THIS ISN’T A STORY ABOUT A FAT, UGLY WOMAN WHO GETS BEAUTIFUL.

“As someone who has been in the public eye and has gotten a ton of feedback on my appearance over the years, some people are like: ‘She’s the most repulsive person on Earth,’ and some people say ‘She’s beautiful.’ They’re both right, and neither of those affects how I feel about myself,” Schumer says.

This new movie is both on-brand for Schumer and could be seen as a poor casting choice. To make more of a statement about beauty, the film could have reached miles from the blonde-whitefeminine norm.

But no one actor, nor a single movie, can represent everyone. When any character is portrayed as lacking in beauty, it will invite online attacks. At its core, “I Feel Pretty” is a story of how easily all kinds of insecurities — based on physical appearance, intellect, gender expectations, etc. — can hold any of us back. And how much confidence alone can fix.

Those insecurities don’t sprout on their own, of course; they’re fed by superficial notions of what’s good or desired. And since Schumer’s character is single, the movie targets online dating as a place where looks seem to matter above all else.

“I’ve been on all of these sites,” Renee says to her friends Jane and Vivian (played by Busy Philipps and Aidy Bryant), with whom she’s making a joint dating profile. “No one even looks at the profile. They only care about the picture. And I’m sick of it!”

It’s a frustration many singles share. Spend just a day on a dating app, and even someone with the healthiest self-image — with a profile full of fabulous selfies — can soon feel like an undesirable mess.

Schumer got married recently, but she has done her time on dating apps — and knows how soul-crushing they can be. “It’s like they’re telling you your worth on there,” Schumer says, acknowledging that “you can’t blame people for judging on the picture, because that’s all you really have.”

“People just see you — they don’t know you yet,” she adds. Being super-hot isn’t necessarily a good thing, either. “Everyone wants to go out with you,” Schumer says of the flawless online profile, but a dater might still wonder: “Who wants to get to know me?”

When Renee suddenly sees herself as gorgeous, all kinds of doors open to her that were slammed shut before. Not because of how anyone else perceives her, but because of how she sees herself.

“She got everything she wanted looking exactly as she is,” notes Abby Kohn, who wrote and directed the film with Marc Silverstein. Which is a lesson for reallife daters, too. “You show people how you value yourself,” she adds. “And once (Renee) did, her whole world changed.”

Fittingly, Renee meets Ethan not online, but in line at the dry cleaners. Sure, he might have been attracted to her picture alone, but the way she makes him laugh is clearly what he’s drawn to from the get-go. (In her real life, Schumer says, personality was a big part of her attraction to her husband: “He’s a mensch.”)

Of course, even the most confident among us don’t always feel amazing. For those moments, Scovel finds a mix of vulnerability and confidence does the trick: “Instead of hiding how you feel or what you’re going through because you’re scared what people are going to think of you, just plow through and show them you kind of don’t (care),” he says.

Schumer’s answer can be found right in her lap: “Just be comfortable,” she says. “Figure out how to be comfortable.”

Today, for her, that answer is pairing a blazer with sweatpants. Tomorrow it might be something else entirely.