
In Boot Camp, a romantic comedy that dares to dramatize the essence of self-esteem as the ultimate ideal of beauty, Rachel Boudwin is a stolen treasure whose vivacity is second only to appear in the movie itself. Unlike other films including Bridget Jones’s Diary in 2001 when at any point one of the obese central characters plain stupid fell on her behind in close-up shots, Boot Camp in no way focuses on the main character or humor out of her fat figure. It is quite a pleasant take, to say the least. As for Whitney’s Vardegan Boudwin, a fantasy-addicted chubby teenage girl, she complains that she is not good looking or is not of the required measurements to ‘pull the man’, and her near and dear ones adore her. After an embarrassing prom night she sought romance in vain, she resolves that for six weeks, she will go to a camp with the sole objective of creativity, and that is, to ditch the ‘sister’s wedding chaos.’ If a different-looking ‘revenge body’ can be achieved as a by-product, then it is even better.
Whitney’s tough luck is that she finds herself in competition with one of her high-school enemies, a fragile and brittle Willow portrayed by Rachel Boyd in The Bold Type as she is almost about to run for it. But soon Whitney is on board owing to the disciplined training and the presence of handsome Axel, played by Drew Ray Tanner of Riverdale, as the trainer.
The film is an adaptation of a story found on Wattpad written by Gina Musa and its screenplay was created by Gemma Holdway, whose work on Seasoned with Love manages to be virtually dripping with sweetness whilst never being overly self-important. Some of it is certainly contributed by the camp’s head coach Cindy played by Emmanuelle Chriqui in Supergirl & Lois, who is a former model and mother to Willow. There are healthier and more inner-strength-focused approaches, said Cindy, “It’s not weight that countries are obsessed with, it’s density”.
The character of Whitney provides the filmmakers with the entire range of emotions that she wished to portray, which would have been easy to garner Dela O’Loughlin McDonald’s micromance about. Thank God not all filmmakers chose to exploit Whitney’s body fulcrums out of embarrassment and gaze trustingly at Boudwin, an actress in her first film, to emote.
She is unsure and saddened by Willow’s nasty comments at times, but she is also funny and confident enough that one understands why the other campers’ praises towards her seem to be sincere. Whitney also appears to have real chemistry with Tanner, whose character Axel becomes more fun and flirty as he and Whitney’s relationship progresses. He also has an affinity for fantasy books, and it is very sweet when he encourages her by saying she would make a great brave female archer from the series.
There are weak patches in the trajectory of Boot Camp whenever the script tries to figure out how to separate these two. But those episodes were covered up by the quirky supporting cast members and it is hard not to cheer at their encouragement and endearing nature. Even the anticipated ice-giving between Whitney and Willow is plausible and occurs at the perfect moment before the breathtaking begins.
On that note, in addition to all that has been discussed, Boot Camp brings with it very captivating sights of gorgeous lakes, beautiful music, and a couple that you will want to support. All in all, very pleasant and a good break from everything.
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