“I Feel Pretty,” the new film starring Amy Schumer, misses the mark with a rating of 34 percent and an audience score of only 32 percent, according to Rotten Tomatoes. The film is about a woman who struggles with insecurities about her body. One day, she takes a nasty fall and wakes up believing she is the most beautiful woman in the world. She suddenly has an abundance of self-love and confidence, and is able to live a life she didn’t think was possible.

The film tries hard to have a good message towards the end, because she eventually comes to realize that her appearance didn’t actually change; she was just experiencing things differently because of her newfound confidence. This film may have had a bigger impact in a positive direction if it wasn’t using an average body type as the “bad body type.” This tells woman who may have average bodies and are confident to not feel so confident anymore, because that’s not what you should aspire to be.

Fat shaming is the action or practice of humiliating someone judged as fat or overweight by making critical comments about their size. The film that attempted to have a good message ended up having a bad one due to all the fat shaming moments that take place throughout. Amy’s body type is average, and having a character whose body type is average gives off the impression that body type is not beautiful. It continues to play into the societal idea that only women who look like they belong on a magazine cover are beautiful.

According to research done by the National Institute on Media and the Family, 98 percent of girls feel that there is an immense amount of pressure from external sources to look a certain way. Films like this, which make fun at the expense of a character who feels insecure, does not help this issue. Confidence in our bodies is something many people struggle with.

It’s also somewhat hypocritical that Schumer would star in this film because of how open she’s been about not being ashamed of her body in the past. In 2015, while accepting the Glamour’s Trailblazer award, she commented on her weight during a speech, being unapologetic about it. “I am probably like 160 pounds right now, and I can catch dick whenever I want.” she joked. “I am not going to apologize for who I am, and I am going to actually love the skin that I am in. And I am not going to be striving for some other version of myself.” Yet, “I Feel Pretty” continuously pokes fun at her body, and the main character is obviously very insecure about herself.

The idea that Schumer’s’s character feels so unattractive and can’t conjure up any confidence until she literally hits her head against something is rather troubling. A serious injury to the head is not how to gain confidence. The movie should focus on gaining confidence in other ways, besides a head injury.

We should link confidence to our own self-worth, not to the beauty standards of everyone around us. This film doesn’t show personal growth, rather it shows a woman with a head injury who thinks she’s a model. It is so important to accept ourselves for who we are. According to a study done by the University of Hertfordshire, accepting ourselves can make us happier in our day-to-day lives. We should love ourselves, not fat shame ourselves. Fat shaming is toxic and we need to leave it behind.