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Overview

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Director:
Steven Brill
Writers (WGA):
Judd Apatow (written by) &
Steven Brill (written by)
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Release Date:
17 February 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Family | Comedy more
Tagline:
They don't run the fastest. They don't jump the highest. But they sure are getting the last laugh. Heavyweights. They never met a hot dog they didn't like ... until now.
Plot:
Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor. full summary | add synopsis
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An Enjoyable Camp Flick! more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Heavyweights (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some rude language and pranks.
Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | UK:PG (video premiere) | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: At the end of the movie when Gerry uses the propeller in the back of the go-kart to jump over the other go-kart, you can see that the propeller is clearly not spinning. more
Quotes:
Tony Perkis: Did you ever hear the story of Icarus, who continually rolled the ball up the hill? But when he got too close, the ball melted in the heat of the Sun. You're all like Icarus. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Starsky & Hutch (2004) more
Soundtrack:
CAMP HOPE CONCERTO more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
An Enjoyable Camp Flick!, 6 June 2002
Author: superboy478 from U.S.A.

Heavyweights was a movie that will not teach you any lessons. All this movie will teach you to do is have the time of your life whenever you are released from school for the summer. However, I still think that the movie Camp Nowhere was a little bit better though.

11 year old fat kid Jerry (Aaron Schwartz) finds out that his parents are sending him to Camp Hope for the summer. He gets excited by the idea at first until he discovers that it's a camp for fat children. After he is forced to go, he arrives and meets a ton of cool kids even though their fat also. He immediatley fits in the group and everyone is happy until the owners of the camp discover that they're being replaced by the psycho health nut Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller). Tony puts the boys through nothing but a living nightmare because he makes them work out 24/7 and doesn't let them eat anything good or let them have any fun. So the boys put their heads together and work on a plan to take down Tony and take the camp over themselves to have some FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I must say that this was one of Ben Stiller's very first movies and he did such a hilarious job with the character.

Heavyweights is a very entertaining family comedy that will leave you laughing even while the credits are rolling.

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