Heavy Weights (1995)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Steven Brill

Writers (WGA):

Judd Apatow (written by) &
Steven Brill (written by)

Release Date:

17 February 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Comedy

Tagline:

They don't run the fastest. They don't jump the highest. But they sure are getting the last laugh. Heavyweights. They never met a hot dog they didn't like ... until now.

Plot:

Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.

Plot Keywords:

Fat | Overweight | Fitness | Infomercial | Actor Playing Multiple Roles

Cast

David Goldman	...	Nicholas
Joseph Wayne Miller	...	Sam
Cody Burger	...	Cody
Allen Covert	...	Kenny
Tim Blake Nelson	...	Roger Johnson
Nancy Ringham	...	Mrs. Maury Garner
Seth St. Laurent	...	Camp MVP Racer
Bobby Fain	...	Camp MVP Pitcher
Tom McGowan	...	Pat Finley
Aaron Schwartz	...	Gerald 'Gerry' Garner
Shaun Weiss	...	Josh Burnbalm
Tom Hodges	...	Lars
Leah Lail	...	Julie
Paul Feig	...	Tim
Kenan Thompson	...	Roy

Also Known As:

Heavyweights (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some rude language and pranks.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:PG (video premiere) | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Camp Pinnacle - 4080 Little River Road, Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Caravan Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: On the day the kids arrive at camp, Gerry is wearing a captain's wings pin. Throughout the day it disappears and reappears.

Quotes:

Josh: [on the "Camp Hope", aka "Camp Hell" movie which everyone at the camp and all the kid's parents are there watching]
Josh: Forty push-ups?
Tony Perkis: No! Sixty! Down! Now! Eighty! One hundred!
Maury Garner: He's strict.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Soundtrack:

THIEVING MAGPIES

review + question

The film is great, I don't need to write another review of the synopsis as there are so many below, but if you have any sense of humour at all you'll like this movie. If you're a dried up 60 year old prune reminiscing about the good old days of black and white cinema when you could see a film + popcorn for a shilling and sixpence, you'll hate it. Great for kids, enough stupid stuff to keep them entertained, Fantastic for teenagers/people in their 20s, enough sick/dry humour to satisfy and make you think 'holy crap can they say that in a DISNEY film????', and older middle aged people with a sense of humour will see its quirky side too.

I just have one question, at one point with the seymour butts joke, does anyone know what josh actually says, as his joke is totally out of sync with his lip movements.