Any movies where the lead female is ugly and the guy is hot?

Question

So, I've noticed that there are alot of movies starring men with all sorts of looks, ugly, hot, and in-between, but the female love interest is ALWAYS far more attractive than average. People seem averse to watching unattractive women on screen in roles where men are interested in them. Even in a movie like Shallow Hal where the point is that Hal is with an ugly woman, she appears attractive during almost all of her screen time...

So, are there any movies where the central romance involves a really attractive guy, and an ugly woman? (And not "movie ugly" as in she is gorgeous but wears nerd classes, I mean actually played by an unattractive actress...)

And, are there any movies where a very attractive man is dating an ugly woman, and this combination is just realism, not the point of the movie? I saw one 5-minute art film once where this was the case, but I think that's it...

(Well, I guess I think Sarah Jessica Parker is absolutely hideous and she was the lead in a movie. But I don't think other people agree, so this doesn't really count...)

Answer 1

Such a subjective question though, as many have their own opinion on what is ugly/unattractive and what is not. What do you consider ugly? Someone who is physically deformed or grossly disfigured. Certain skin tones/colors, freckles, certain body sizes, certain facial features, hair on the chin (women), lopsided boobs (women or men)? Well if you consider a fat woman ugly, there was Babycakes with Ricki Lake (the former talk show host), a fat woman who pursued and won over a blonde hunk type guy. But that movie addressed the issue of size though and it intended to do that, so it doesn't really fit your criteria. I don't think there's a movie out there where there is such a relationship (ugly woman, cute man), and if it exists, it probably exists just to address those physical differences; I don't think there are any movies out there with intercultural or interracial relationships or between vastly different age groups that don't specifically address the cultural or racial or age differences/issues (and if there are they are few and far between.)

Truthfully, I don't think that the majority of actors and actresses are the most handsome/beautiful creatures on earth but they are slender/skinny and even verging on anorexic (if they aren't actually there yet), and in many people's eyes that is enough to make them attractive. I don't like to see people's bones protruding. And why don't people like women to have butts and woman's hips? Why is that considered ugly? I was watching the TV show Becker and the young office assistant (a slender woman) said "I have the *** of a 16 year old boy and for some reason men seem to like that." That says something.

The majority of people on the 'most beautiful people' lists that abound just look like everyday people to me (with more makeup though and fancy clothing) I personally think Sarah Jessica is physically beautiful because I like looking at blue eyes and curly hair (yeah some days she does look rough but who doesn't) She often looks just way too skinny though.

Most people have movie star/singer/celebrity standards of beauty which is really fake. TV/movies distort reality quite a bit. I have recognized it in myself too. A young woman that lives near me looks, not ugly but not movie star beautiful either. One day I saw her walking down the street, she had applied a little makeup, put her hair down and was dressed up and she was drop dead gorgeous, better looking than Halle Berry. I was fooled, like many others are concerning the everyday people surrounding them, because she wasn't wearing makeup and jewels and designer clothing. In reality these celebrities spend hours on themselves, often every day, and they have other people working on them. For crying out loud, some of them have clothing stylists and hairdressers and makeup artists come to their homes. I recently saw a pic of Mariah Careys closets (yes, 4 of them, one for her shoes) and she basically has a beauty salon in her home. She had better look good with all that help. Truthfully though, who can do that? If I were in that industry I suppose I would because how else would celebs get crazy, high-paying endorsements and worship if they weren't perpetrating the myth.

I am glad Dove is having their campaign for beauty where many types of women are accepted as physically beautiful, this campaign should extend to men too as I see that the issues we women have with our bodies and looks are now extending to men. I am getting better at recognizing the attractiveness in many people now, not just madeup and bejeweled persons. And really I am old enough and have dealt with enough people that, if you are a mean nasty or spiteful person, it doesn't matter how you look on the outside (that's not just a self-help Oprah type inspiration either, it's real). One of my best friends is a person not many would consider physically attractive--72, somewhat rotound, very, very dark and not with a refined, evenly balanced face but this person is one of the kindest people I've ever met and I would do stuff for him before I would someone such as George Clooney or Julia Roberts or such people. (and he's not nice because most wouldn't consider him attractive, he's been married twice with many children-and besides there are those who aren't considered attractive who are also unkind.)

Well, as I could only come up with one potential movie-though I guess it doesn't really fit your requirements, maybe you can create such a movie-with an supposed unattractive actress and a supposed attractive male (not Matthew McConaughey) that just has them doing their thing and not talking about their physical differences and how people think she is ugly and he is not and blah blah blah, but just dealing with a relationship or some other issue. (Course the not dealing with the issue wouldn't be realistic as many people are aware when others consider them unattractive and will discuss it with others, but it would be a movie and it doesn't have to be completely realistic)

This is mostly rambling because it's late/early but my point is in there somewhere.

Answer 2

Not in today's movies! Female leads are ALWAYS pretty or cute, and if they start out as ugly then they HAVE to turn beautiful by the end (I'm thinking of Miss Congeneality). In older movies, there are the Barbara Striesand films (they tried to make her beautiful but it didn't work so well) or Joan Crawford (Mommy Dearest). Bette Davis later in life wasn't so pretty either! :)

Answer 3

HAHA!!
She IS ugly!
I thought I was the only one to think that!


And yeah... you're obsolutely right! I can't think of a movie with an ugly female actress...
Hi-5! I'll try and get back to you on that!

Welll..... I find Keira Knightly ugly!
And Johnny Depp is HOT in Pirates Of the Carrabein!
Natalie Portman is the pretty version of Keira Knightly! Haha!

Answer 4

I think Uma Thurman is ugly, but I think most peopl would disagree with me. So if I can can't her because that is my opinion then I would say Gattaca because she is teamed up with Ethan Hawk. But this is a hard question to answer because you dont see it......Or if you find Tom Selleck attractive(and I'm strecthing here.....Women used to swoon over him) his love interest was Ellen DeGeneres in The Love Letter. Not that she's a dog, but she's not very pretty.

Answer 5

Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2 (The Cradle of Life). Gerry Butler gorgeous. Angelina Jolie munter.

Answer 6

Minnie Driver in the movie "Circle of friends"

Answer 7

Well, I was going to say "Failure to Launch"... Matthew McConnahay is totally hot and Sarah Jessica Parker looks rough...

Answer 8

Different strokes for different folks, my first thought on reading your question was "Any movie with Julia Roberts, Barbara Streisand, or Angelina Jolie in it." Obviously, I would be in the minority in that thought, though. But hey, it's my answer..

Answer 9

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Answer 10

diane keaton in some things got to give