Fatso

Unless your a skinny Italian from N.Y. This movie takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions, but,was always able to keep you laughing,despite the sadness, and the struggle, of trying to lose weight.Anyone who wants to enjoy good,clean,comedy,along with a... Full review

Maybe being overweight isn't the best thing for a persons health, but being one's self and being happy is all that really matters in life - "I'm not so bad the way I am," says Dom DiNapoli, the portly subject of... Full review

Fatso is running on Fox Movie Channel now as I write this. I feel compelled to add my appreciation for this sweet little movie that, as I recall, got creamed by many critics when it came out. The pacing IS slow... Full review

If you are not Roman Catholic, Italian or from the NYC area, you may not get the humor of this movie. But being all three, I can tell you the makers of this film perfectly captured what it was like to... Full review

A funny film with touch of romance. If you can relate and make fun of your self you will enjoy it even more.... Full review

I like to add my comments whenever I can make the above statement. It is impossible for me to watch this movie (I have now seen it at least 10 times)without completely breaking down particularly at the hospital where he... Full review

This movie made me want to eat then watch Cannonball Run. What the world needs now is food sweet food. Why do birds suddenly appear everytime you are near? Just like me they long to be eating food.... Full review

Opinions are like noses, everyone has one. Here's mine.THIS MOVIE IS A GEM! A heartwarming, humorous, realistic view of the ups and downs of a large-bodied man. I say this because I myself was in a relationship with a lovely... Full review

Directed by the late Anne Bancroft, Fatso is as funny and humane as anything her very funny husband, Mel Brooks, directed. Bancroft evidently tapped into her Bronx background for this story of an Italian American, played sympathetically by Dom DeLuise,... Full review

I saw this film on a pay channel a long, long time ago. It seems to have vanished in the decades since. Something about it stuck in my mind - the humor, the sensitive anguish of broken self-esteem, the endless... Full review

The wonderful Dom DeLuise will be remembered as a great second banana, whether it was as part of Mel Brooks ' stable of zanies, making cannonball runs with Burt Reynolds or trading quips with Johnny Carson . ... Full Article

Once we started thinking about these irresistible tunes, we couldn't stop the flood of memories and the controversy. We had a heated debate (and we agree on nearly everything) about which is the best, the catchiest, most memorable jingle ever. ... Full Article

Escaping to the cinema is a favorite American pastime. With the advent of DVDs, some classic films on VHS have become a lost art form, relegated to the shelves of a dusty thrift store or back sections in the library. ... Full Article

Two basic dramatic approaches to fatness are to regard it as comic, or tragic. Anne Bancroft has somehow avoided both approaches in " Fatso ," a movie with the unique distinction of creating in its audiences an almost constant suspense... ... Full Article