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Fat Girls (2007)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:5

Rotten:12

Average Rating:4.4/10

Rated: R

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Nov 2, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: Armed with biting humor and quirky sensibility, Rodney and his Rubenesque friend Sabrina are valiantly suffering through the indignity known as high school. Both are outcasts; he’s gay and she’s... Armed with biting humor and quirky sensibility, Rodney and his Rubenesque friend Sabrina are valiantly suffering through the indignity known as high school. Both are outcasts; he’s gay and she’s overweight. Trapped in a small Texas town and having come to accept his "fat girl" within, Rodney is an aspiring Broadway star who musters up the energy to confront his fears and take life – and the hot new student from England – by the horns. With Rodney’s awkward experiences, off-beat attitude and strange evangelical family, "Fat Girls" is a hilarious rollercoaster ride that careens to an outrageous climax. This auspicious debut announces the arrival of filmmaker and star Ash Christian as a major new talent. -- © Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Ash Christian, Jonathan Caouette, Robin De Jesus, Ashley Fink

Starring: Ash Christian, Jonathan Caouette, Robin De Jesus, Ashley Fink, Deborah Theaker

Director: Ash Christian

Director: Ash Christian
Screenwriter: Ash Christian
Producer: Ash Christian, Kelli Lerner, Kim Fishman
Composer: Chris Gubisch
Studio: Regent Releasing

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Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
11/17/07
Reel.com

Too crudely executed to make much of an impact.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
11/09/07
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Amateurish to distraction, this modern-day satire about growing up gay in a small town has such a minimal pulse that you may well wonder if first-time writer/director/actor Ash Parish didn't burn his script before shooting began.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
11/04/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Ends up stranded between two concepts.

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11/04/07
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Big-hearted and often quite funny if crudely made, Fat Girls cleverly subverts the clichés of high school comedies to serve an autobiographical story.

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11/03/07
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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To call Christian's film unpolished is an understatement, since Rodney isn't a particularly engaging protagonist and Christian badly overuses his sulky voiceover.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
11/02/07
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A modestly impressive debut -- especially considering that writer/director Ash Christian was 21 when he made it -- this poignant comedy will appeal to anyone who vividly remembers what it's like to be a high school outcast.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
11/02/07
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Proof that straights have no monopoly on crass, lazy coming-of-age stories.

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11/02/07
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

The film just keeps hammering away at the insight that conservatives are, like, totally twisted.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
11/02/07
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson
Boxoffice Magazine

An abysmal little conceit wholly lacking in originality, wit or technical style.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
11/02/07
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

The jokes aren't funny, the characters aren't interesting and the budget is obviously so low you can't help but wonder how they could afford songs by Air Supply and Spandau Ballet.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
11/01/07
Geoff Berkshire
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

Fat Girls is fully in the "quirky indie" mold, populated by frumpy characters who sport slack expressions and enthuse about silly life plans.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
11/01/07
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

Given Fat Girls' honesty, and its delicately drawn examples of social hopelessness, the sudden, sugary, puzzling finale feels out of character. It's as though the film forgot how to talk to us.

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10/31/07
Abigail Deutsch
Abigail Deutsch
Village Voice
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Fat Girls' portrait of its small town high school milieu feels immediate and authentic even when the story's perfunctory machinations don't.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
10/30/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

Christian plays it cool, preferring to love his characters first, and use them as teaching tools second. The restraint is a refreshing change of pace.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
08/03/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com

Plays with the conventions of the teen genre while making the most of its low-budget indie roots

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04/12/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Jokes are hit-and-miss, but they splat target often enough to make this a guilty pleasure that homophile fans of both Napoleon Dynamite and American Pie might enjoy.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/17/07
Dennis Harvey
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Variety
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