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11-year-old Gerald "Gerry" Garner lives in Long Island, New York, and he's overweight. Gerry's parents Maury and Mrs. Garner decide to send Gerry to Camp Hope, a camp for overweight boys. The camp is owned by kindly Harvey Bushkin and his equally kind wife Alice Bushkin. When the Bushkins file for bankruptcy the camp has to be sold, it is bought by a wacko named Tony Perkis. Tony plans to force the campers to lose as much weight as they can, and he also intends to document the marathon shedding of weight and use it for an infomercial for his slenderizing program. In the eyes of the campers, Tony has made Camp Hope a living hell. As Gerry and counselor Pat Finley lead the efforts to overthrow Tony, the campers prepare for the Apache Relay against arch rival Camp MVP. The Apache Relay is a kind of race in which Camp Hope has never defeated Camp MVP before. Written by
Todd Baldridge
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They don't run the fastest. They don't jump the highest. But they sure are getting the last laugh.
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Goofs
The nurse's hair color varies throughout the movie.
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Quotes
Pat Finley:
Did you talk to child services?
Julie:
Yeah, they said they'd like to come out and investigate but they can't come for two weeks.
Pat Finley:
That's too long. Tim, what did your lawyer say?
Tim:
No hard evidence.
Pat Finley:
Hard evidence? Tony's hard evidence, just look at the guy!
Tim:
It's what the lawyer said.
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Crazy Credits
As the credits end, a doorbell rings. A door is opened to reveal Tony Perkis, now a door-to-door salesman selling "Healing Crystals". After a brief salesman speech from Perkis, the door is slammed shut in his face.
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"THIEVING MAGPIES"
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This is one of the funniest movies I've seen. And fat people will not be offended, I have friends that have really been to "fat camp" and they were laughing harder than I was, and I really don't see what's so gross about it. This is a great film go out and rent it. 9.5 out of 10.