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A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
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- 1 win & 3 nominations
Stephanie Sarreal Park
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- (as Stephanie Park)
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- TriviaIn their first gig, Marcus does the start counting by saying "Sugar plum fairy," which was the way John Lennon did the counting for an early recording of The Beatles' song A Day In The Life.
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Written by John Doe (as John Duchac Nommensen) and Exene Cervenka (as Christine Lee Cervenka)
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I'll always think of Matthew Lillard as Shaggy from the Scooby-Doo movies of my childhood and that laid back personality seems to be fed into his hard work too. Fat Kid Rules The World is a real indie treat. Although it takes on the tired high school archetype (not alone in freshening it up with the delightful 21 Jump Street this year), it's about the characters as people, not as stereotypes. It's the protagonist Troy, played by Jacob Wysocki, who makes the journey worthwhile. He's wonderfully relatable in his self-deprecating fantasies and bursts of teenage horniness. Here he finds not only direction in life but someone to share it with too. It's a great feel-good archetype that this film really makes work with its great soundtrack and sense of humour. Although perhaps Matt O'Leary's Marcus feels a little too contrived in his role to fit in the Kurt Cobain grunge rocker who throws far too much kindness onto Troy than is believable, the film otherwise makes great use of its side characters, particularly Troy's father, the army type with surprising compassion. Unfortunately the film suffers from indie cinema traits of flat cinematography and lighting which does weigh the film down quite a bit but otherwise it's one of the most watchable films of the year.
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- Jun 25, 2013
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- Also known as
- Debeli klinac vlada svetom
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- Budget
- $750,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $41,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,450
- Oct 7, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $41,000
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
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By what name was Fat Kid Rules the World (2012) officially released in India in English?
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