- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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2 out of 5
Adapted from Kimberly Willis Holt's award-winning novel, this is a typical "summer in the life" family film that serves as an admirable vehicle for the former Jerry Maguire and Stuart Little moppet, Jonathan Lipnicki. Here, he's having to face the twin agonies of his singer mother abandoning him for a tilt at fame in Nashville and an unrequited crush on classmate Amanda Alch. However, what transforms the holidays is the arrival in his small Texan town of Sasha Neulinger, a 12-year-old billed by his owner as "The World's Fattest Boy", whom Lipnicki and best buddy Cody Linley decide to liberate. Fun but far too sentimental.
Plot Summary
Coming-of-age drama starring Jonathan Lipnicki and Eric Stoltz. Zachary Beaver lives a miserable life travelling from town to town as the main attraction in a sideshow that boasts "the fattest boy in the world". But when he arrives in the small town of Granger, he forms a bond with two young brothers and discovers the meaning of true friendship.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Zachary Beaver
- Sasha Neulinger
- Toby Wilson
- Jonathan Lipnicki
- Otto
- Eric Stoltz
- Wayne
- Jesse Pennington
- Heather
- Jane Krakowski
- Earline
- Louanne Stephens
- Sheriff
- Brady Coleman
- Scarlett Staling
- Amanda Alch
Crew
- Director
- John Schultz
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