Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | ... | Reggie (as Omari Grandberry) | |
| J. Mack Slaughter | ... | Arthur (as J. Mack Slaughter Jr.) | |
| Nick Zano | ... | Camera Salesman | |
| Annie Abbott | ... | Mrs. Forchick | |
| Alice Greczyn | ... | Becky | |
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An obese boy named Fat Albert and his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Bill, Dumb Donald, Russell, and Weird Harold, pulls into trouble when they "fall" out of their TV world into the real world, where Fat Albert tries to help a young girl, Doris, make friends. However, the simple life of the group is interrupted when Fat Albert falls for Doris' older sister, Lauri, sparking his friends to worry that their leader may never want to return to his cartoon world again. Written by Anthony Pereyra <hypersonic91@yahoo.com>
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25 December 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$26,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$10,021,510, 26 December 2004Gross USA:
$48,116,322Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$48,551,322Company Credits
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Bill: Look. *That's* who we are.
Rudy: Yeah, and it says we're coming out on dividee.
Bucky: What's dividee
Dumb Donald: I don't know.
Bucky: I know you don't know, I wasn't talking to you.
Dumb Donald: I wasn't talking to you.
Bill: Guys, cut it out.
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Written by Shedrack Anderson III, Aaron Frazier, Marques Houston, Alphonso McAuley, Keith Robinson, Kenan Thompson and Jermaine Williams
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Denise Richards filmed a cameo as a store saleswoman and was seen in the original trailer but her scene was deleted from the final cut. See more »Goofs
When Reggie starts to take his clothes off at the race, there is a big tree in the background but in the next shot the tree is gone. See more »Quotes
Poster in Video Store window: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids! Coming soon on DVD.Bill: Look. *That's* who we are.
Rudy: Yeah, and it says we're coming out on dividee.
Bucky: What's dividee
Dumb Donald: I don't know.
Bucky: I know you don't know, I wasn't talking to you.
Dumb Donald: I wasn't talking to you.
Bill: Guys, cut it out.
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Crazy Credits
As the end credits begin, the animated Fat Albert starts to sing the title song again. Suddenly the live action Fat Albert bursts halfway through the picture, 'looking out' at the audience and picking out audience members, saying that he has to stop the movie so he can help them and telling one guy in the back getting out of his seat that he needs to stick around for the end credits. At this point the cartoon versions of the Cosby Kids finally manage to pull Albert back into their world, and the end credits continue. See more »Soundtracks
To the ParkWritten by Shedrack Anderson III, Aaron Frazier, Marques Houston, Alphonso McAuley, Keith Robinson, Kenan Thompson and Jermaine Williams
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The story of what happens when Fat Albert and his gang cross into the real world is a mixed bag. Some of it works, some of it doesn't and some of it just sort of lays there and does nothing.
Part of the problem is that Bill Cosby was allowed to write the script. Bill is a very funny man, is wonderful here playing himself, but he can and often does climb up on a high horse and moralize about life and behavior. This moralizing, lesson teaching, and need to be a "family film" hobbles the movie since everything has to have a point or to need to have a message. Its not bad, but it takes away from what could have been a funnier comedy.
Is it worth seeing? Yes, especially if love the old series. But wait to rent it or see on TV since it plays very much like a TV movie anyway.
5 out of 10