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- The film follows a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness entrepreneur as its campers work to overthrow him. Though the film was initially met with mixed reviews, it found a following on home video and cable TV airings and has since become a cult film.
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- Heavyweights is a comedy film that was released in 1995, directed by Steven Brill.
- The movie follows the story of a group of overweight kids who attend a summer camp called Camp Hope.
- The film features a star-studded cast, including Ben Stiller, Kenan Thompson, and Jerry Stiller.
- Heavyweights was co-written by Judd Apatow, who is well-known for his work on other comedy films such as Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Perkis, played by an especially intense Ben Stiller, immediately turns the cheerful fat camp into a painful, insufferable weight loss boot camp.
Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that it is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor. 11-year-old Gerry Garner lives in Long Island, New York, and is overweight.
Fun fact: This movie was filmed at my childhood summer camp, Camp Pinnacle. We did in fact have The Blob, and it was glorious. But there were no go-karts.
The film follows a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness entrepreneur as its campers work to overthrow him. Though the film was initially met with mixed reviews, it found a following on home video and cable TV airings and has since become a cult film .
When a 27-year-old fitness buff is given an ultimatum by his mom, he must move to a homeless shelter or work at his uncle's fat camp.
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