Phat Girlz

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Phat Girlz

PG-13,

2006,

1h 39m,

Comedy

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21%

47 Reviews

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65%

50,000+ Ratings

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Two large women, one a tart-tongued gal (Mo'Nique) who wants to be a fashion designer, struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet the men of their dreams in ways that are completely unexpected.

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Critics Consensus

Although Phat Girlz has good intentions, it is sloppily made and thin on laughs.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Apr 13, 2006

B

even though this movie is a bit of a mess, it turns out to be unexpectedly sweet and funny. Its very amateurishness gives it freshness and authenticity.

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

Apr 13, 2006

C-

While it's a pleasure to watch the likeable Kendra Johnson open up and come out of her shell, Phat Girlz belongs to Mo'Nique, a grating, belligerent woman who alternates self-deprecating fat jokes with drama-queen meltdowns and simpering pleas for

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Gregory Kirschling

Entertainment Weekly

Apr 12, 2006

D

Jazmin's so fat that the movie reduces her to a single discernible characteristic, which is a telltale mark of many a wholly awful comedy.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 20, 2020

.5/4.0

It feels like somewhere between vision and production the film-maker lost his way.

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Christopher Campbell

Cinematical

Sep 17, 2007

2/5

It does suffer ... from actually having way too much heart and not enough soul, its identity lost far beneath its ambitions for affirmation.

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David Noh

Film Journal International

Mar 1, 2007

Although Phat Girlz...looks to have been made on a shoestring, with muddy, unflattering lighting (by two cinematographers), there is nonetheless something to be commended here.

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Jazmin Biltmore

Jimmy Jean-Louis

Tunde Jonathan

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Synopsis

Two large women, one a tart-tongued gal (Mo'Nique) who wants to be a fashion designer, struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet the men of their dreams in ways that are completely unexpected.

Director: Nnegest Likké
Producer: Bobby Newmyer, Steven J. Wolfe, Steven Imes
Screenwriter: Nnegest Likké
Distributor: Fox
Production Co: Outlaw Productions, 10 Times Greater Productions, Sneak Preview Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language|Some Crude Sexual References)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 11, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.1M
Runtime: 1h 39m

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