SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

pointyfilippa The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Anders Twetman The last twenty minutes or so of this film made me incredibly angry. Sure, it was bad, I knew that from the start, what really drove me up the wall during those twenty minutes was the numerous false endings. It felt like the film was mocking me by going on when I wanted it to end so badly.So, what was it that made me wish for Phat Girlz to be at least twenty minutes shorter? The first two acts of this movie are incredibly boring, it feels like nothing ever happens, mostly because they keep discussing one single issue, that of being fat. Furthermore, the protagonist is constantly angsty about her body size, it's really quite depressing. Not to mention the stupidity, the filmmakers have a view of the world that seems very naive, like the film was made by children. As far as I can tell the main conflict (a lack of fashion for big women) is fabricated, but don't take my word for that, I know nothing of fashion.However, it is in the third act that Phat Girls becomes really annoying. They crank up the stupidity until it outweighs everything else, even the boredom, the result of which is a horrendously contrived resolution of the non-conflict. Simply put, the protagonist starts a big women fashion "revolution" and gets her happily ever after for no apparent reason. It might have worked if this was a fairy tale, but it's not. Combine that with frequent false endings and the result is pure anger.

evening1 I am amazed and appalled at the 2.1 rating this lovely movie has earned. I had never seen Mo'Nique in anything before but she has enormous star power. She's heavy AND beautiful and her performance brought tears to my eyes. The movie has a few weak points. It makes fun of whites in a rather scathing way early on (I'm white). But hey, there's something to make fun of there. And yeah, what is this with all these black men dating white women anyway? I love Jazmin's honesty and determination. Who among us couldn't use a little bit of her energy? I didn't like that she resorted to violence at times but I attribute that only to a weakness in the script. She didn't have to go that way. I wish the script would have left her that dignity. I had never seen Jimmy Jean-Louis (a Haitian, I learned on this website) before, but he was perfect in the role. What a decent soul. What woman wouldn't dream of meeting a man like him? Jazmin's friend Stacey was lovely as well. Simply perfect in the role of a straight-laced woman who finds a man who lets her let loose. It was charming, and surprising, to see Eric Roberts again in the tiny role of department-store magnate. He was sympathetic, and perfect. This movie rocks. I can't wait to see Mo'Nique in something else. She's sublime.

dreprincess02 Okay maybe it's a little heavy on the sexual content and maybe some people find it offensive, but this movie is based on some true things and is not UREALISTIC at all. It is a known fact that the majority of Nijerian men prefer there women to be of a big body structure and for you don't get what i mean i mean fat just think its a lot of hateful judgmental people who rated this movie...and for those who are wondering I am Skinny and a mix between black and white this movie dosen't offend me in any way I see this movie as a confidence booster for women who ave a low self-esteem when it comes to men...come on ppl lighten up... and seriously I know some skinny girls that go into fast food restaurants everyday nd order just as big a portion size as the actress did in this film but y'all only judging because shes fat STOP THE STERO-TYPING!!!!!

danmax OMG! This is a very interesting film. It deals with issues of body image and America's role in Africa. In an over sexualized world, where all girls want to be like Paris Hilton (or Perez Hilton) I find this story very refreshing, and Queen Latifah deserves another Oscar nomination for this one. (BTW, is there a King Latifah?) This movie rushed the way intimacy with humour beyond laughter over and over. Maybe it's cuz fat people are so funny but this movie was amazing, so full of BELLY laughs hehe, it reminded me a bit of Patch Adams cuz it's makes you want to go out and say to the world OH YES I CAN! just like Queen Latifah does in this movie, it reminds us all of the condition of this world under certain negative pressures from our different times with each other in America and the war in Afghanistan and Cuba, and Servia and all.Buy it NOW and don't listen to the haters!