Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.
"Heavyweights" currently holds a 29% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven professional reviews, but is fresh within the community with 78%. According to Stephen Holden, "Heavyweights is really two movies in one, and they don't mesh. One movie is a no-holds-barred spoof of a Tony Little- or Susan Powter-style fitness merchant. The other movie is a conventional family comedy that pokes lighthearted fun at the chubby young campers" What makes this film stand out is that it is an early film from Ben Stiller and Judd Apatow, both of whom have become huge success stories. But there is still something odd about the film, because although the "fat kids" are the good guys, they are still presented as something to laugh at and a group of kids who can't stop hoarding junk food. This could be seen as offensive by some.
"Heavyweights" currently holds a 29% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven professional reviews, but is fresh within the community with 78%. According to Stephen Holden, "Heavyweights is really two movies in one, and they don't mesh. One movie is a no-holds-barred spoof of a Tony Little- or Susan Powter-style fitness merchant. The other movie is a conventional family comedy that pokes lighthearted fun at the chubby young campers" What makes this film stand out is that it is an early film from Ben Stiller and Judd Apatow, both of whom have become huge success stories. But there is still something odd about the film, because although the "fat kids" are the good guys, they are still presented as something to laugh at and a group of kids who can't stop hoarding junk food. This could be seen as offensive by some.