Fat Albert (2004)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Joel Zwick

Writers (WGA):

Bill Cosby (written by) &
Charles Kipps (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Hey! Hey! Hey! Christmas Day

Plot:

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.

Plot Keywords:

Television | Obese | Animated Sequence | Junkyard | Party

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kenan Thompson	...	Fat Albert
Kyla Pratt	...	Doris
Dania Ramirez	...	Lauri
Shedrack Anderson III	...	Rudy
Aaron Frazier	...	Old Weird Harold (as Aaron A. Frazier)
Marques Houston	...	Dumb Donald (as Marques B. Houston)
Alphonso McAuley	...	Bucky
Keith Robinson	...	Bill (as Keith D. Robinson)
Jermaine Williams	...	Mushmouth
Aaron Carter	...	Teen
Omarion Grandberry	...	Reggie (as Omari Grandberry)
J. Mack Slaughter	...	Arthur (as J. Mack Slaughter Jr.)
Nick Zano	...	Camera Salesman
Annie Abbott	...	Mrs. Forchick
Alice Greczyn	...	Becky

MPAA:

Rated PG for momentary language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #41330) | UK:U | South Korea:All | Norway:7 (TV rating) | Australia:G | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The people listed in the closing credits of the TV Land cartoon broadcast are all real-life Hollywood professionals, and some are credited with having served on the crew of this movie. The first on the list, D.J. Gugenheim, is listed as "Asst. to Z. Diddy." Joel Zwick's nickname during production was Z. Diddy, and D.J. Gugenheim was his assistant.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Albert challenges Reggie to a race during track practice, palm trees are clearly visible in the background foliage. Palm trees do not grow in Philadelphia.

Quotes:

Salesman: [after adding up the prices of clothes that Fat Albert tried on] That'll be $10,428 and 22 cents.
Fat Albert: Uh, I... I don't have any money.
Salesman: Why didn't you tell me that?
Fat Albert: You didn't ask.
[the salesman grabs back his clothes]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jason Bateman/Kelly Clarkson (#30.12)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Get Your Shine On

hey, hey ,hey ,it's time to have a good time

I really had a good time watching this movie. We all remember the 70's cartoon heroes named Fat Albert and the Cosby kids who came from the genius created mind of Bill Cosby. Each week Fat Albert and his gang would help people and solve problems. Now it's 2004 and Doris come home from school after having a bad day she turns on Fat Albert and begins to cry and Fat Albert the cartoon hears her cry and jumps out of cartoon land and into reality to help Doris with her problem and the Cosby kids follow him. But what they are going to discover is that their world and this world are completely different. Like Garfirld and Scooby Doo, another great cartoon character comes to life. It was a fascinating idea by Bill Cosby for the famous cartoon characters to jump into reality. I really enjoyed this movie, it was pure fun.