Heavy

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Heavy

R,

1995,

1h 45m,

Drama

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88%

32 Reviews

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66%

1,000+ Ratings

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88%

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32 Reviews

66%

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1,000+ Ratings

A shy, overweight pizza maker (Pruitt Taylor Vince) likes a teenage waitress (Liv Tyler) at his mother's (Shelley Winters) roadside tavern.

Critics Consensus

With Pruitt Taylor Vince's naturalistic performance and sympathetic direction from James Mangold, Heavy soars as an affecting exploration of loneliness.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Jun 14, 2022

The performances are strong (my favorite is that of Deborah Harry as an older waitress) and the sense of eroded as well as barely articulated lives is palpable.

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Feb 14, 2001

4/5

A small, quiet miracle of a movie in which tenderness, compassion and insight combine to create a tension that yields a quality of perception that's almost painful to experience.

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Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

Mangold's sympathy is genuine and his refusal to mock or condescend to his characters -- indeed, that may be the point of the film -- is a pleasure.

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Graham Young

Birmingham Mail

Feb 26, 2026

3/4

A potent ingredients list, spiced with a brooding atmosphere and simmered and stirred into a poignant tale of wounded lives looking for something better.

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Mike Davies

Birmingham Post

Dec 20, 2023

Avoiding sentimentality and defying expectations, Mangold evokes a subdued brooding atmosphere, weaving a poignant rites of passage tale of wounded lives reaching out for but desperately afraid of change.

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Michael Atkinson

Spin

Apr 19, 2022

Super-real, uncompromised, and blazingly homely, Heavy is a movie covered with honest work blisters -- nothing interests first-time writer/ director James Mangold quite as much as simply watching an ordinary person do their job.

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Harry R

May 21, 2018

An interesting piece about a cook who would like to lose weight and fantasizes about having a girlfriend, Sad at times, but we get the feeling that he is able to finally pull his life together. You'll be able to watch it to the end.

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Rey R

Aug 28, 2017

Witten and directed by James Mangold starring Pruitt Taylor Vince as Victor who is the "heavy" as the movie is called. And is custom to always work at his mom's, Dolly (Shelley Winters) diner as the only cook. Once Victor's mom hires a young new waitress, Callie (Liiz Tyler), is when Victor begins to have affections for her despite him having a mental disorder and has always lives with his mother.

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Kylo R

Jan 30, 2017

The important thing is not to look down yourself.

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Synopsis

A shy, overweight pizza maker (Pruitt Taylor Vince) likes a teenage waitress (Liv Tyler) at his mother's (Shelley Winters) roadside tavern.

Director: James Mangold
Producer: Dick Miller, Richard Miller
Screenwriter: James Mangold
Production Co: Available Light Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $985.7K
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Surround

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