The Fat Boy Chronicles (2010)

The Fat Boy Chronicles: Directed by Jason Winn. With Christopher Rivera, Kelly Washington, Chris Bert, Cole Carson. Jimmy always gets teased by the football team for being overweight. As a school assignment he writes about it in his journal, but soon he finds out that he’s not the only kid in school with problems.

“TFBC is a good movie about being the outsider that avoids, while having a positive and even inspiring message, condescending or patronizing its audience. It is certainly one of the better teenage drama movies out there.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt tackles a number of difficult issues with alacrity – it doesnu0026#39;t avoid the locker culture, but it doesnu0026#39;t push everything into the realms of fantasy either. It scores major points for being focused on the teens and succeeds in being their worldview thatu0026#39;s shown rather than an adultu0026#39;s conception of it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, there are some excellent performances backed up with a strong script and while this is the sort of film that social studies classes might want to watch, itu0026#39;s also a really nice movie in itself and deserves to be enjoyed by a wide audience.”