I Feel Pretty I Feel Pretty "I Feel Pretty" is a song from the 1957 musical "West Side Story". "The New York Times" explained that "Mr. Sondheim…has said he was never particularly fond of his lyrics in 'West Side Story,' especially 'I Feel Pretty, later expressing that "The idea of the song is so simple". The original stage version of the lyrics were altered in the making of the movie version of West Side Story due to a change in the scenes occurrence. Making 'I feel pretty and witty and bright/And I pity/Any girl who isn't me tonight' into 'I feel pretty, and
I Feel Pretty (film) also gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, and said, ""I Feel Pretty" [succumbs to all the wrong Hollywood contrivances]. It's just not funny or fresh enough, and that has everything to do with the material and how it's handled visually, and nothing to do with the people on the screen." After the release of the trailer, Jeffrey Wells of "Hollywood Elsewhere" pointed out that elements of "I Feel Pretty" appeared to resemble the plot of the 1945 film "The Enchanted Cottage", without crediting it as an inspiration. Others accused the film of apparently body shaming, with "Cosmopolitan" writing,