Fat based movies ..

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43932452
43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
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Anyone have any favorites?
Idk if anyone has used this topic .. it isn't meant to be mean spirited either..

I liked Shallow Hal but Pixlar made one about
a robot that I thought was good.

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  • Stump_Likker
    Stump_Likker Posts: 2,059 Member
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    I liked Shallow Hal (at least the moral of it). Jason Alexander's character was annoying though.

    Also, What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
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    It's not a whole movie based on it, but I thought Jack Black's spoof trailers for "The Fatties", cameoed in "Tropic Thunder" were hilarious. :)
  • mamosh81
    mamosh81 Posts: 409 Member
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    shallow hal is one of my favorite movies just love it
  • britttttx3
    britttttx3 Posts: 458
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    The nutty professor, "hercules, hercules"!
  • kawickham85
    kawickham85 Posts: 62 Member
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    what's eating gilbert grape
  • obeseandsassy
    obeseandsassy Posts: 118
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    someday. . .MAYBE someday, there'll be a movie with a fat central character that doesn't revolve around the fact that they're fat. Until then, I'll keep looking.

    My Mad Fat Diaries is decent though (not a movie, a miniseries, you can youtube it!)
  • nolongerXXL
    nolongerXXL Posts: 222 Member
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    Melissa McCarthy is doing really good as far as being over weight/obese and starting in lead/main rolls.

    Identity Thief and The Heat.

    Now, I haven't seen either one, but want to!
  • lafilleavectoi
    lafilleavectoi Posts: 125 Member
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    Hairspray.
  • LexieSweetheart
    LexieSweetheart Posts: 793 Member
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    precious and hairspray
  • tuckerrj
    tuckerrj Posts: 1,453 Member
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    An oldie but a goodie was "Fatso" with Dom DeLuise from back in 1980...
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,454 Member
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    someday. . .MAYBE someday, there'll be a movie with a fat central character that doesn't revolve around the fact that they're fat. Until then, I'll keep looking.

    I know it's only TV but when I was younger, Dawn French has been a bit of a trailblazer. In her comedy work, the joke wasn't about her being fat. In Murder Most Horrid, she played a variety of characters, all of whom (if I remember correctly) just happened to be overweight. I think some of those are on youtube.
  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
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    I believe if someone wrote the right script Melissa Mckarthy would
    be a better success. She needs the right role is all. I love her on TV.
  • orangebuttercat
    orangebuttercat Posts: 143 Member
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    Angus
    Fat kid rules the World

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