Com Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade e Rob Schneider, esta é uma comédia sobre cinco homens que em crianças eram os melhores amigos, e que agora se juntam de novo para passar o fim-de-semana do feriado de 4 de Julho, e conhecer as respectivas famílias. No entanto, rapidamente vão perceber que ser adulto, não significa ter crescido...
Hal (Jack Black) é um homem que segue à risca o conselho de seu pai e apenas se interessa por mulheres que tenham um físico perfeito. Mas tudo muda quando ele por acaso se encontra com Anthony Robbins, um guru de auto-ajuda que o hipnotiza e faz com que ele apenas possa visualizar a beleza interior das mulheres, em detrimento de seu físico. Sem saber que está sob o efeito de hipnose, Hal então se apaixona por Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow), uma mulher obesa que é vista por ele como se fosse uma verdadeira deusa. Até que, após ser retirado da hipnose por seu amigo Mauricio (Jason Alexander), ele passa a ver como Rosemary é de verdade fisicamente e precisa tomar uma decisão sobre seu relacionamento com ela.
Professor obeso e desajeitado (Eddie Murphy) inventa uma poderosa fórmula que o faz perder peso, transformando-o em um conquistador. Mas a fórmula tem efeito colateral. Refilmagem, ainda que com várias modificações, do clássico "O Professor Aloprado" feito em 1963 por Jerry Lewis. Eddie Murphy, além de fazer o gorducho professor Sherman Klump e seu alter ego Buddy Love, também interpreta outros cinco personagens - todos irreconhecíveis -, o que valeu ao filme o Oscar de melhor maquiagem.
Philo é um caminhoneiro briguento, que está acompanhado por orangotango que ele ganhou em uma aposta. Eles começam a cruzar o sudoeste dos Estados Unidos para tentar encontrar um cantora country, por quem Philo ficou apaixonado.
Como a escola termina para o verão, Gerald Garner (Aaron Schwartz) é enviado por seus pais para o Acampamento Esperança, um acampamento para perda meninos obesos perderem peso. Apesar de preocupante, em primeiro lugar, Gerry faz amigos facilmente no acampamento e aprende que é realmente muito divertido e não será quase tão mau como ele pensa. Ele também descobre que a direção do acampamento esconde as comidas mais calóricas para que os meninos possam perder peso mais facilmente. A promessa era que as férias de verão seriam divertidas, mas, quando chega no acampamento, ele e seus colegas descobrem que seu monitor será um verdadeiro maluco por dietas e exercícios.
Porpoise Spit, Austrália. Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) tem 22 anos e nunca teve muitos amigos, já que as roupas que usa são fora de moda e, ainda por cima, vive ouvindo as canções do ABBA. Além disto, está acima do peso e nunca demonstrou muitos talentos. Sua vida muda ao conhecer Rhonda Epinstalk (Rachel Griffiths), que também é excluída do meio social. Sonhando com uma vida livre, elas fogem para Sydney. Apesar das críticas de seu pai, Muriel acredita que possa enfim encontrar a felicidade e coloca como primeira meta se casar. É quando ela conhece e se apaixona por um famoso nadador.
Check in on the men and women featured in "My 600lb Life." Since the show, have they maintained their weight loss and continued working toward their goals? We get an update on where they are now and what's changed since the show.
A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.
The Slaton sisters averaging over a thousand pounds, have always depended on each other for support. Now in their 30s, Amy wants to have children, but cannot due to her weight, while her elder sister Tammy is near bedridden.
Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals - each weighing more than 600 pounds confront lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery. In addition to drastically changing their appearances, they hope to reclaim their independence, mend relationships with friends and family, and renew their feelings of self-worth.
A comedy about a working class Chicago couple who find love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
The Biggest Loser features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight.
Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships, or not living their lives to the full. Four of the cast, Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman, went on to appear in Gavin & Stacey.
Annie is a fat young woman who wants to change her life — but not her body. Annie is trying to start her career while juggling bad boyfriends, a sick parent, and a perfectionist boss.
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Less Than Kind is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon Blecher, a teenager growing up in a loving but dysfunctional Jewish family in Winnipeg. The show's cast also includes Maury Chaykin and Wendel Meldrum as Sheldon's parents, Benjamin Arthur as his older brother Josh, and Nancy Sorel as his aunt, Clara. The Blechers struggle to operate a driving school out of their home in Winnipeg's fading North End. Less Than Kind made its debut October 13, 2008, on Citytv, and moved to HBO Canada in February 2010. The ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed series won Canadian Comedy Awards in 2009 and 2010.Less Than Kind received the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series and the inaugural award for Best Comedy Series at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards. The title sequence and logo for Less Than Kind were inspired by an iconic highway sign at Winnipeg's Confusion Corner intersection, depicting arrows pointing in every direction. The name of the series is found in the first line spoken by Hamlet: "A little more than kin, and less than kind."
Young people work with their families so that they can all lose weight and improve their health and fitness.
Seven teens from different backgrounds attend a weight loss camp as they embark on their individual journeys of self discovery.
Bogan Pride is an Australian comedy television series which first screened on SBS TV in 2008. The six-part series created by and starring actress, Rebel Wilson, is directed by Peter Templeman and produced by Tony Ayres and Michael McMahon. The series centres around the life of a teenage bogan girl. The series was not renewed for a second season by SBS.
A two-part documentary following obese mothers at Leicester Royal Infirmary's high risk maternity unit.
Singer-actor Mélissa Bédard and comedian Christine Morency examine the many prejudices and preconceived ideas about overweight people in this sensitive and authentic exploration of fatphobia.
Ronny Brede Aase enjoys his life with hamburgers and beer, but also dreams of a long and good life. So he, despite being fat, decides to make a TV show about health.
Follow three couples who have gained weight during their relationship and want to make a change. Over the course of several months, they will attempt to break old habits and make positive lifestyle changes in an effort to revive their love and mutual attraction.
