Heavyweights Movie Review 1994

A product of Disney's sometimes assembly line approach to family entertainment (think "Mighty Ducks"). Nothing new saga of overweight youngsters sent to a fat camp run by tyrannical fitness guru Tony Perkis (Stiller). His methods cause the kids to band together and overthrow him and his "evil" tactics. Oh, by the way, there's a baseball competition with the more athletic camp kids on the other side of the lake. Guess who wins. Stiller as the fame obsessed fitness fanatic, sporting a David Copperfield make-over, is the only highlight in this exercise of excess fluff. Directorial debut of Brill.

Distribution

Walt Disney Home Video, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521, Phone: (818)265-6500, URL: http://disney.store.go.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Summer Camp, Teen Angst, Disney Family Movies, Childhood Visions

Screenplay

Judd Apatow, Steven Brill

Cast

Jeffrey Tambor, Ben Stiller, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Shaun Weiss, Kenan Thompson

Cinematography

Victor Hammer

Director

Steven Brill

Music

J.A.C. Redford

Producer

Joe Roth, Roger Birnbaum, Judd Apatow, Sarah Bowman, Walt Disney Pictures, Caravan Pictures, Buena Vista