To Be Fat Like Me (TV 2007)

An physically fit teenager dons a fat suit as part of a film project to experience the hardships facing overweight high school students.

Director:

Douglas Barr

Writer:

M.A. Lovretta

Stars:

Kaley Cuoco, Melissa Halstrom, Michael Phenicie

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kaley Cuoco	...	Alyson
Melissa Halstrom	...	Ramona
Michael Phenicie	...	Jim
Rachel Cairns	...	Jamie
Adrienne Carter	...	Kendall
Carlo Marks	...	Michael
Brandon Olds	...	Adam
Scott Little	...	George
Caroline Rhea	...	Madelyn
Ben Cotton	...	Warren
Matt Bellefleur	...	Eddie
David Lewis	...	Mr. Johnson
Jeff Cunningham	...	Randell
Aaron Brooks	...	Joel
Richard Harmon	...	Kyle

Storyline

Pretty, popular, and slim high-schooler Aly Schimdt had plans of earning a sports scholarship to college but a knee injury ruins her chances. She decides to enter a documentary contest in the hopes of winning money for college. She believes that overweight people, like her mom and brother, seem to make excuses about how the world perceives them. So Aly decides to attend a rival high school as a heavily overweight person for the documentary, but not change her personality. Aly intends and hopes to prove that personality will outshine physical appearance. But when she's met with ridicule, harassment, and name-calling she begins to see things differently.

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Plot Keywords:

fat suit | obesity | jealousy | documentary filmmaking | disguise | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 January 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dans la peau d'une ronde

Filming Locations:

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ardmore Productions, CanWest Global Television Network, Probity Pictures

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References 60 Minutes (1968)

User Reviews

decent

This movie came across as good. After an injury costs her a chance at an athletic scholarship to college (which she desperately needed), a girl decides to enter a contest to help raise the money and films a documentary on fat students high school;inspired by the book Black Like Me, she disguises herself as a fat girl and goes to summer school and experiences firsthand what it is like to be rejected as a severely overweight person. She thinks that a charming personality will help people look past it, but she is mistaken, as she learns that he previous popularity has spoiled her. Her family's weight problems inspired the project. Despite some flaws, the movie was good, and the girl matures throughout the movie. I recommend it.

*** out of ****