The makeover movie just won't die. Can we keep it alive with radical reimaginings like "Uglies" and even "Barbie"? Will "Princess Diaries 3" save it? How is it does do a feminism anyway?
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Makeover movies and TV shows covered:
Pygmalion (1938)
Now, Voyager (1942)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)
Matilda (1996)
Pretty Woman (1990)
She’s All That (1999)
Star Trek Voyager (1999)
Love & Basketball (2000)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
The Princess Diaries (2001)
Love Don’t Cost a Thing (2003)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
What a Girl Wants (2003)
Mean Girls (2004)
The House Bunny (2008)
Descendants (2015)
He’s All That (2021)
Gossip Girl (2021-2023)
Do Revenge (2022)
Barbie (2023)
Uglies (2024)