tonytomato9
Phat Girls was fricken funny. It was full of good jokes and Mo'Nique is a charming comedic lead. A romantic comedy is not supposed to be Shakespeare. It's supposed to be cute and light and usually formulaic, which this movie was. Given that, the story took on a social issue and made it entertaining, humorous and totally watchable. If you can't crack a smile or allow yourself at least one belly laugh while viewing this movie, then you're probably the problem, not Mo'Nique.
Alison MackZ
Now i Don't usually review movies but when i saw the rating on here i had to put out my opinion!First off it doesn't matter is your a big girl, a little girl, a curvy girl or a flat a** girl! It doesn't matter what your race is, if your pretty or not we are woman and we have to be proud to be one!! To be honest it don't matter what you look like, how much you weigh or what you been through You are in this world for a reason and girl make the best of that!!This is a must see movie for All woman! Its about Love - Loving Yourself!
evening1
I am amazed and appalled at the 2.1 rating this lovely movie has earned. I had never seen Mo'Nique in anything before but she has enormous star power. She's heavy AND beautiful and her performance brought tears to my eyes. The movie has a few weak points. It makes fun of whites in a rather scathing way early on (I'm white). But hey, there's something to make fun of there. And yeah, what is this with all these black men dating white women anyway? I love Jazmin's honesty and determination. Who among us couldn't use a little bit of her energy? I didn't like that she resorted to violence at times but I attribute that only to a weakness in the script. She didn't have to go that way. I wish the script would have left her that dignity. I had never seen Jimmy Jean-Louis (a Haitian, I learned on this website) before, but he was perfect in the role. What a decent soul. What woman wouldn't dream of meeting a man like him? Jazmin's friend Stacey was lovely as well. Simply perfect in the role of a straight-laced woman who finds a man who lets her let loose. It was charming, and surprising, to see Eric Roberts again in the tiny role of department-store magnate. He was sympathetic, and perfect. This movie rocks. I can't wait to see Mo'Nique in something else. She's sublime.
Mae Koen
I thought the movie was delightful and refreshing. Big girls need love too and for a change the big girls get the man and we probably won't see that again for a very long time. For the writer/director's first time out I think she did a great job! This was a love story and a good one at that. I think it is noble of the movie maker to have the storyline surround 2 big girls, we live in a society where skinny is in and big is, well it isn't. I also like the fact that Monique's character was a fashion designer for full figured women and just not women in general, that was great! Overall, I would say that this movie was very entertaining and I wish I would've seen it when it hit the big screen.
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