"All you need is Mother Earth, Father Sky, and your dear old Uncle Tony."

As comedies go, especially 90s comedies, Heavyweights is up there with the very best. There are consistent laughs throughout the film, and Ben Stiller brings the thunder as Tony Perkins. Perkins' is a truly absurd villain and the over the course of the film his character continues to get more and more ridiculous until the absolutely hilarious glass breaking scene.

While most of the actors have gone on to lose weight (except you Kenan Thompson, keep the faith) they will forever remain heavy in my heart, and on my full screen (ugh) DVD.

I'm a 29-year-old man who bought a Blu-ray of a movie I've seen several times so I can watch Ben Stiller berate chubby kids in high definition and with a DTS 5.1 soundtrack. It may be time for me to reassess my life choices.

You could almost call this a Fat Campsploitation, a truly wonderful, fun kid's flick with one of the worst photoshopped box covers. Don't judge this awesome book by it's terrible cover.

The part with Ben Stiller going psycho about childhood obesity.

I'm a 29-year-old man who bought a Blu-ray of a movie I've seen several times so I can watch Ben Stiller berate chubby kids in high definition and with a DTS 5.1 soundtrack. It may be time for me to reassess my life choices.

As a person who used to be fat and actually did something about it, the moral of this movie is wrong.
Ben Stiller is made out to be the nazi who wants help the fatties lose weight.
Not too bad though. A young Keenan stars.

I relived a small part of my childhood by revisiting the Disney kids classic Heavy Weights. The only film I've seen that celebrates childhood obesity to a certain degree. Watching it again after so many years I've realised just how well written it is, and by Judd Apatow which is surprising but I guess we all have to start somewhere. It's actually pretty dark for a Disney film. I also noticed a small cameo from Peter Berg and a few little references to other film, such as Schindler's List, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the that big junk food binge scene is very reminiscent of Apocalypse Now.

"Oh yes that was wonderful. So entertaining. The cinematography, the editing techniques. Though I must say, the villain, was a bit... over the top."

The movie that invented the over the top stiller persona. Glad to finally see this again after so many years, still funny as hell.

All you need is Mother Earth, Father Sky, and your dear old Uncle Tony.

Disney shuffled this story of kids at fat camp under the carpet in 1995, but in retrospect it's fantastic fun and boasts some newly minted big name players. Ben Stiller excels as the fitness guru making the chubby campers' lives a nightmare, whilst writers Judd Apatow (now one of Hollywood's brightest comedic moguls ) and Steve Brill (would later direct several Adam Sandler vehicles) lace the picture with likable protagonists, quality family friendly humour and a strong central message. It's not sophisticated, but "Heavyweights" is fetching fare. Deserves a rebirth, and with a recent Blu-Ray re-release it might finally find an audience.

One of my childhood classics, this film is charming and entertaining. Ben Stiller's character really scared me as a child though.

"All you need is Mother Earth, Father Sky, and your dear old Uncle Tony."

As comedies go, especially 90s comedies, Heavyweights is up there with the very best. There are consistent laughs throughout the film, and Ben Stiller brings the thunder as Tony Perkins. Perkins' is a truly absurd villain and the over the course of the film his character continues to get more and more ridiculous until the absolutely hilarious glass breaking scene.

While most of the actors have gone on to lose weight (except you Kenan Thompson, keep the faith) they will forever remain heavy in my heart, and on my full screen (ugh) DVD.