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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0013131308693
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 13, 2006
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 7989
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: February 01, 1980
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Obese Dominick DiNapoli gets a wake-up call when his rotund cousin dies at a young age. He decides that now is the time to shed some pounds so he joins a weight loss group called Chubby Checkers. But a lack of willpower and an obsession with food prevents Dominick from sticking to any kind of diet; in fact he often embarks on eating binges to satisfy his ample appetite. Unable to lose weight Dominick's negative feelings about his body begin to change. As a result despite the health risks Dominick begins to accept himself for who he is not for what he looks like.System Requirements:Running Time 93 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 013131308693 Manufacturer No: DV13086
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - fatso
movie ahead of it's time great work by bancroft and carey
delouise headed the charge
Rating:  - Fatso
Every American of Italian desent should see this dark comedy!
You will laugh, you will cry and you will most likely see yourself as well as many of your relatives.
And if you have ever had difficulty controling your weight, you will love Dom Deluise's charcter.
Rating: - One of the funniest and most heartfelt comedies of all time!
Fatso! The title puts you on notice that there is nothing of a politically correct nature here. Prepare to squirm in your seat -- perhaps with recognition of yourself or members of your own family. There are no holds barred here, we see this amazing circle of friends and family "warts and all." They live large. They love large. They eat large, and therein lies the problem.
The family makes you fat from when you are a little kid. You grow up and the society of the outside "real" world ... Read More
Rating: - To Eat, or Not to Eat
This is a little treasure trove of a film. Superb actress, Anne Bancroft (aka Anna Maria Louise Italiano), only wrote one screenplay and only directed one movie -and this was it. She worked through her husband's production company (Brookfilms), and put together a precious commodity for the ages. It is a shame she never directed again. She had a terrific comic ear for dialogue, cast well, and must have done the project as a labor of love; perhaps too much so.. Her work was reminiscent of the writing ... Read More
Rating: - Great comedy
I haven't watched this film in years and it is one of the best comedies I have ever watched in my life, especially but not limited to people of Italian heritage.
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