Fat Girls
Regent Releasing | Release Date: November 2, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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75
New York PostLou Lumenick
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. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Christian infuses this familiar story with gentle empathy, which goes a long way in balancing out the more amateurish choices. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
Wins no points for delicacy. Still, it does score some laughs. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAbigail Deutsch
This film goes to some lengths not to be another high-school movie, which means prom stinks and no one can sing. Given Fat Girls' honesty, and its delicately drawn examples of social hopelessness, the sudden, sugary, puzzling finale feels out of character. It's as though the film forgot how to talk to us. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
To call Christian's film unpolished is an understatement. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesStaff (Not credited)
Without insight, memorable dialogue or interesting characters, Fat Girls quickly wears thin. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
In the words of his own character, this young filmmaker hasn't found his "inner fat girl." Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Ends up stranded between two concepts, either of which might have yielded a more satisfying film. Read full review
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