Barely written and stiffly directed by Nnegest Likké, Phat Girlz is an undernourished comedy about a sassy, overweight heroine.
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04/10/06
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Phat Girlz (2006)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:10
Rotten:32
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: Although Phat Girlz has good intentions, it is sloppily made and thin on laughs.
Theatrical Release:Apr 7, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $6,922,865
Synopsis: In this feel-good comedy with a positive message, Mo'Nique stands up for all the overweight women given short shrift by society. One of a group of three friends that includes her hot-to-trot thin... [More]
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A thin comedy about a size-plus heroine.
04/10/06
Top CriticAs the title hints, Phat Girlz is a plus-sized Cinderella.
04/10/06
A slapdash female empowerment comedy that's crudely executed on every level.
04/10/06
The film is amateurishly directed and sluggishly paced with an anorexic plot. Even the photography, sound and costumes are substandard.
04/10/06
Top CriticBeneath the movie's broad humor and meanspirited put-downs lies an uplifting story about learning to like yourself for who you are, not what you look like.
04/10/06
If it weren't for Mo'Nique's fresh, appealing screen presence, Phat Girlz would fall flat.
04/10/06
Top CriticThis is a disarming and, in its own way, delightful vehicle for its star and executive producer, the comedian and actress Mo'Nique. Who could hate this movie?
04/10/06
Top CriticGod bless her soul, Mo'Nique even stays believable as the story requires her to finally fall apart and hit a new self-hating low.
04/10/06
First my dreams and now real life, why do you haunt me so, Eric Roberts?
04/09/06
I am allowed to say this, because I've been on both sides of the [fat-girl] fence: Phat Girlz, shut the f**k up.
04/09/06
If Phat Girlz is about desire, for viewers even more than actors or characters, it is also about how that desire is constructed by images.
04/08/06
Less a call to (flabby) arms than a simple turning of the tables on romantic comedy convention, proof that large women can have wishes cinematically fulfilled too.
04/08/06
For a movie about a triumphantly funny fat woman, the humor is woefully low on calories.
04/08/06
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Top CriticLikké should be applauded for tackling a subject that's bristling with socio-political thorns and raises some provocative questions, particularly about what we find attractive in other people and why.
04/08/06
Top CriticIt's a chick flick with good intentions about self-image and body size, yet it leaves an icky aftertaste.
04/07/06
Top CriticIf writer-director Nnegest Likke's booster speech in movie form were as funny as it is relentlessly on-message, it would be a world-class gut buster.
04/07/06
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