Phat Girlz
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- Released
- 8/22/06
- Film and TV Genre
- Comedy
- Video Format
- NTSC
- DVD Region
- 1 (will only play on Region 1 and Multi-Region DVD players)
Description
In this feel-good comedy with a positive message, Mo'Nique stands up for all the overweight women given short shrift by society. One of a group of three friends that includes her hot-to-trot thin cousin Mia (Joyful Drake) and her frumpy friend Stacey (Kendra C. Johnson), Jazmin dreams of starting her own fashion line for big girls. Meanwhile her crash diets aren't working and she hasn't been with a man in nine months. Then she wins a trip to Palm Springs and meets Tunde (Jimmy Jean-Louis), a Nigerian doctor, for whom big means beautiful. Romance is all set to bloom, but that's where this Cinderella story takes a sudden detour. Jazmin learns there's more to happiness than a gorgeous man, especially when her low self-esteem keeps him at arm's length.
With its interesting insights into weight discrimination and its celebratory depiction of African and African American culture, PHAT GIRLZ grows into a "feel good about yourself" movie, no matter what size, gender, or color you may be. Comedy star Mo'Nique proves she's got the heft to carry a leading feature film role, especially during her mannequin-destroying, room-shredding third act meltdown. As her knight in shining armor, Jean-Louis does the beaming-with-African-charm-and-dignity thing very well, and even though she's not phat, Joyful Drake still looks pretty sexy as the petite-sized cousin, letting it all hang out at the Palm Springs poolside.
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Product Details
- Actors
- Director
- Nnegest Likke
- Audio Format
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Label / Studio
- TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- Run Time (minutes)
- 99
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Disc Layers
- 1
- Year of release
- 2006
- Film Rating (Australia)
- M
- Subtitle Language
- English,
- Spanish
- Cast & Crew
- Dean Lent (Director of Photography)
- John Demps (Director of Photography)
- John L. Demps (Director of Photography)
- Dawn Soler (Music)
- Bobby Newmyer (Producer)
- Nnegest Likké (Screenwriter)
Additional Information
- 2. Alternate Scenes (Optional Commentary)
- Alternate Scenes - 1. Deleted Scenes (Optional Commentary)
- Audio Commentary - 2. "The Reel Deal: The Making of PHAT GIRLZ"
- Audio Commentary - 2. Alternate Scenes (Optional Commentary)
- Audio Commentary - Nnegest Likke - Director
- Behind the Scenes - 1. "Super Size Dreams: Director's Video Diary"
- Documentaries - "The Phattest Guy: A Tribute to Producer Bobby Newmyer"
- Outtakes - Bloopers
