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03/27/09
Heavy (1994)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:24
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.9/10
Synopsis: An offbeat drama about Victor, a shy, overweight man who lives with his widowed mother and works as the cook at her tavern. Although he has been content to stay in the rural New York town he has... [More]
Starring: Liv Tyler, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, Deborah Harry
Director: James Mangold
Reviews for Heavy
Top CriticThe movie has a kind of elegance, but it's a very long sit.
04/09/07
Showing strong observational skills, James Mangold has made a quiet, personal film that contests the stereotypes with which Hollywood has portrayed overweight people; the acting is terrific all around, including Shelley Winters!
12/04/06
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06/24/06
No review available.
10/04/05
Pruitt Taylor Vince will amaze you with his subtle but powerful portrayal of the lovable Victor.
01/18/05
Features a subtle performance by Vince
08/27/04
No review available.
04/25/04
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03/22/04
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08/22/03
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05/20/03
No review available.
01/29/03
Explores the same kind of territory pioneered in the short fiction of Raymond Carver.
08/21/02
A slice of life drama that, like the characters it portrays, plods along at its own pace. All the while engaging the viewer.
07/01/02
Effectively delineates those people whose lives merely exist on the margins of society.
06/05/02
A small, quiet miracle of a movie in which tenderness, compassion and insight combine to create a tension that yields a quality of perception that's almost painful to experience.
02/14/01
Top Critic[Mangold] shows an intuitive understanding that the truth is in the details, and that a modest story about real people transcending self-imposed boundaries can be more riveting than any summer blockbuster.
01/01/00
Mangold's vision is bold.
01/01/00
As the melodrama plays out, Mangold creates a heightened sensibility, the feeling of emotional exploration, the hope for understanding. Yet he doesn't really do much with it.
01/01/00
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