Heavyweights

Well I wanted to watch Hellraiser 3 Hell on Earth and the lady wanted to watch a Disney movie. The epic war was on, I struck first with reminding Natalie about the amazing scene in which Pinhead crucified himself. She immediately shot back with the do I look like I care evil eye. I'm sad to say the battle was short fought and soon we were watching Heavyweights. At least I had won the war, cause I don't mind this movie, and in fact it was a staple to my childhood. If you don't know Heavyweights came out in 1995 and is written by Judd Apatow, the man who is now know for his modern day work of 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked up. Heavyweights follows a young overweight Gerry who gets sent to Camp Hope for the summer. Camp Hope is for overweight kids, and promises fun, fun, fun, with go karts, swimming, and camp stuff. As soon as the kids get to camp you find out that the owners are bankrupt and had to sell the camp. The new owner is a quacked out ex personnel trainer played by Ben Stiller, who wants to show the kids the joy of weight loss. Tony (Ben Stiller's character) also has a plan to film the whole weight loss and turn it into a money making infomercial. The children hate Tony immediately and once he forces them on a 20 mile hike they have had enough and come up with a plot to take him hostage. They succeed and soon the camp is run by the children. Then when it's parents day, and when all the parents are visiting, the children show them what they have been doing and Tony gets kicked out. The camp is then run by Pat, the 18 year camp vet. Under Pat the children get ready to take on the rival camp MVP in the Apache relay. In true Disney fashion the overweight underdogs win the relay and enjoy the big happy ending. 
Rating: 3.5 Yeti roars out of 5