Review of Muffin Top: A Love Story

Turn on your television and find a movie to watch. Your guide will be filled with movies with a written "love story" plot line. From Cinderella to the Hallmark channel, they are all fairy tales and love stories. Just recently, another production was added to the bunch, only its message is more relative to our modern population here in America. "Muffin Top: A Love Story" written and directed by Cathryn Michon, is not the typical love story that you would think. Once you turn it on, do not expect to see a "love at first sight" moment between a man and a woman. Michon and her husband, W. Bruce Cameron wrote this film with the intention of sending a message to the public, specifically feminists. This love story is not about finding your "true love" but "loving yourself, not five pounds from now." So many women try to live up to all of these images from the media. Unless you have Photoshop, you will never live up to those images from the media. Even if you do have Photoshop or a monthly payment with a photo editing website, you are paying to make yourself look like someone you're not. Everyone has their insecurities but those who think they are alone in that sort of mindset, this movie will clarify that you are wrong and you're not the only one. It is time to bring true beauty back. Suzanne (Cathryn Michon) teaches a women's studies class in Los Angeles, which is ironic as it is where all the "inspiring beauty" images are. She is also undergoing IVF shots in the hopes of having a baby. When her husband leaves her on her 40th birthday, presenting her with divorce papers and a baby on board (with another woman), she takes extreme, hilarious measures to get rid of her own muffin top while finding love again. First, she must find out who she is and accept her beauty – there is no definition of beauty besides a person themselves. Taking that into account, she also finds those who love her for who she is and not how she looks. This film has a meaningful message with a wonderful cast and I definitely recommend it to anyone out there who is up for a few laughs. I do not want to give too much away about the movie, so check out iTunes, Amazon and other Video-On-Demand platforms to purchase your digital copy today. Join us in supporting this message about female empowerment, because this film does a phenomenal job of portraying it with a comedic background.