The Fat Boy Chronicles (2010)
Jimmy always gets teased by the football team for being overweight. As a school assignment he writes about it in his journal, but soon he finds out that he's not the only kid in school with problems.
- Date of release
- 2010-11-21
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Director
- Jason Winn
Casting
- Christopher Rivera — Jimmy Winterpock
- Kelly Washington — Sable Moore
- Chris Bert — Paul Grove
- Cole Carson — Robb Thuman
- Ron Lester — Dr. Jeffords
- Jacob Boyd — Allen Zuckerman
- Alli Sleek — Jessica Winterpock
- Erin Aine — Whitney Elliot
Interesting facts
The Fat Boy Chronicles is a feature film about Jimmy Winterpock, an obese high-school student who deals with bullying and trying to lose weight. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Michael Buchanan and Diane Lang which was inspired by a true story about an obese 9th grader in Cincinnati, Ohio. Both the novel and film were released in 2010. The film became available on Netflix. The movie received mixed reviews, with users on Rotten Tomatoes giving the movie a 49% "Rotten" rating.
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