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Plot: "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" babes.
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MCT:September 24, 2008after-minute :
what the hell is this? It is more like a simple stupid movie , which pushed fat girl into a corner that building their confidence .THE REVIEW
Well , i didn't buy this movie . It's free , because i bought 10 DVDs(Indonesian peoples know the truth why we can buy lots of DVDs in one time..) in one time and after i finished watching all of the 10 DVDs , I watched this and what i found?
-A total messed up things
- Telling us that skinny bitch maybe the best , it is more like putting Plus-sizes to the corner than encouraging them perfectly .
-Harassing fat people , what i mean is "DON'T BE TOO CLICHE , FAT PEOPLES AREN'T THAT DESPERATE AND FRUSTRATED!"[Honestly , i was fat{no,no, not as fat as Monique , I was just at Hayden Panettiere's size}] . It's pathetic .
This is Hayden Panettiere
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- What do you want , huh?Encouraging plus-size peoples that 'hot' Nigerian would marry them? Oh , please...
- SUPER FUGLY script ! That stupid rap battle just so not hot . A lot worse than MTV's Yo Momma!
- DOOMED stupid tv-series cinematography .
- Fashion for plus-sizes ? Oh please...
You can make normal girl's outfits to be that size , okay ? All you need just improvisation and good fashion sense .
- Have you realized that this movie is saying (inplicitly) that it is okay to be Over-weight ? Think about your health , being over-weight is not healthy , it is okay to be thick but keep your BMI normal !
People who watched this . Don't you ever think that being over-weight/EXTREMLY FAT is healthy !
- Low acting . The only one really shone here was MONIQUE . She did naturally , like she wasn't acting .(Maybe she felt what Jazmin felt...) . Even Eric Robert didn't do it well .
- A very very BAD DIRECTING skill
- Amateur's crap . EVEN WORSE THAN White Chicks and as bad as Nprbit .
- Parade of 'cheap' fashion and make-up for plus-sizes black women .
Overall :DON'T WATCH THIS , ESPECIALLY FAT PEOPLES
If you watch this , bet cha' never get your ideal/normal BMI weight . -
MCT:August 26, 2008In a world of skinny bitches, the aggressively smart-mouthed Jazmin Biltmore is larger than life and pretty damned bitter about it. Stand-up comedian, author, and actress Mo?Nique has made her career out of fat jokes, and she hits that same one note, ad nauseum, in Phat Girlz. Her Jazmin is an aspiring fashion designer riddled with self-loathing, not only because her tablefull of diet pill bottles is doing little to get her down to her idealized size 5, but because she is doomed to unhappiness since, apparently, no one makes sexy clothes for the plus size lady, and without them, how is a woman supposed to trap a man and therefore finally have a shot at happiness?
While you chew on that stunning display of gender politics, Phat Girlz continues to lob out broad slapstick humor ? including an honest to God insult-off featuring fat jokes vs. you-so-ugly ones ? and utterly one-note cliché characters. The plot, such as it is, finally gets going when Jazmin wins a trip to a posh Palm Springs resort and brings her two best friends, her skinny-bitch cousin Mia (Joyful Drake) and her fellow ?sexy succulent,? the reserved, schoolmarmish Stacy (Kendra C. Johnson). Jazmin catches the eye of Tunde (Jimmy Jean-Louis), a Nigerian doctor visiting for a medical conference, who likes his women ?thick.? Despite Jazmin?s tendency to rudeness and blatant grilling of him, his intentions, and his beliefs, Tunde pursues her with a single-mindedness only found in romantic comedies.
While clearly made with the best of intentions, giving girl power and fairy tale romance to the plus sized woman, first time writer-director Nnegest Likké does not seem up to the task. Her lambasting of the hatin? that is directed at the heavy based on looks is seriously undermined by being one of the most superficial films I?ve ever seen. Apparently, it is just fine, even funny or romantic, to judge someone entirely on looks ? as Tunde does to Jazmin, and vice versa ? as long as the verdict is favorable. And jokes made at the expense of looks are totally acceptable, as long as they are aimed at the smug, skinny Mia, who is deemed and undesirable, emaciated toothpick by Tunde and his pals.
There are some nominal sweet moments ? Stacy?s discovery of her own beauty and subsequent emerging from her self-imposed exile in sweater sets and dowdy glasses, thanks to some raucous sex with one of the Nigerian doctors, is actually a very nice secondary story ? and the comedy, though aggressive and extremely limited in subject, is still present, and even occasionally amusing. And because this is a blatant showcase for Mo?Nique, the film is a veritable parade of hairstyles, elaborate eye makeup and fun clothes. Lots and lots of clothes.
Unfortunately, though, Phat Girlz plays like amateur hour. Any cleverness to the writing is overshadowed by the cheap filmmaking that looks more suited to a shoestring, undistributed indie or a bit of fluff from the Lifetime Network. And despite a fairly lean runtime of just over an hour and half, it drags, significantly, probably because only the middle portion has a balance between comedy, character, and plot. The opening is just a protracted fat joke rebuttal, and the end veers sharply into adolescent wish fulfillment territory, complete with pink curly script scrawled across the screen to help narrate. All of the good intentions and devotion to a message cannot compensate for unimpressive filmmaking.
Part of me wants to believe that I am missing something in Phat Girlz, that I am outside the target audience or that I am inadvertently buying into some ?thin is the only true beauty? conspiracy, but it?s a no go. It?s just a bad movie. -
MCT:August 14, 2008
A fairytale for thick madames. It started off funny,got a bit sad in the middle and then finished with a feel-good ending even if it was far fetched.
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MCT:July 21, 2008Phat Girlz is a very well-done comedy considering it a low budget movie. It's funny and inspirational. I think it's the first time I see a film where Mo'Nique gave a powerful performance, not just funny, but emotional and showed how confidence and self-realization can change one person. Phat Girlz speaks to all women, telling them you are all beautiful, be confident and live your life fully, and dont care about the other bitches who judge you by how you look
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MCT:July 9, 2008I LOVE this movie. I loved that a handsome, successful man was for once in love with a plump, insecure woman and helps her love herself
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MCT:June 22, 2008It was a alright movie, bit of a stupid stoyline (near the ending in particular) with the love interest, but i liked the meaning behind it.
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MCT:May 30, 2008
An okay movie has something there.....but to me it stilll needed alil more.........guess i had my expectations to high
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MCT:April 30, 2008
This movie is a good representation of what big girls go thru and how we feel. We all should love and represent like Monique did in this movie!
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MCT:April 1, 2008
I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a comedy, drama, romance or a social commentary. I guess it's good that it's a little bit of all.
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MCT:March 27, 2008
Monique does a great job representing for all the larger, curvier women in America. She plays a woman who works in a "skinny" departmene store, trying to persuade her boss that they need to upgrade the plus size department. Both her and friend go on a trip that she won from ordering diet pills, and while on that trip, they both gain inter-confidence after meeting some men that valued them for both their inner and outer beauty. It's the Shallow Hal movie for females, basically. With her comedic input, this made the movie watchable. The only glitch that I found was how the film was shot. It seemed like a "B" movie, and the close-ups that were done on any character were a little bit too much. Once you get past that, the movie is Ok.
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MCT:February 6, 2008Loved the comedy. Loved the designs for the curvier woman. Loved the Big Beautiful Woman. Loved that fine specimen of a man that loved 'thick madame'.
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MCT:February 4, 2008
Mo'Nique is hilarious in this movie. Its about time I saw a movie that is all about 'thick madame' in it. Very entertaining film. Those dresses and outfits were brilliant. Oh and is his name tunil, he is a nice specimen isnt he ladies.
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MCT:February 3, 2008
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MCT:January 17, 2008that is just wrong, it din make it any better that they wudn get any american guys n it had to be nigerians, wich by the way i famous for bein scams...didn put the point across for me
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MCT:January 8, 2008
Wow i really loved this film, as i can totally relate to it, as it's so true you need to love yourself b4 you can truly love someone else.............................
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Stars 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" babes. The PHAT GIRLZ are thrown a major curve ball when they meet the men of their dreams in the most unexpected of ways... -
MCT:January 5, 2008
I loved it! it give you the courage to keep going for your dreams, and to never let anybody hold you down.
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MCT:January 3, 2008
I love this movie Phat Girlz. The man who got with her and it showed her how to love her self because she is beautiful. Being big is a good thing. You just have to love every inch of you!
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NOW this is MORE like my kinda film!! ...(i hope) from the title, i gotto get it, to see it, but least no skinny whitches, and no droool , so so far got a high vote from me ;) watch THIS space!
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MCT:November 2, 2007
OOO that movie was great.I laughed so much in this movie.Those African guys were the cure to being embarrased about thier bodies.Monique was great in this movie n i really liked this movie.Loved the song at the end:African Queen.Overall this is a rally nice movie to watch.
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MCT:October 13, 2007
THIS IS GOOD I LIKED IT BECAUSE I'M A PHAT GIRL WHICH STANDS FOR PRETTY HOT AND TEMPTING FOR ALL OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT PHAT REALLY MEANS
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MCT:October 7, 2007oh my god
im not racist or anything its just that..HOW MANY of these movies have come out in the past like 3 months?! -
MCT:September 25, 2007
it sromantic and it showz that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder...size does not matter when it comes to true love
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MCT:September 22, 2007
This movie was so funny, but I loved it because I'm a big woman, and it changed how I felt about myself.
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channeliamomentumeposted 20 days ago -
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I saw this movie on cinemax and I had to go out and buy it..Mo'nique is so halarious in this movie...PHAT=PRETTY,HOT AND THICK..Yeahhh baby!
posted 349 days ago -
To all those skinny bitches out there that thought this was a joke,fuck you with your dumb asses. I bet it wouldn't be funny if you had to worry if some one was going to make fun of you when you entered school, or a resturant. Or what if you went shopping and some one said, "Look how fat she is", It would hurt your feelings. So next time be careful of what you say to others.
posted 538 days ago -
Yeah I really loved this movie and it was cool and it really repped for all the thick madames!!!
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This movie is really good i like that african songs that are playied on it lol!!! lol awesome movie lol very funny!!
u'll love it lol!posted 779 days ago -
