Heavy

1996 "He's a man so shy, he doesn't even think he deserves love…"

Heavy

6.7 | 1h45m | R | en | Drama

Victor is a cook who works in a greasy roadside restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college dropout, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.

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6.7 | 1h45m | R | en | Drama , Romance | More Info

Released: June. 05,1996 | Released Producted By: Available Light , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Pruitt Taylor Vince , Shelley Winters , Liv Tyler

Director

Daniel Goldfield

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Cast

Pruitt Taylor Vince

as Victor Modino

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Shelley Winters

as Dolly Modino

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Liv Tyler

as Callie

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Reviews

Gre da Vid An interesting piece about a cook who would like to lose weight and fantasizes about having a girlfriend, Sad at times, but we get the feeling that he is able to finally pull his life together. You'll be able to watch it to the end.

robert_h25 Blatant rip-off of the movie (and/or the original book source material) "Nickel Mountain" in so many ways. Clearly stolen. Shame on you!! The filmmakers and/or writers literally must have sat and gone over the movie and/or book of little-known "Nickel Mountain" and jotted down plot points and characters names, thinking no one would notice out here in the viewing public. Caught!! They even go so far as to name the young waitress character "Callie," the EXACT same name as the waitress character in "Nickel Mountain." Seek out "Nickel Mountain" for proper respect (1985-starring Heather Langenkamp, it's uploaded on Youtube).

httpmom The most interesting thing about this first movie directed by the now know James Mangold, is that it's a window into what was to come. It has a lot of flaws. It plods along at a sluggish pace, the character of Pruitt Taylor Vince played by Victor Modino is so overly repressed that it's almost painful to watch, and it's all too obviously a low budget film...but there's this big BUT because in spite of the drawbacks it is still a movie that hits you hard emotionally. The loneliness these characters suffer is so real that it becomes the kind of film you remember long after you have watched it. I rented it on DVD when it was first released and then watched it again on cable last night, which only reinforced what I had already concluded. It's a movie worth a look. There's a very sympathetic role in here from a young unknown Liv Tyler. And the Shelly Winters character is in a class all by herself. She was perfectly cast as the dreadfully overbearing and controlling mother. It's a hopeful start from a director I assume will work for many years to come. He has an undeniable talent for bringing out the reality of human emotions. Bringing me to mind of his later masterful film 'Girl, Interrupted' (1999). This director has willingly tackled a wide range of material. After 'Heavy' came' Identity' (2003), a solid who-done-it, and 'Kate & Leopold' (2001),which in all fairness I can not judge because I watched it on an airplane. My take on James Mangold is this...I am looking forward ( to his next two movies which are currently in production) and to a continuing career from a director who exhibits a lot of promise, especially when he strays outside the box.

rudy1989 Yeah this movie *was* a bit wierd... I'm not quite sure I can adequately describe it but it was a times a little too 'quiet' for my liking - and often times very dark and sinister (not that that is neccessarily a bad thing.)I suppose if you're a Liv Tyler fan (which I am) I would reccomend this.I'd say it's deffinitely a 'made-for-TV' kinda film...I give it a 2 out of 5 stars