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Title: Heavyweights (1995)
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David Goldman | ... | Nicholas |
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Joseph Wayne Miller | ... | Sam |
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Cody Burger | ... | Cody |
| Allen Covert | ... | Kenny | |
| Tim Blake Nelson | ... | Roger Johnson | |
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Nancy Ringham | ... | Mrs. Maury Garner |
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Seth St. Laurent | ... | Camp MVP Racer |
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Bobby Fain | ... | Camp MVP Pitcher |
| Tom McGowan | ... | Pat Finley | |
| Aaron Schwartz | ... | Gerald 'Gerry' Garner | |
| Shaun Weiss | ... | Josh Burnbalm | |
| Tom Hodges | ... | Lars | |
| Leah Lail | ... | Julie | |
| Paul Feig | ... | Tim | |
| Kenan Thompson | ... | Roy | |
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
I think that I could do this review simply by saying "Judd Apatow." Every thing this man writes ranges from good to great, so it does not surprise me that I enjoyed this movie so much. Comprised of some well known actors from The Mighty Ducks series, including, wait for it, Gooooldberg, these young stars (well, young at the time) put on quite the show. When Tony Perkins (Ben Stiller) buys Camp Hope none of the campers could have known just how bad things would become, but frankly, I enjoyed watching.
This movie, which I deem viewable for all ages, is the type of light-hearted comedy that I loved in the 90′s and still love today. All of the campers are funny in their own way, and they have memorable performances. To this day I still hear people shout, "Watch out for Salami Sam" when they jump into a pool. Ben Stiller's performance, which unfortunately was pretty much recycled years later in dodgeball, was at the time hilarious and unique. One of the most under-rated shinning stars of this move is Tom Hodges who plays Lars, a counselor at Tony's camp who is from "far away." The acting/writing combination, along with a bit of 90′s nostalgia makes 'Heavy Weights' a great movie to watch.