They don't run the fastest. They don't jump the highest. But they sure are getting the last laugh.
Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick of the endless weeks of "all work and no play," the kids stage a coup and reclaim their summer of fun.
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: David Goldman, Tom McGowan, Joseph Wayne Miller, Cody Burger, Aaron Schwartz, Allen Covert, Kenan Thompson, Tim Blake Nelson
r96sk - 6/10
A one-joke film. I expected a fair deal from <em>'Heavyweights'</em>, especially after seeing Ben Stiller was involved. Unfortunately, it never takes off after the initial joke becomes tiresome; the characters are fat, that's basically it. It needed more meat on the bones (pardon the pun), too mediocre. Stiller isn't great either, in a part which is basically a watered down version of the ro...
October 2, 2020
They don't run the fastest. They don't jump the highest. But they sure are getting the last laugh.
Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel regimen that goes too far. Sick of the endless weeks of "all work and no play," the kids stage a coup and reclaim their summer of fun.
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Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the…
1h 37m
February 17, 1995
Steven Brill
David Goldman, Tom McGowan, Joseph Wayne Miller
Family, Comedy
PG
