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Camp Hope is a summer camp for fat kids; it is also the locale of this Disney family comedy. All of the kids at Camp Hope have a weight problem. It is the one place they can go without feeling different. But when the previous owners declare bankruptcy, the camp is purchased by an obnoxious fitness freak who becomes obsessed with changing his chubby charges into budding body builders. He immediately begins serving them low calorie foods and subjecting them to rigorous exercises. Part of his motivation is greed: he is in the process of writing a book, and filming an infomercial on weight loss. The boys at camp rebel and mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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minjoeminjoe A Heavyweight Comedy!
by minjoe in minjoe Blog
loved it.
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"...see what I did there? I used the title to imply the film was not only hysterical, but also about "heavy" people--a classic play on words...Anyway, Heavyweights is definitely among my favorite kids movies of all time--right up there with the incomparable splendor that is "Hook."Heavyweights was released in the mid-90's, a time when the politically correct crusaders were out in full force demanding we think about everything we say and make damn sur " [More]
mercurialmercurial Re:Weekly Theme for August 18: ...
by mercurial in Weekly Theme
"[quote user="SkyPilot"] Your mention of dodgeball triggered a memory of Ben Stiller in Heavyweights. I can remember an afterschool special narrated by Hulk Hogan about how he was unhealthy when he was a child. [/quote] Haha, yeah. I remember thinking after I saw that movie that Ben Stiller should definitely star doing some horror movies. He definitely scared the crap out of " [More]
SkyPilotSkyPilot Re:Weekly Theme for August 18: ...
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"Your mention of dodgeball triggered a memory of Ben Stiller in Heavyweights. I can remember an afterschool special narrated by Hulk Hogan about how he was unhealthy when he was a child. " [More]
 

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