Heavyweights

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Heavyweights

PG

1995

1h 37m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Gerry is not looking forward to his summer vacation, since he'll be spending it at a camp for overweight boys in order to shed pounds. Fortunately, a kindly couple, the Bushkins, run the camp and make the process fun and relaxed. However, they're soon forced to declare bankruptcy and sell the camp to Tony Perkis, a fitness fanatic who turns the camp into a living nightmare of over-the-top training. But the kids plan to fight back.

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

Aug 21, 2024

3/5

The third act is a hard drop from the hilarious and unhinged first two acts of the film. Ben Stiller is completely insane.

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

Aug 21, 2024

4/5

This is still hilarious and heartfelt. But it does falter when Ben Stiller isn't onscreen.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Oct 1, 2023

2.5/4

...a decent-enough endeavor that’d hardly be worth mentioning were it not for Stiller’s superb, scene-stealing efforts...

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Dec 12, 2012

B

Time has been kind to the discarded fat camp movie, finding Heavyweights more digestible these days, after years spent processing the askew sense of humor shared by Apatow and Company.

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Dec 11, 2012

6/10

A throwback to the early Disney live-action films that coasted on their premises and were content to provide lightweight entertainment and nothing more.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Aug 22, 2005

2/5

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Avery T

@TuffLogan 3 days ago

Genuinely the peak-est movie of our time, which coincidentally came out the year of our lord.

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Robbie D

@RT78184041 Jul 16, 2026

Very good and funny. I love Lars. And the Perkis

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Kymber H.

@SandlotLover17 Jun 14, 2026

It’s already. It makes me feel bad for all of the plumper children out there. (Like me)

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Emily W

@RT61684370 Apr 2, 2026

ABSOLUTE CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE! 100/10 MUST WATCH This movie is perfection. See it for yourself. The charisma and humor each person on set carries throughout this film makes it great. The plot is a rollercoaster ride like none you’ve seen before. I would give anything to experience seeing this for the first time again. I urge and beg, sit and watch with pizza, sausages, candies (melted or not), and a crisp soda. Let this film take you back to simpler time, summer camp. (PS you’ll get the food references if you watch the film!)

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Michael S.

@Suba117 Jan 8, 2026

One of my most favorite moves. Don’t listen to the critic score.

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Fox W.

@foxygrandpa910 Dec 24, 2025

Childhood classic of mine. I remember watching this on vhs. Tony Perkis is an ultimate villain and the fan theories that he is connected to White Goodman are awesome.

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Steven Brill

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Synopsis

Gerry is not looking forward to his summer vacation, since he'll be spending it at a camp for overweight boys in order to shed pounds. Fortunately, a kindly couple, the Bushkins, run the camp and make the process fun and relaxed. However, they're soon forced to declare bankruptcy and sell the camp to Tony Perkis, a fitness fanatic who turns the camp into a living nightmare of over-the-top training. But the kids plan to fight back.

Director: Steven Brill
Producer: Joe Roth, Roger Birnbaum
Screenwriter: Steven Brill, Judd Apatow
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures
Production Co: Caravan Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Rude Language|Pranks)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 1995, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.7M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround

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