overweight,prejudice,teenage girl,docudrama

To Be Fat Like Me (2007)

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One thin teen. One fat suit. One shocking exposé.

Pretty, popular, and slim high-schooler Aly Schimdt had plans of earning a sports scholarship to college but a knee injury ruins her chances. She decides to enter a documentary contest in the hopes of winning money for college. She believes that overweight people, like her mom and brother, seem to make excuses about how the world perceives them. So Aly decides to attend a rival high school as a heavily overweight person for the documentary, but not change her personality. Aly intends and hopes to prove that personality will outshine physical appearance. But when she's met with ridicule, harassment, and name-calling she begins to see things differently.

Cast & Crew

Director
Douglas Barr
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    Alyson Kaley Cuoco
  • Profile picture of Caroline Rhea
    Madelyn Caroline Rhea
  • Profile picture of Michael Phenicie
    Jim Michael Phenicie
  • Profile picture of Tim Perez
    Coach Tim Perez
  • Profile picture of Richard Harmon
    Kyle Richard Harmon
  • Profile picture of Ben Cotton
    Warren Ben Cotton
  • Profile picture of Carlo Marks
    Michael Carlo Marks
  • Profile picture of Brandon Olds
    Adam Brandon Olds

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Keywords

  • overweight
  • prejudice
  • teenage girl
  • docudrama