Fat Girls (2006) - Rotten Tomatoes

Fat Girls (2006)

TOMATOMETER

32%
33%

AUDIENCE SCORE

49%

Critic Consensus: No consensus yet.

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Two misfits struggle to make their way through the living hell that is high school in this independent comedy drama. Rodney (Ash Christian) lives in a small Texas town where most folks don't have much use for musical theater or much understanding of the gay lifestyle. Since the barely closeted Rodney wants little else besides a boyfriend and the leading role in a Broadway show, this doesn't make life easy for him, and he has only one close friend -- Sabrina (Ashley Fink), a smart and funny girl who happens to weigh nearly three hundred pounds. Sabrina encourages Rodney to embrace his inner "fat girl," and he finds someone who understands his dreams when he strikes up a friendship with Mr. Cox (Jonathan Caouette), the school's drama coach, who also does a mean Liza Minnelli impersonation in his spare time. Written and directed by leading man Ash Christian when he was only 20 years old, Fat Girls was screened in competition at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.

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Cast

Ash Christian
as Rodney Miller
Jonathan Caouette
as Seymour Cox
Robin De Jesus
as Rudy
Ashley Fink
as Sabrina Thomas
Ellen Albertini Dow
as Mildred
Joe Flaten
as Joey
Alexa Havins
as Tina
Deborah Theaker
as Judy
Justin Bruening
as Bobby
Charles Baker (II)
as Roller Rink Attendant
Juli Erickson
as Grandma
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Critic Reviews for Fat Girls

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (9)

Too crudely executed to make much of an impact.

November 9, 2007
Top Critic

Ends up stranded between two concepts.

November 4, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
Top Critic

Big-hearted and often quite funny if crudely made, Fat Girls cleverly subverts the clichés of high school comedies to serve an autobiographical story.

November 3, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
Top Critic

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.

November 2, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4
Top Critic

The film just keeps hammering away at the insight that conservatives are, like, totally twisted.

November 2, 2007 | Full Review…
Top Critic

Fat Girls is fully in the "quirky indie" mold, populated by frumpy characters who sport slack expressions and enthuse about silly life plans.

November 1, 2007 | Rating: C-
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Audience Reviews for Fat Girls

This one is hard to find, I got mine from Net Flix, it wasn't the movie I was looking for but watched it anyway. Very factual with todays world, enjoyable, funny, and sad. Worth renting

Bruce Bruce
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