Fat Albert (PG)
synopsis
Live-action version of the Saturday morning television cartoon (1972-85) following the misadventures of a group of adolescent boys growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood, focusing on an obese boy named Albert and his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Bill, Dumb Donald, Russell, and Weird Harold. Fat Albert pulls his pals into trouble when they "fall" out of their TV world into the real world, where Fat Albert tries to help a young girl, Doris, make friends. However, the simple life of the group is interrupted when Fat Albert falls for Doris' older sister, Lauri, sparking his friends to worry that their leader may never want to return to his cartoon world.
details
Comedy
1 hr. 40 min.
Opened Christmas, 2004
MovieGoer Review
Despite good intentions, Fat Albert is a little too preachy to appeal to anyone but the youngest members of the audience, while the 1970s references to the cartoon--weak as they are--probably won't land on those same little ears.
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synopsis
Live-action version of the Saturday morning television cartoon (1972-85) following the misadventures of a group of adolescent boys growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood, focusing on an obese boy named Albert and his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Bill, Dumb Donald, Russell, and Weird Harold. Fat Albert pulls his pals into trouble when they "fall" out of their TV world into the real world, where Fat Albert tries to help a young girl, Doris, make friends. However, the simple life of the group is interrupted when Fat Albert falls for Doris' older sister, Lauri, sparking his friends to worry that their leader may never want to return to his cartoon world.
details
Comedy
1 hr. 40 min.
Opened Christmas, 2004
MovieGoer Review
Despite good intentions, Fat Albert is a little too preachy to appeal to anyone but the youngest members of the audience, while the 1970s references to the cartoon--weak as they are--probably won't land on those same little ears.
MORE
