Lenny og fire af hans gamle basketball-venner mødes for at mindes deres gamle træner - og fejre 4. juli sammen i et lejet feriehus ved en sø. Selvom de nu er omkring de 40 år, er de ikke blevet meget ældre indvendig, og de falder lynhurtigt tilbage i deres gamle festlige roller. Nu får den ikke for lidt med plat humor, masser af øl og svømmeture. Problemet er bare, at konerne og børnene er med på turen...
Hal Larson (Jack Black) får af det råd af sin døende far, at han kun skal gå efter lækre og barmfagre kvinder. Som voksen sætter den halvkiksede Hal sine standarder meget højt, og bliver derfor afvist af alle de kvinder han forsøger at indynde sig hos. En dag sidder Hal fast i en elevator sammen med verdens førende selvhjælpsguru, og han hypnotiserer Hal til i stedet kun at gå efter den indre skønhed hos kvinder. Nu er Hal helt forandret, og han forelsker sig i Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow). Hun er ekstremt overvægtig - men når Hal ser på hende, ser han kun sin idealkvinde! Problemet kommer da Hal bliver revet ud af hypnosen - kan han stadig elske Rosemary til trods for hendes store omfang?
Lastbilchaufføren Philo tager sammen med sin bedste ven, orangutangen Clyde, på en hæsblæsende jagt efter sin elskede, countrysangerinden Lynn.
Så kan du godt forberede dig på at få rørt lattermusklerne! Eddie Murphy spiller ikke mindre end syv roller, og han giver sit livs "præsentationer" i denne hylende skægge Jekyll-Og-Hyde-Komedie fra Imagine Entertainment. Murphys hovedrolle er den generte dr. Sherman Klump - en venlig, superintelligent og "kalorie-mættet" professor i genteknologi. Da den smukke Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett) bliver ansat på fakultetet, bliver Sherman desperat efter at få sit 200-kg's korpus ned i omfang og vinde hendes hjerte. Med en enkelt slurk af sit nye fedtreducerende serum bliver Sherman forvandlet til "Buddy Love", en hurtigttalende, mukuløs og slank Don Juan. Men det viser sig, at både drikken og Buddy er helt ude af kontrol, og Sherman bliver klar over, at han har skabt et monster! Kan Sherman stoppe denne Karl Smart af et alter ego før det er for sent, eller vil Buddy få det sidste ord?
Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) drømmer om, at hendes liv kunne være ligesom en ABBA-sang, og at prinsen på den hvide hest snart kommer og redder hende. I sine bestræbelser på at bevise, at hun er noget ganske særligt, skyer hun intet middel - ikke engang at stjæle fra sin far. Som bekendt står lykken den kække bi: snart befinder hun sig i en hvirvlende dans, som får hende til at føle sig som en rigtig Dancing Queen. Muriel's Wedding er en film om venskab og om styrken i at være den, man er.
Phillip Jackson (Patrick Thompson) er en succesfuld politimand, som har til opgave at undersøge kriminelle sider på internettet. Blandt porno og pædofili finder han en mystisk webside om ”feeders” og ”gainers” – og opdager en syg verden, hvor mænd, der er besat af fede kvinder, mødes på internettet. Et sted derude er der en psykopatisk seriemorder, der overfodrer kvinderne, så de dør, og viser det live på internettet! Phillips efterforskning fører ham ind i en pervers verden, hvor skillelinjen mellem offer og morder er hårfin...
Melanie er 13 år - usikker, lidt modløs og noget overvægtig. Hun sendes på sommerlejr for at tabe sig, mens hendes mor, Teresa, er på kærlighedsjagt i Kenya. Melanie finder langsomt nye veninder i sine medcampister, og trods en streng militær disciplin, overvågning og afstraffelse smugler pigerne snacks og sprut ind på værelserne, mens de flirter genert med de lokale drenge. Institutionens sterile kulisser danner en strålende baggrund for den saft og kraft, der bobler i de unge mennesker. Midt mellem ydmygende sportslege, strenge kostråd og afstraffelser i form af armbøjninger og udmattende øvelser forelsker Melanie sig hovedkulds i den 40 år ældre lejrlæge... En potentiel skandale, der skildres med al den sårbarhed og nuancerede finfølelse, den første forelskelse kræver.
A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.
A comedy about a working class Chicago couple who find love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals - each weighing more than 600 pounds confront lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery. In addition to drastically changing their appearances, they hope to reclaim their independence, mend relationships with friends and family, and renew their feelings of self-worth.
Check in on the men and women featured in "My 600lb Life." Since the show, have they maintained their weight loss and continued working toward their goals? We get an update on where they are now and what's changed since the show.
The Slaton sisters averaging over a thousand pounds, have always depended on each other for support. Now in their 30s, Amy wants to have children, but cannot due to her weight, while her elder sister Tammy is near bedridden.
Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
The Biggest Loser features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight.
Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships, or not living their lives to the full. Four of the cast, Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman, went on to appear in Gavin & Stacey.
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Annie is a fat young woman who wants to change her life — but not her body. Annie is trying to start her career while juggling bad boyfriends, a sick parent, and a perfectionist boss.
Less Than Kind is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon Blecher, a teenager growing up in a loving but dysfunctional Jewish family in Winnipeg. The show's cast also includes Maury Chaykin and Wendel Meldrum as Sheldon's parents, Benjamin Arthur as his older brother Josh, and Nancy Sorel as his aunt, Clara. The Blechers struggle to operate a driving school out of their home in Winnipeg's fading North End. Less Than Kind made its debut October 13, 2008, on Citytv, and moved to HBO Canada in February 2010. The ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed series won Canadian Comedy Awards in 2009 and 2010.Less Than Kind received the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series and the inaugural award for Best Comedy Series at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards. The title sequence and logo for Less Than Kind were inspired by an iconic highway sign at Winnipeg's Confusion Corner intersection, depicting arrows pointing in every direction. The name of the series is found in the first line spoken by Hamlet: "A little more than kin, and less than kind."
Young people work with their families so that they can all lose weight and improve their health and fitness.
Seven teens from different backgrounds attend a weight loss camp as they embark on their individual journeys of self discovery.
Bogan Pride is an Australian comedy television series which first screened on SBS TV in 2008. The six-part series created by and starring actress, Rebel Wilson, is directed by Peter Templeman and produced by Tony Ayres and Michael McMahon. The series centres around the life of a teenage bogan girl. The series was not renewed for a second season by SBS.
Follow three couples who have gained weight during their relationship and want to make a change. Over the course of several months, they will attempt to break old habits and make positive lifestyle changes in an effort to revive their love and mutual attraction.
Singer-actor Mélissa Bédard and comedian Christine Morency examine the many prejudices and preconceived ideas about overweight people in this sensitive and authentic exploration of fatphobia.
Ronny Brede Aase enjoys his life with hamburgers and beer, but also dreams of a long and good life. So he, despite being fat, decides to make a TV show about health.
A two-part documentary following obese mothers at Leicester Royal Infirmary's high risk maternity unit.
