Fat Girls (2006)

Fat Girls is an original off-beat comedy feature. It focuses on Rodney Miller, not your typical Texas high school student...he is a theater lover and his ultimate dream is to be on Broadway... See full summary »

Director:

Ash Christian

Writer:

Ash Christian

Stars:

Ash Christian, Jonathan Caouette, Evan Miller

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ash Christian	...	Rodney Miller
Jonathan Caouette	...	Seymour Cox
Evan Miller	...	Ted
Ashley Fink	...	Sabrina Thomas
Andres Alfonso Ruzo	...	Hick #1
Tom Zembrod	...	Hick #2
Richard Porter	...	Stoner
Justin Bruening	...	Bobby
Deborah Theaker	...	Judy
Mitchell Self	...	Dad
Richard D. Curtin	...	Christian Programming Woman / Preacher / BJs Drag Queen MC
Ryan Sumner	...	Christian Programming Pastor (as Ryan L. Sumner)
Jesse Romero	...	Young Rodney
Robin de Jesus	...	Rudy
Linda J. Park	...	Katie Chin (as Linda Park)

Storyline

Fat Girls is an original off-beat comedy feature. It focuses on Rodney Miller, not your typical Texas high school student...he is a theater lover and his ultimate dream is to be on Broadway. Awkward and shy, he doesn't have many people to talk to in his small Texas town that understand him. He ends up finding what he was looking for in his theater teacher, Mr. Cox.

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Plot Keywords:

texas | teacher | fat girl | high school | watching a video on tv | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content including graphic dialogue, language and some drug/alcohol use - all involving teens

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 April 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hawthorne, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,160 (USA) (2 November 2007)

Gross:

$10,798 (USA) (25 January 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cranium Entertainment, Hear No Evil Films, Kelli Lerner Casting

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Thora Birch was originally supposed to be in the film but dropped out at the last minute.

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Goofs

At the graduation dance Rodney leaves the punch bowl carrying one cup but arrives at his table carrying two.

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Quotes

Judy: I found your tape.
Rodney Miller: What tape?
Judy: The one with the two queers uh sodomizing and felating each other's assholes 10 ways 'til Tuesday.
Rodney Miller: Not my tape.
Judy: I think it is.
Rodney Miller: No, ma'am, it's not.
Judy: Oh, it is, too.
Rodney Miller: Never seen sodomizing to me my eyes no way.
Judy: I had all the girls over from Buddies and Bereavement and we were going to watch the Kirk Cameron film and that's what played instead.
Rodney Miller: Maybe it was Kirk Cameron.

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Connections

References Left Behind: World at War (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Savage Youth"
Written by Drew Bayers, Ryan George, Max Humphrey and Nathanael Keefer
Performed by The Adored
Courtesy of Sheridan Square Entertainment

User Reviews

A Cliché Bore

This movie has been done before. It is basically a unoriginal combo of "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Sordid Lives." There are some funny bits, but otherwise it is a cliché bore. It is a good first film attempt and the director (who also stars in and wrote the feature) shows a lot of promise. But the writing was kind of choppy and the story was not very original. I swear I had heard some of the lines in other films. However, the acting was very good and the film was shot in an interesting way. It is also refreshing to see gay-themed movies not be so bogged down with political correctness and tired stories of angst. The main character seemed fairly well adjusted for a gay teen in rural Texas so no saccharine, coming out drama here!