Heavy

Heavy (1995)

  • 86% of critics liked it
    (28 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (1,493 ratings)

This character drama, set in a local pub in rural New York State, focuses on the lives, thoughts, and emotions of a group of social outcasts. The lead misfit is Victor, a shy and very rotund man in his '30s who works as a pizza maker in a roadside inn. His mother, Dolly owns the establishment. She… More

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R, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By
James Mangold
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jun 7, 1996 Wide
On DVD
Sep 21, 1999
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

    A small, quiet miracle of a movie in which tenderness, compassion and insight combine to create a tension that yields a quality of perception that's almost painful to experience.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    You've been in places like this. You linger over a second cup of coffee and people-watch, trying to guess the secrets of the sad-eyed waitress and the drunk at the bar and the pizza cook who looks like he's serving a sentence.

  • Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

    Mangold's sympathy is genuine and his refusal to mock or condescend to his characters -- indeed, that may be the point of the film -- is a pleasure.

  • Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle

    Even at 80 minutes, Heavy would have been weighted with redundancies. So you can imagine what happened on the way to making it 105 minutes long.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Even the film's chanciest moments sustain an overall poignancy.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Adam M


    Evan Dando as the boyfriend does all the sensitive-right things but is phony-wrong for her; not sure if the movie is like him; good lighting & music

  • Emily A


    I don't really like Liv Tyler and Pruitt Taylor Vince makes me shudder, so I found very little to like about this movie. There was absolutely nothing special about it. I almost don't even remember watching it, it was so nondescript. Instead of watching this, just stare at a… More

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