College student Miriam Knight (Stockard Channing) is an ugly duckling. She's desperate for a man but nobody likes her. She is bitter and lonely from the endless slights. After a car accident, she gets plastic surgery and becomes a beauty. Instead of going on with her improved life, she decides to take revenge against those who have wronged her. As she murders, police detective Ralph Varone (Edward Asner) investigates.
This is a TV movie on ABC. It's a dark, dark comedy considering that it's network TV. I don't know much about movies of the week back then. This seems a little dark for the medium. Normally, the ugly duckling has an inner beauty. She does not have that. She's bitter. She's needy. It's not that funny. It's hard to laugh at her and there's nothing to laugh with her. She could have kept playing in the pool hall and become one of the guys at least. Let's just say that there is more than one reason nobody is sitting next to her. She's a lot and most of it is unappealing. All of this is perfectly fine and I'm glad that it devolves into murder but it doesn't make it funny. Quite frankly, the plastic surgery is unnecessary. A murderous ugly duckling would have been also interesting.
This is a TV movie on ABC. It's a dark, dark comedy considering that it's network TV. I don't know much about movies of the week back then. This seems a little dark for the medium. Normally, the ugly duckling has an inner beauty. She does not have that. She's bitter. She's needy. It's not that funny. It's hard to laugh at her and there's nothing to laugh with her. She could have kept playing in the pool hall and become one of the guys at least. Let's just say that there is more than one reason nobody is sitting next to her. She's a lot and most of it is unappealing. All of this is perfectly fine and I'm glad that it devolves into murder but it doesn't make it funny. Quite frankly, the plastic surgery is unnecessary. A murderous ugly duckling would have been also interesting.