Phat Girlz (2006)
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23% of critics liked it
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63% of users liked it
(66,901 ratings)
A woman makes it her business to convince the world that bigger is better in this comedy. Jazmin Biltmore (Mo'Nique) is a plus-size woman trying to find a place in the skin-and-bones world of high fashion. Jazmin has her heart set on launching her own line of clothes for large ladies, but she… More A woman makes it her business to convince the world that bigger is better in this comedy. Jazmin Biltmore (Mo'Nique) is a plus-size woman trying to find a place in the skin-and-bones world of high fashion. Jazmin has her heart set on launching her own line of clothes for large ladies, but she hasn't had much luck convincing the moneymen that there's a market for her work. Jazmin is also looking for love, but she finds that few men are willing to look past her dress size and see the woman within. Jazmin is becoming despondent when she gets some good news -- she's won an all-expenses paid trip for two to an exclusive resort in Palm Springs, and she and her best friend, Stacey (Kendra C. Johnson), another zaftig woman, head out to enjoy some fun and sun. While on vacation, Jazmin meets Tunde (Jimmy Jean-Louis), a handsome and successful doctor from Nigeria, and she discovers to her surprise that Tunde is strongly attracted to her. Tunde tells Jazmin than in his country, large women are considered beautiful, and his friend Akibo (Godfrey) is similarly drawn to Stacey. Will Jazmin's new luck in love follow into other parts of her life or is Tunde's interest in her just a passing fancy? Phat Girlz was the first feature film from writer and director Nnegest Likké. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nnegest Likké
- Written By
- Nnegest Likké
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Apr 7, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Fox Searchlight
Critic Reviews
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Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
Jazmin's so fat that the movie reduces her to a single discernible characteristic, which is a telltale mark of many a wholly awful comedy.
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Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
The first word of the movie's title stands for Pretty Hot and Thick. The second word is never spelled out, but it could mean Good Intentions Ruined by Lousy Zingers.
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Nathan Lee, New York Times
Barely written and stiffly directed by Nnegest Likké, Phat Girlz is an undernourished comedy about a sassy, overweight heroine.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
A thin comedy about a size-plus heroine.
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Kyle Smith, New York Post
The film is amateurishly directed and sluggishly paced with an anorexic plot. Even the photography, sound and costumes are substandard.
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Cast
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Mo'Nique
as Jazmin Biltmore
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Jimmy Jean-Louis
as Tunde
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Godfrey
as Akibo
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Kendra C. Johnson
as Stacey
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Joyful Drake
as Mia
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Jack Noseworthy
as Dick Eckhard
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Eric Roberts
as Robert Myer
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Doug Ballard
as Banker
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Felix Pire
as RamĂłn, Ramón, Ram?
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Dayo Ade
as Godwin
- Elise Muller
- Mark Anthony Williams
- Raven Goodwin
