Set in a future society where everyone undergoes cosmetic surgery at age 16 to become "Pretty," the story follows Tally Youngblood, a girl who initially looks forward to her transformation. However, as she begins to question the societal norms and the implications of this forced beauty, she becomes involved with a group of rebels who seek to expose the truth behind the system. Uglies is a 2024 American science fiction drama film directed by McG and written by Jacob Forman, Vanessa Taylor, and Whit Anderson. Uglies is a 2005 dystopian novel by Scott Westerfeld.