Fat City
Fat City

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- 73/100 based on 9,936 votes
  • Released: 1972
  • Runtime: 97 mins
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  • Studio: Columbia Pictures
  • Genres: Drama

The film tells the story of two boxers and their problems. One of them is on the decline of his career while the other one just begins his ascent in this sport.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Fat City:

Stacy Keach
Jeff Bridges
Susan Tyrrell
Candy Clark
Nicholas Colasanto
Art Aragon

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The film tells the story of two boxers and their problems. One of them is on the decline of his career while the other one just begins his ascent in this sport.

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Chicago Reader - 10/10 by Dave KehrJohn Huston's 1972 restatement of his theme of perpetual loss is intelligently understated.
The New Republic - 10/10 by David ThomsonSo you say to yourself, this Fat City is pretty damn realistic, even if you know in your heart that "realistic" and Hollywood should not be printed on the same page-otherwise paper ignites. Still, you're marveling at it.
Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Roger EbertTwo men, barely 10 years apart in age, one with a lifetime of emptiness ahead of him, one with an empty lifetime already behind. This is what John Huston has to work with in Fat City and he treats it with a level, unsentimental honesty and makes it into one of his best films.
Chicago Tribune - 10/10 by Michael WilmingtonA different director might have fashioned the same basic material into something grandiose, but Huston errs on the side of understatement. Shot largely on location, this raw, pessimistic portrait of people struggling to keep from slipping all the way down reinvigorated the veteran director’s reputation, and stands as one of his best and most accomplished films.
Combustible Celluloid - 10/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonHuston really gets the flavor of Stockton, CA, and with its run-down drinking establishments, sleazy gyms, and bad coffee joints.
Time Out - 9/10 by Jerry RenshawAdapted from the Leonard Gardner novel, Fat City is long on character and short on plot (at times nearly playing like a Cassavettes film), but it's a crawl through the mud that'll stay in your psyche for days.
New York Times - 8/10 by Vincent CanbyHuston's affection for life's eccentrics, as well as its rejects and misfits, is Legendary—so much so that it has sometimes seemed as if he had cast his films as if running a mission. In Fat City he has kept himself under control. The result is one of the three or four most beautifully acted films seen so far this year.
Village Voice - 8/10 by Alan ScherstuhlThe movie’s bleak, but it’s funnier than most comedies, and it suggests that life’s toughness doesn’t preclude joyfulness.
New York Times - 8/10 by Walter GoodmanA knockout scene by that grand old battler, John Huston.
The Retro Set - 8/10 by Nathanael HoodHuston rolled up his sleeves, grabbed a camera, and dived head-first into Gardner's unapologetic pessimism...what resulted was one of the finest films of his career.

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