Fat Girls

I had seen a preview of this film a few years back and had forgotten about it, until I watched another movie and this preview was on there. I took a chance and really liked it. At times, you can tell it was the debut for the writer/director but his efforts were great and very much appreciated by this viewer. The performances are what really make this movie stand out.

I bought "Fat Girls" after Joy Nash recommended it in her blog, along with "Disfigured". While I wasn't hugely impressed by it's general lack of depth, it still left me in a happy place. I was mostly happy with the lack of stereotypes, exception of the boy's mother, and there were definitely parts where I screamed with laughter and indignation. (The fat girl best friend actually had self worth! And danced at a dance! Minor miracle for a movie. And the gay guy wasn't a flamboyant parody - he was actually portrayed more as a human than a characature, which was refreshing.)Annoying in places but good at heart.Can't wait to see what else Ash Christian churns out as he matures artistically.

this is a very funny movie.it brings up some serious issues that many people face everyday while in high school.the only part that i was sort of upset with was the ending. i don't want to give it away, but i felt that it could have been a different ending.overall, i would recommend it.

This is a very disappointing movie. The acting is barely passable, the filming is third rate at best, and the comedy sometimes looses its point.Ash Christian plays Rodney, the main character, a somewhat overweight high school student who happens to be gay and is looking for his first love. His best friend is a more obese girl called Sabrina, Ashley Fink. Rodney considers himself as a fat girl, just like Sabrina.There is Rodney's weird family; Sabrina's weird boyfriend, a Cuban refugee adopted by an African-American family; the weird Drama High School Teacher who poses himself as Liza Minnelli singing Broadway tunes in the local gay club; the weird British blond hunk school student (the only other gay kid in the school) who goes out with Rodney to school prom, but he is not interested in Rodney physically. I guess the word weird is stressed in most of the characters of this movie.I did not like this movie, it is stupid to me. I did not like the fact that Rodney looses his virginity to the school teacher at the end of the movie. And his obese friend is presented as a joke. One good thing, kids in school did not pick on Rodney.I think Mr. Christian was trying to do too much in this movie, however, he is talented, and the story is not a bad one.

My life in high school

Entertaining and funny. So true to life.

this movie is great!

This seems to be a revenue raising excercise. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. And the sound was "iffy".

Growing up gay movies tend towards the tedious and predictable. Fat Girls is refreshingly honest and has more complexity than one would expect in a comedy. For a first time writer/director/star Christian does himself proud. Great way to spend a couple of hours, you might even find things worth talking about afterwards. We all need a wee bit of Fat Girl in our personality.

I bought this movie simply because Ashley Fink of "Glee" was in it. Her character is basically the same as she played on Glee but the movie has very poor production value, script and acting in general.