Fat Girls (2006)
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28% of critics liked it
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65% of users liked it
(2,862 ratings)
Two misfits struggle to make their way through the living hell that is high school in this independent comedy drama. Rodney (Ash Christian) lives in a small Texas town where most folks don't have much use for musical theater or much understanding of the gay lifestyle. Since the barely closeted… More Two misfits struggle to make their way through the living hell that is high school in this independent comedy drama. Rodney (Ash Christian) lives in a small Texas town where most folks don't have much use for musical theater or much understanding of the gay lifestyle. Since the barely closeted Rodney wants little else besides a boyfriend and the leading role in a Broadway show, this doesn't make life easy for him, and he has only one close friend -- Sabrina (Ashley Fink), a smart and funny girl who happens to weigh nearly three hundred pounds. Sabrina encourages Rodney to embrace his inner "fat girl," and he finds someone who understands his dreams when he strikes up a friendship with Mr. Cox (Jonathan Caouette), the school's drama coach, who also does a mean Liza Minnelli impersonation in his spare time. Written and directed by leading man Ash Christian when he was only 20 years old, Fat Girls was screened in competition at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ash Christian
- Written By
- Ash Christian
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Apr 28, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Regent Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Too crudely executed to make much of an impact.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Ends up stranded between two concepts.
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
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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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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.
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Abigail Deutsch, Village Voice
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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Cast
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Ash Christian
as Rodney Miller
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Ashley Fink
as Sabrina Thomas
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Jonathan Caouette
as Mr. Cox
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Robin De Jesus
as Rudy Jackson
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Joe Flaten
as Joey
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Deborah Theaker
as Judy
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Ellen Albertini Dow
as Mildred
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Justin Bruening
as Bobby
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Alexa Havins
as Tina
- DeAnne Bonneau
- Evan Miller
- Juli Erickson
