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Heavy (1994)

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Reviews Counted: 29

Fresh: 25

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: An offbeat drama about Victor, a shy, overweight man who lives with his widowed mother and works as the cook at her tavern. Although he has been content to stay in the rural New York town he has... An offbeat drama about Victor, a shy, overweight man who lives with his widowed mother and works as the cook at her tavern. Although he has been content to stay in the rural New York town he has grown up in and lead a dull life in which nothing ever seems to happen, he starts having second thoughts when a pretty young college dropout named Callie (Liv Tyler) enters his life. Callie takes a job as a waitress at the tavern and she opens Victor's eyes up to the world outside. Before long, he starts trying to lose weight and even considers signing up to study at the nearby chef's academy. [More]

Starring: Liv Tyler, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, Deborah Harry

Starring: Liv Tyler, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, Deborah Harry, Joe Grifasi, Evan Dando, David Patrick Kelly

Director: James Mangold

Director: James Mangold

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Jun 25, 2001

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/27/09
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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The movie has a kind of elegance, but it's a very long sit.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
04/09/07
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

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03/24/07
Brian Tallerico
UGO

Showing strong observational skills, James Mangold has made a quiet, personal film that contests the stereotypes with which Hollywood has portrayed overweight people; the acting is terrific all around, including Shelley Winters!

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12/04/06
Emanuel Levy
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out

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10/04/05
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

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06/30/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Pruitt Taylor Vince will amaze you with his subtle but powerful portrayal of the lovable Victor.

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01/18/05
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

Features a subtle performance by Vince

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08/27/04
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

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04/25/04
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies

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03/22/04
Frank Swietek
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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05/20/03
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

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01/29/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Explores the same kind of territory pioneered in the short fiction of Raymond Carver.

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08/21/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

A slice of life drama that, like the characters it portrays, plods along at its own pace. All the while engaging the viewer.

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07/01/02
Tyler McLeod
Jam! Movies

Effectively delineates those people whose lives merely exist on the margins of society.

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06/05/02
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

A small, quiet miracle of a movie in which tenderness, compassion and insight combine to create a tension that yields a quality of perception that's almost painful to experience.

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02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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[Mangold] shows an intuitive understanding that the truth is in the details, and that a modest story about real people transcending self-imposed boundaries can be more riveting than any summer blockbuster.

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01/01/00
E! Online

Mangold's vision is bold.

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01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner
 
 
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