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Pretty Hurts
“Brought to you by GSK.”
7.0 / 10• 2025• 1h 30m•NR• English
DramaTV Movie
Storyline
To win scholarship money for college, Lauren enters the same beauty pageant her mom once dominated in her youth. Lauren is thrust into a dark, toxic world of cutthroat competition and manipulation. Too preoccupied with the pageant, Lauren doesn’t realize that her best friend Rae is falling seriously ill with an uncommon and potentially deadly disease — meningitis B – prompting her to turn the pageant platform into a tool for awareness.
Cast & Crew
Sarah Borne
Lauren
Lead
Haylie Duff
Julie
KB
Kaci Barker
Rae
Haley Gosserand
Brianna
CG
Cyane Gan
Nora
Hannah Westerfield
Maddy
Rachael Markarian
Helene Matthews
Andrew Shaw
Michael
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Brian Herzlinger's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Pretty Hurts is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
