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Fat Girl (À ma soeur!) (2001)

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Reviews Counted:83

Fresh:60

Rotten:23

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: The controversial Fat Girl is an unflinchingly harsh but powerful look at female adolescence.

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Rated: Unrated

Runtime: 1 hr. 26 min.

Genre: Art House & International, Drama, Classics

Theatrical Release: Oct 8, 2001 Wide

Synopsis: Elena is the gorgeous fifteen-year-old who is forced to drag along pudgy twelve-year-old Anais as she trolls for boys in the cafes of a seaside resort... Elena is the gorgeous fifteen-year-old who is forced to drag along pudgy twelve-year-old Anais as she trolls for boys in the cafes of a seaside resort where their family is vacationing. Treating Anais with casual cruelty, Elena smooches a handsome young Italian as her sister gorges on a banana split and later, in their shared bedroom, commands her to sleep as the twenty something Lothario climbs in through the window. As Elena is deflowered--in an extended scene of wincing black humor and exquisite accuracy--Anais writhes in fascination, envy and her own budding desire. When Elena1s transgression is revealed to their parents, their furious mother breaks off the holiday and embarks on the long drive home with the girls in the back seat. The summer vacation is over, but, as they discover on a tension-filled journey that leads to the story's startling conclusion, the family adventure is not. [More]

Starring: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian

Starring: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti

Director: Catherine Breillat

Director: Catherine Breillat
Screenwriter: Catherine Breillat
Producer: Jean-Francois Lepetit , Conchita Airoldi
Studio: Cowboy Booking International

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One of the most disturbing films I've ever seen.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
Apr 14, 2010
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
N/R

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
Jul 31, 2008
David Stratton
David Stratton
Variety
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[Features a] shocking, ambiguous ending.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
Apr 11, 2008
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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
Dec 30, 2006
Empire Magazine
N/R

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
Jan 26, 2006
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
Dec 6, 2005
Film Threat

I first saw Fat Girl upon its original US theatrical release in 2001. I left the theater exhilarated. Three years on, I feel I had been fooled.

Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | comment Comment
Oct 27, 2004
Matt Bailey
Matt Bailey
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
N/R

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Full Review Source: Zap2it.com | comment Comment
Feb 25, 2004
Andrew Rodgers
Andrew Rodgers
Zap2it.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
Dec 15, 2003
Alexander Walker
Alexander Walker
This is London

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
Jul 29, 2003
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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
Mar 10, 2003
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle

Bold but unrelenting in its depiction of both physical and emotional aggression, Fat Girl will be bracing for those open to its challenges and brutal for those who aren't.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
Feb 24, 2003
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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A strange, discomfiting and fascinating film about the horrors of adolescence.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
Feb 24, 2003
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
L.A. Weekly

It's compelling, honest, poignant, somewhat sad and, at the end, very disturbing -- in short, quite a good movie.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
Feb 24, 2003
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
Oct 30, 2002
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

For women, especially those who have sisters, it should be a must-see.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
Oct 21, 2002
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

While Fat Girl is graphic and shocking, it is a more compelling argument than Romance.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
Sep 19, 2002
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Don't encourage Breillat by watching her self-indulgent, utterly unenjoyable and shallow little exposé.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
Sep 10, 2002
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
N/R

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Aug 9, 2002
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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The relationship between the girls is the most complicated in the picture, a Gordian knot of affection, resentment, envy, jealousy and intellectual sparring.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
Jun 14, 2002
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer
 
 
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