedule and will be available as DVD and Blu-ray product offerings.

The ARR works out to 109 days and box office receipts were a modest $2.9 million.

Bonus features include a pair of production featurettes — “The Entebbe Team” and “Inside the Raid.”