Heavyweights

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Heavyweights

PG,

1995,

1h 37m,

Kids & Family/

Comedy

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10 Reviews

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77%

25,000+ Ratings

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Gerry is not looking forward to his summer vacation, since he'll be spending it at a camp for overweight boys in order to shed pounds. Fortunately, a kindly couple, the Bushkins, run the camp and make the process fun and relaxed. However, they're soon forced to declare bankruptcy and sell the camp to Tony Perkis, a fitness fanatic who turns the camp into a living nightmare of over-the-top training. But the kids plan to fight back.

Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

Aug 21, 2024

3/5

The third act is a hard drop from the hilarious and unhinged first two acts of the film. Ben Stiller is completely insane.

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

Aug 21, 2024

4/5

This is still hilarious and heartfelt. But it does falter when Ben Stiller isn't onscreen.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Oct 1, 2023

2.5/4

...a decent-enough endeavor that’d hardly be worth mentioning were it not for Stiller’s superb, scene-stealing efforts...

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Dec 12, 2012

B

Time has been kind to the discarded fat camp movie, finding Heavyweights more digestible these days, after years spent processing the askew sense of humor shared by Apatow and Company.

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Dec 11, 2012

6/10

A throwback to the early Disney live-action films that coasted on their premises and were content to provide lightweight entertainment and nothing more.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Aug 22, 2005

2/5

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Kylo R

Jan 5, 2019

Hands down without a doubt this is in my top 10 favorite films ever. Look at the audience score! There will never be another movie like this ever again. God bless you fat kids and your Judd Apatow and Ben Stiller and that guy who played Lars.

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Kylo S

Nov 9, 2018

This movie is a classic and it deserves a good noodle badge

Theodore R

Sep 22, 2018

I tried to enjoy this, but the excessive cheesiness and derivative plot left me bored and hoping it would end. The jokes don't make up for the film's failures.

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Draco W

Sep 21, 2018

Honest fun humor. Stiller is great as the over the top camp coordinator who has these overweight kids to preside over. Tom Mcgowan is great also.

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Harry S

Sep 11, 2018

Great piece of nostalgia with an amazing performance by Ben Stiller playing Tony Perkis the deranged new camp owner in a performance that is very reminiscent of an early version of his Dodgeball character White Goodman. Tom Hodges gives a great supporting comedic performance as Lars. Overall it's a great 90's family comedy movie with some very quotable lines.

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May 4, 2018

A truly fantastic piece of cinema, inarguably the greatest feat of movie gold that Disney has ever mustered to date. Fantastic performances from the entire ensemble are accompanied by the raw and passionate Ben Stiller playing the over the top antagonist. A true cult classic that captures the nostalgic and wholesome charm of the summer camp movie genre!

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Steven Brill

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Tom McGowan

Pat Finley

Aaron Schwartz

Gerald "Gerry" Garner

Ben Stiller

Tony Perkis Jr.

Shaun Weiss

Josh Birnbaum

Tom Hodges

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Synopsis

Gerry is not looking forward to his summer vacation, since he'll be spending it at a camp for overweight boys in order to shed pounds. Fortunately, a kindly couple, the Bushkins, run the camp and make the process fun and relaxed. However, they're soon forced to declare bankruptcy and sell the camp to Tony Perkis, a fitness fanatic who turns the camp into a living nightmare of over-the-top training. But the kids plan to fight back.

Director: Steven Brill
Producer: Joe Roth, Roger Birnbaum
Screenwriter: Steven Brill, Judd Apatow
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures
Production Co: Caravan Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Rude Language|Pranks)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 1995, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.7M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround

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