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- 1995
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 1995
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.
Directed By: Steven Brill
Written By: Judd Apatow, Steven Brill
- 1995
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 1995
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Heavyweights
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7.5
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Summary Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.
Directed By: Steven Brill
Written By: Judd Apatow, Steven Brill
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
42
13% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
63% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
25% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Like many films that attempt to be inspiring, Heavyweights uses the sound track like a rubber hose to beat the audience into submission. The movie is so honest and good-natured that it's hard to stay mad at it for long. [18 Feb 1995, p.E1]
This chance to warm the hearts of put-upon overweight kids ends up saying next to nothing, and that's a big, fat shame.[18 Feb 1995, p.21]
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Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
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Just one more example of Hollywood cramming any old idea it can unearth into a moneymaking formula. [17 Feb 1995]
By the end, the film deteriorates into a combination sensitivity session and pep rally.
Painstakingly formulaic and uninspired (it could have been called The Mighty Guts), the lumbering comedy will unlikely make much of a dent at the boxoffice. [17 Feb 1995]
A frighteningly unfunny comedy. [17 Feb 1995, p.05]
There seems to be a message here about being true to yourself, but it's hard to find it under the blubber jokes.
