Niños grandes 2010
Después de muchos años, su antiguo entrenador de basquet muere y cincos amigos deciden pasar un fin de semanas -ahora con sus respectivas familias- en la casa donde celebraron, antaño, el campeonato.
Después de muchos años, su antiguo entrenador de basquet muere y cincos amigos deciden pasar un fin de semanas -ahora con sus respectivas familias- en la casa donde celebraron, antaño, el campeonato.
Hal Larsen es un muchacho superficial que sólo encuentra bellas a las chicas que parecen supermodelos. Sin embargo, después de ser sometido a una sesión de hipnosis por un conocido gurú, sólo será capaz de ver la belleza interior de las mujeres. Rosemary, una chica obesa y bondadosa, se cruzará en su camino y Hal se enamorará locamente de ella.
El profesor Sherman Klump, con sobrepeso pero de buen corazón, toma una sustancia química especial que lo convierte en el delgado pero odioso Buddy Love.
Phil es un camionero de aspecto bonachón a quien le entusiasman la cerveza fría, la música country y hacerse respetar por medio de sus puños. Phil, que se hace acompañar por un orangután que ganó en una apuesta, está enamorado de una cantante llamada Lynn, pero ella no quiere compromisos serios
El campamento de verano Esperanza está especializado en niños obesos, así que es el el único lugar al que los chicos con problemas de sobrepeso pueden ir sin sentirse discriminados. El problema surge cuando los propietarios se declaran en bancarrota y es adquirido por un maníaco del ejercicio y la dieta sana. (FILMAFFINITY)
Un investigador de delitos cibernéticos rastrea a un hombre sospechoso de alimentar a la fuerza a mujeres hasta la muerte.
Muriel es una chica con sobrepeso que vive en un mundo de fantasía, canciones de ABBA y catálogos nupciales. Sueña con un príncipe azul que algún día la liberará de su odiosa familia y de sus burlonas amigas. Cansada de esperar su llegada, decide irse a la ciudad y buscarlo. Uno de los mayores éxitos del cine australiano de los noventa.
Tercera parte de la trilogía de Seidl sobre el "Amor", tras los filmes "Paraíso. Fe" y "Paraíso. Esperanza". En esta ocasión la madre de Melanie viaja a Kenya buscando un poco de amor, su tía vivía entregada a la propagación del Evangelio. Ahora ella viaja con un grupo de jóvenes a un campamento de verano situado en las montañas de Austria con el fin de adelgazar.
Lo importante es ser uno mismo. Pero para Nour, con 20 kilos de más y un corte de pelo escondido debajo de una gorra, es complicado. Así, no puede gustarle a ningún chico... Decidida a finalmente seducir, encuentra la solución: el baile de barra. Con la ayuda de una maestra bastante especial y de sus dos mejores amigas que están tan perdidas como ella, Nour intentará sobre todo aprender a aceptarse a sí misma.
Una delgada estudiante utiliza un traje que la hace parecer gorda, como parte de un proyecto que intenta documentar las dificultades que atraviezan los estudiantes obesos de secundaria.
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.
A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.
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.
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.
A comedy about a working class Chicago couple who find love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
The Biggest Loser features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight.
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.
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.
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.
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
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.
A two-part documentary following obese mothers at Leicester Royal Infirmary's high risk maternity unit.
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.
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.