Phat Girlz
The moive revolves around two plus-sized ladies struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in and few men are willing to look past her dress size and see the woman within. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet their dream men in unexpected ways.
20 January 1980
21 December 1969, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
18 April 1956, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
14 May 1974, Westwood, California, USA
9 November 1976, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 June 1992, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 August 1967, Northbrook, Illinois, USA
19 February 1970, Oakland, California, USA
May 28, 2006
Skinny on plot, story, directing and some of the acting.
April 29, 2006
looks cheap and falls apart after the first act.
April 13, 2006
even though this movie is a bit of a mess, it turns out to be unexpectedly sweet and funny. Its very amateurishness gives it freshness and authenticity.
March 01, 2007
Although Phat Girlz...looks to have been made on a shoestring, with muddy, unflattering lighting (by two cinematographers), there is nonetheless something to be commended here.
April 11, 2006
The first word of the movie's title stands for Pretty Hot and Thick. The second word is never spelled out, but it could mean Good Intentions Ruined by Lousy Zingers.
September 17, 2007
It does suffer ... from actually having way too much heart and not enough soul, its identity lost far beneath its ambitions for affirmation.
April 10, 2006
Barely written and stiffly directed by Nnegest Likké, Phat Girlz is an undernourished comedy about a sassy, overweight heroine.
April 13, 2006
While it's a pleasure to watch the likeable Kendra Johnson open up and come out of her shell, Phat Girlz belongs to Mo'Nique, a grating, belligerent woman who alternates self-deprecating fat jokes with drama-queen meltdowns and simpering pleas for
August 11, 2006
Almost stunning in its determination to be the ultimate wish-fulfillment fantasy vehicle for plus-sized African-American women...
April 12, 2006
Jazmin's so fat that the movie reduces her to a single discernible characteristic, which is a telltale mark of many a wholly awful comedy.
April 10, 2006
A thin comedy about a size-plus heroine.
April 13, 2006
[Mo'Nique's] sassy forte may be talking so straight-up she sounds crazy, but she seems a little advanced to be doing 'yo mama' jokes.
