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  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary Starring the hilarious Mo'Nique as Jazmin Biltmore, a smart-mouthed aspiring fashion designer, Phat Girlz is an edgy comedy about two frustrated plus-size women obsessed with their weight while struggling to find love and acceptance in a world full of hot bodied bases. The Phat Girlz are thrown a major curve ball when the men of their dr...

Directed By: Nnegest Likké

Written By: Nnegest Likké

  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m

Phat Girlz

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Summary Starring the hilarious Mo'Nique as Jazmin Biltmore, a smart-mouthed aspiring fashion designer, Phat Girlz is an edgy comedy about two frustrated plus-size women obsessed with their weight while struggling to find love and acceptance in a world full of hot bodied bases. The Phat Girlz are thrown a major curve ball when the men of their dr...

Directed By: Nnegest Likké

Written By: Nnegest Likké

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
36
19% Positive
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38% Mixed
6 Reviews
44% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
36
19% Positive
3 Reviews
38% Mixed
6 Reviews
44% Negative
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75
This 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?
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
50
The humor's vulgar and the plot feeble, but this is a cut above the gross-out comedies aimed at male teens, and its heroine and her gal pals keep the high jinks amiable.
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW
42
While it's a pleasure to watch the likeable Johnson open up and come out of her shell, Phat Girlz belongs to Mo'Nique, a grating, belligerent woman who alternates self-deprecating fat jokes with drama-queen meltdowns and simpering pleas for acceptance. Save it for the talk-show circuit, please.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
40
Barely written and stiffly directed.
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30
The writing is rudimentary and the direction often awkward, but Mo'Nique would confound a veteran director.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
25
The film is amateurishly directed and sluggishly paced with an anorexic plot. Even the photography, sound and costumes are substandard.
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20
A dish of empty calories.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Outlaw Productions (I), Sneak Preview Entertainment, 10 Times Greater Productions
Release Date Apr 7, 2006
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Her dreams are about to get a whole lot bigger
Website http://www.foxsearchlight.com/phatgirlz/
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