
Fat Girls is an original off-beat comedy feature. It focuses on Rodney Miller, not your typical Texas high school student...he is a theater lover and his ultimate dream is to be on Broadway. Awkward and shy, he doesn't have many people to talk to in his small Texas town that understand him. He ends up finding what he was looking for in his theater teacher, Mr. Cox.... (Full plot summary below)
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Fat Girls is an original off-beat comedy feature. It focuses on Rodney Miller, not your typical Texas high school student...he is a theater lover and his ultimate dream is to be on Broadway. Awkward and shy, he doesn't have many people to talk to in his small Texas town that understand him. He ends up finding what he was looking for in his theater teacher, Mr. Cox.
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| Shadows on the WallRich ClinePlays with the conventions of the teen genre while making the most of its low-budget indie roots |
| DVDTalk.comBrian OrndorfChristian plays it cool, preferring to love his characters first, and use them as teaching tools second. The restraint is a refreshing change of pace. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyWins no points for delicacy. Still, it does score some laughs. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanChristian infuses this familiar story with gentle empathy, which goes a long way in balancing out the more amateurish choices. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckToo crudely executed to make much of an impact. |
| AV ClubNoel MurrayIn the words of his own character, this young filmmaker hasn't found his "inner fat girl." |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghTo call Christian's film unpolished is an understatement. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsGlenn WhippProof that straights have no monopoly on crass, lazy coming-of-age stories. |
| User ReviewTommy RNew 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! Vmedia Berkeley Calif. |
| User ReviewSimonaI loved this movie. Low budget and the ending is very problematic but I still loved it. I'm currently embracing my inner fat girl. |