Fatso

Pros: cast, story, empathy factor, jokes, moral

Cons: Dom was too slender for the role.

The Bottom Line: I recommend this for anyone whose NEVER had weight problems. Watch it with an overweight friend. They will thank you.

Review: A friend recommended this movie to me because I'm a fan of both Dom Deluise and Anne Bancroft and I'd never seen this movie. In 1980 Anne Bancroft wrote and directed this touching tale of a man who fears he is one slice of bread away from death if he ...

Pros: thoughtful, sincere, offering a different side of Dom DeLuise

Cons: sappy, melodramatic, slow and departing radically from what the public paid to see

The Bottom Line: Well-intended and sincere, with moments of poignance, this flick is too slow and maudlin for my taste.

Review: Writers are often told to write "what you know," but success may depend on writing "who you know" or at least "who you want to cast." The late-great Anne Bancroft (The Graduate, Jesus of Nazareth, The Miracle Worker, The Turning Point, Agnes of God) ...