The Fat Boy Chronicles

2010

Action / Drama

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 51% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 911 911

Plot summary

Jimmy always gets teased by the football team for being overweight. As a school assignment he writes about it in his journal, but soon he finds out that he's not the only kid in school with problems.

Director

Jason Winn Photo
Jason Winn

Top cast

Robert Pralgo Photo
Robert Pralgo as Mr. Grove
Ron Lester Photo
Ron Lester as Dr. Jeffords
J. Todd Smith Photo
J. Todd Smith as Coach Bronner
Kelly Washington Photo
Kelly Washington as Sable Moore
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713.43 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 17 min
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1.29 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 17 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JakeRfilmfreak 6 / 10

Giving up is easy... Getting back up is hard.

The Fat Boy Chronicles is a 2010 drama that centers around an overweight high school freshman who is tired of being the butt of the joke, befriending a girl with her own set of issues.Directed by Jason Winn and starring Christopher Rivera, The Fat Boy Chronicles is an ok film that tells the story of one young man's desire to not be overweight anymore. And although it has a very after school special quality to it, Rivera delivers a good performance and does a good job making you feel for his character.It's not the kind of movie that you'll be dying to see over and over again, but it's short, sweet, and to the point. If you haven't seen this movie before, it's worth at least one watch.
Reviewed by intelearts 7 / 10

488th Review: Good and not too preachy

TFBC is a good movie about being the outsider that avoids, while having a positive and even inspiring message, condescending or patronizing its audience. It is certainly one of the better teenage drama movies out there.It tackles a number of difficult issues with alacrity - it doesn't avoid the locker culture, but it doesn't push everything into the realms of fantasy either. It scores major points for being focused on the teens and succeeds in being their worldview that's shown rather than an adult's conception of it.All in all, there are some excellent performances backed up with a strong script and while this is the sort of film that social studies classes might want to watch, it's also a really nice movie in itself and deserves to be enjoyed by a wide audience.
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