Den stille, og undselige Norbit er blevet presset til at gifte sig med den rædselsfulde og dominerende Rasputia. En total nedtur som Norbit tålmodigt affinder sig med, indtil han møder sin drømmekvinde, der elsker Norbit som den han er. Men Rasputia har bestemt ikke tænkt sig at opgive sin mand uden kamp, og Norbit må virkelig tage sammen sig i forsøget på at slippe af med sin kone.
Hal Larson (Jack Black) får af det råd af sin døende far, at han kun skal gå efter lækre og barmfagre kvinder. Som voksen sætter den halvkiksede Hal sine standarder meget højt, og bliver derfor afvist af alle de kvinder han forsøger at indynde sig hos. En dag sidder Hal fast i en elevator sammen med verdens førende selvhjælpsguru, og han hypnotiserer Hal til i stedet kun at gå efter den indre skønhed hos kvinder. Nu er Hal helt forandret, og han forelsker sig i Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow). Hun er ekstremt overvægtig - men når Hal ser på hende, ser han kun sin idealkvinde! Problemet kommer da Hal bliver revet ud af hypnosen - kan han stadig elske Rosemary til trods for hendes store omfang?
Tracy Turnblad er en overvægtig high school-elev, hvis eneste drøm er at komme med i et danseprogram i Baltimore. Hendes far opfordrer hende til at følge sine drømme, men hendes mor advarer om, at hun jo ikke ligner de andre piger i programmet. Tracy får en plads på holdet efter at have gjort indtryk på programmets vært, men redder sig også en modstander, da hun hurtigt bliver en populær fornyelse på holdet. Skolens smukkeste pige ser sig vred på hende, og hendes mor er helt tilfældigt leder af den lokale tv-station.
For fem år siden så vi, hvordan den hemmelige FBI-agent og forklædningsekspert Malcolm Turner pågreb en farlig bankrøver ved at påtage sig rollen som Big Momma. Her fem år senere er han blevet gift med Big Mommas barnebarn, Sherrie, og venter deres første barn. Malcolm har derfor droppet det farlige liv som agent i marken til fordel for et bekvemt skrivebordsjob i FBI's pr-afdeling. Men da hans bedste ven og tidligere makker brutalt bliver myrdet, må Malcolm atter gå i aktion, og for at foden indenfor hos den hovedmistænkte forklæder han atter som Big Momma...
Two large women struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet the men of their dreams in completely unexpected ways.
Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.
Sara is an overweight teen who lives in the shadow of a clique of cool girls holidaying in her village. Not even her childhood friend, Claudia, defends her when she's bullied at the local pool in front of an unknown man. Her clothes are stolen and Sara must get home wearing nothing but her bikini.
Veninderne Regan (Kirsten Dunst), Gena Lizzy Caplan) og Katie (Isla Fisher) er totalt i chok, da de hører at deres halvkiksede high school veninde, Becky, skal giftes før dem OG at de skal være brudepiger! Gena og Katie er stadig singler og Regan har uden held forsøgt at tvinge et frieri ud af sin kæreste. Aftenen før brylluppet er der polterabend, og så bryder helvede ellers løs. ‘Bachelorette’ er en skøn komedie, der går til kanten og lige lidt over – om brudepiger, når de er værst og veninder, når de er bedst.
Based on a Japanese manga, Kanna-San, Daiseikou Desu, this story revolves around Kang Han-na, an overweight phone sex employee and secret vocalist for Ammy, a famous Korean pop singer who actually lip syncs as she cannot sing. After getting humilitated publicly by an ungrateful Ammy, Han-na undergoes an extreme makeover to become a pop sensation herself.
"GORDOS" is a comedy about life's excesses and deficiencies; about our insecurities, phobias, obsessions, traumas, mistakes, fears, blame, desires, hopes, challenges, concessions, goals, relationships, love, sex, health, family... about survival in the widest and "largest" sense of the word.
The movie is pizza, ice-cream, chocolate, sweets, calories, lot of calories. It is also guilt, desire, fear, hope, dreams, sex, family, love. But it is happy, optimistic, painful, tender, harsh, light, profound. A comedy. A drama. A collection of contradictions. It's life, the life of a gay actor presenting weight loss products who lose his job because he get fat and who starts dating a ... woman.
Hilarious and outgoing, Brittany Forgler, is everybody’s best friend ― except her own. Her partying, underemployment and toxic relationships are catching up with her. She receives a startling wake-up call when a visit to the doctor reveals how unhealthy she is. Motivated to lose weight, but too broke for a gym and too proud to ask for help, Brit is at a loss, until her neighbor pushes her to run one sweaty block. Soon, she sets an almost unthinkable goal: the New York City Marathon.
An action comedy centered on Blubberella, an overweight half-vampire woman whose footsteps cause explosions and whose dual swords are used against anyone who makes fun of her. She must face an army of undead Nazi soldiers in her valiant struggle against bloodshed and tyranny.
A slim uneducated guy is pressured into an arranged marriage with an overweight college girl. The mismatched couple is challenged to compete in the annual wife-carrying race.
Talented 20-year-old Lolita dreams of a singing career. But her self-esteem is low due to her weight problem and her narcissistic father, Étienne, a literary star with scant interest in his daughter's life. Lolita finds little comfort in the attentions of her vocal coach, suspecting the woman is using her to meet her influential father. Étienne's second wife proves to be Lolita's only trustworthy ally in her private battle to find a sense of worth.
Lt. Bobby Quinn is a Special Forces commando killed during a recon mission in the Cambodian jungle. But when Quinn interrupts his own stateside autopsy, he discovers that the rest of his dead squad has been resurrected with a ravenous apetite for human flesh. Now with the help of a wisecracking cook and a sexy film geek, the part-zombie Quinn must stop the plague before it can infect the entire nation. Who holds the shocking secret behind this blood-crazed carnage? And what happens when Quinn stops gnawing on raw steak and starts chomping on the hot chick?
The early days of the Fab Four are traced from their bleakest hours as unknowns on Penny Lane in Liverpool to their triumph on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Grace is an overweight mortuary cosmetician who falls in love with Rob, a handsome subway train conductor who doesn't even know she exists. When she finally devises a way to meet him, they discover that although they are physically different, they have a lot more in common than they think.
Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony of enduring the dieting and weight-losing programs and exercises is compounded by the usual food-and-sweets temptations.
Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn’t really get any better. She’s fired for being fat, she wants a liposuction but the doctor informs her she’s not a candidate due to her overweight, and all her universe seems to be collapsing after a series of unfortunate events. But everything will soon get better thanks to some magical beetles she finds in a Tarot café.
A streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.