5.6
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“They don't run the fastest. They don't jump the highest. But they sure are getting the last laugh.”
Heavyweights (1995)
February 17, 19951h 37mEN
6.2
411 votes
Overview
Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick of the endless weeks of "all work and no play," the kids stage a coup and reclaim their summer of fun.
Director
Steven BrillWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10.0M
Revenue
$17.7M
Production Companies
Walt Disney PicturesCaravan Pictures
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r96sk
6.0A one-joke film. I expected a fair deal from <em>'Heavyweights'</em>, especially after seeing Ben Stiller was involved. Unfortunately, it never takes off after the initial joke becomes tiresome; the characters are fat, that's basically it. It needed more meat on the bones (pardon the pun), too mediocre. Stiller isn't great either, in a part which is basically a watered down version of the role he'd play nine years year, White Goodman, in <em>'Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'</em> - he, surely, used this character, Tony, as inspiration for White? Elsewhere, you have two of the funnier ki…
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