Rodney and his overweight firend Sabrina are two high school seniors who don't fit in with the rest of the school in a small Texas town. With the help of his Drama teacher and Sabrina, rodney finds his true "Fat Girl" and asks out the cute new student from England. For those of you who live here in the Dallas area, you will see that Edna Jean Robinson has a cameo in the nightclub scene and at the Baptist Church as a minister.
New Director Ash Christian, makes good creating a new Dorothy code phrase.
"Fat Girls" becomes the new Icon next to Dorothy her herself.
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
BIG-HEARTED and often quite funny if crudely made, "Fat Girls" cleverly subverts the clichés of high school comedies to serve an autobiographical story about an overweight gay teen in a small Texas town.
Ash Christian, is appealing (if somewhat mature) in the main role. He hangs out with an enormous girl (Ashley Fink) while his sex life is limited to furtively groping his ostensibly straight co-star in the school's production of "The Odd Couple."
This a cute freshman director picture and I look forward to Ashes' next film Mangus!
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