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Phat Girlz Review

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1.0

Dave White Profile

This movie is so ugly … Read full review

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  • 2.0
    36

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally unfavorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 25

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly

    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.

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  • 30

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

    The writing is rudimentary and the direction often awkward, but Mo'Nique would confound a veteran director.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The New York Times

    Barely written and stiffly directed.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Variety Joe Leydon

    Mo'Nique, a vet standup and sitcom performer whose sassy, brassy shtick isn't nearly enough to support material this insubstantial.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times John Anderson

    Likk should be applauded for tackling a subject that's bristling with sociopolitical thorns and that raises some provocative questions, particularly about what we find attractive in other people and why.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

Iffy for 15+

Uneven Mo'Nique vehicle; not for kids.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this film includes sexual imagery ("comic" sex scenes, against a wall, passionate-awkward kissing, in a suds-filled tub) and language (slang for genitals and sexual activity). The film also includes language that pushes the PG-13 edge, including one f-word and especially, repetition of the word "bitch" (which Jazmin uses in reference to herself as well as the "skinny bitches" she hates). Some antic violence (as when Jazmin hits a girl and a man who call her "fat," or drops objects from her apartment window and hits her cousin on the sidewalk).

  • Families can talk about how the film argues for plus-size women's self-esteem, usually at the (comic) expense of thin women. How do men's judgments shape women's self-images? How does Jazmin find a new sense of self-worth by helping plus-size women?

The good stuff
  • message true0

    Messages: Good points about plus-size women supporting each and themselves; not so good points about competition between plus-size and thin women; and men still get to chose their partners even as women argue.

What to watch for
  • violence false3

    Violence: Jazmin punches skinny girl (as a child, in flashback) and a man who calls her a "fat bitch" Jazmin pulls toupee off banker who won't give her a loan (guards drag her out yelling and kicking); Jazmin throws clothes and objects out her bedroom window, hitting Mia on sidewalk below.

  • sex false5

    Sex: Lots of sexual imagery: Opening dream scene has Jazmin pleasured by male servants; repeated cleavage, thongs, bikinis, underwear or short shorts images; bare-torsoed men ogled by women; Stacey has sex with Akibo against wall, in tub (naked bodies in suds); Mia asks, "What's gotten into Stacey?" Answer: "Dr. Akibo" Jazmin stands naked before her mirror (we see shoulders up and Mia's averted eyes); Jazmin and Tunde kiss passionately; Jazmin and Tunde have sex under covers, then she turns on the light to "see" him. Many sexual language/references.

  • language false5

    Language: "Dozens" competition between Jazmin and burger clerk ("You so ugly..." and "You so fat" jokes involving mamas, morning sickness, "giving head," "butt-cracks"); Jazmin's frequent use of "bitch" elicits Tunde's remonstration; s-word, one f-word, one "motherf--er" in subtitle; frequent uses of "ass," "damn," "hell."

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Fictional fast-food joint: "Fatasssburger."

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking in bars and clubs; Jazmin drinks shots; Mia is visibly drunk as she orders a Cosmopolitan; women celebrate with champagne.

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