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.

Bolesroor According to the IMDb "Phat Girlz" was directed by an adult human. Okay, let's go with that.Imagine hitting your child over the head with a cinder block and handing them the digital camera. This is the movie they'd make if they survived the cerebral hemorrhaging. Ostensibly "Phat Girlz" was made to celebrate Big Beautiful Black Women, but this movie does them no justice. It's a one-dimensional fantasy without a single link to reality... it's part cartoon, part comedy sketch, part morality play. It's a naive, one-note, knee-jerk reaction to a problem that is never clearly established or resolved. And it's bad.Mo'Nique is the only good thing here, a natural, likable actress with enough personality to keep this from being an utter humiliation. Sadly, this is filmmaking at its most inept and incompetent. The movie is shot on shabby digital video with sloppy cuts and lazy dissolves, and the basic rules of direction are ignored: actors don't speak into the camera or look at their co-stars- there is barely any interaction between the actors at all. Most of Mo'Nique's "punchlines" aren't spoken- they occur in her head as voice-overs. For some reason whenever she is sexually aroused we hear the sound effects of jungle drums and screeching monkeys. Interesting choice.The plot is heinous: three women go on vacation, the two fat women are worshipped as goddesses while the skinny one is taunted and scorned. Perhaps it's because they're vacationing on a magical island populated by Nigerian doctors who love fat black women. If this is the case why did the docs leave Nigeria in the first place? The skinny gal is assumed to be sick/dying because she weighs less than 300 pounds. Switcheroo most likely. The hunky Nigerian M.D.'s don't just appreciate Mo'Nique's ample body- they can talk of nothing else! Their idea of foreplay is over-buttering a biscuit and jamming it down her throat. This guarantees the lard will keep happening. If you consider stretch marks and fat rolls a turn-on you will love this picture.Mo'Nique eats and dates until she catches her boyfriend eating dinner with a woman who is unfat and therefore evil. She suspects her man of cheating but he assures her he would never even consider intercourse with a woman weighing less than a quarter-ton. Reassured, Mo'Nique destroys the mannequin in her hotel room and tosses her television box out the window. Perhaps this is symbolic of something. When she re-gains consciousness she is back at work where her boss Eric Roberts- in a role that counts towards his Community Service- decides to make her rich and famous for no reason whatsoever. Her clothing line- Thick Madame- sweeps the galaxy and after becoming a multi-jillionaire she goes back to Nigeria to see if her magical fat-loving gorgeous doctor boyfriend is still available.He is.The end credits come on after that, but the film was so powerful I had lost the ability to read them. Maybe it's for the best that the names of the perpetrators aren't dragged through the mud. If you're thinking of seeing "Phat Girlz," don't.GRADE: D-

msfreeandsexy This movie was a good movie. It shows how no matter what you look like you need to be love yourself to be loved by someone else.It really helps big woman take a look at reality to see there can be good in being big. And just because your big doesn't mean your a bad person. The cousin was too stuck up ,and didn't really fit in this movie well. It did have a few parts that could have been taking out or changed around but overall this was a good movie. If you're a person who thinks bad thoughts about yourself, this movie can be a good eye opener for you. Follow your hopes, and dreams and anything can be possible. This is a good movie, no where near the worst movie out there.

mangafaneva This movie was great, so it might not be an intellectual masterpiece, who cares!! It was very entertaining and got a very positive message across: that we should all learn to love ourselves. It is a very feel good movie and having just watched it I feel great!!! I read a comment about how Monique's character only likes handsome men and so the movie is hypocritical and I suppose I can see the point. However, the point of the movie was to show that you shouldn't judge people by there weight and if they simply had overweight people with overweight people then this point wouldn't come across as strong. It would be like saying only overweight people will find overweight people attractive. When what it was trying to say was that we are all beautiful and its about time we all realised it!!! The movie got across a very relative self-esteem issue in today's society and it did it in a very entertaining and "phat" way. I found myself wishing I was a Thick Madame like the character Mia at the end!!!