Heavyweights

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Heavyweights ★ 1994 (PG)

A product of Disney's sometimes assembly line approach to family entertainment (think “Mighty Ducks”). Nothing new saga of overweight youngsters sent to a fat camp run by tyrannical fitness guru Tony Perkis (Stiller). His methods cause the kids to band together and overthrow him and his “evil” tactics. Oh, by the way, there's a baseball competition with the more athletic camp kids on the other side of the lake. Guess who wins. Stiller as the fame obsessed fitness fanatic, sporting a David Copperfield make-over, is the only highlight in this exercise of excess fluff. Directorial debut of Brill. 98m/C VHS, DVD . Jeffrey Tambor, Ben Stiller, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Shaun Weiss, Kenan Thompson; D: Steven Brill; W: Judd Apatow, Steven Brill; C: Victor Hammer; M: J.A.C. Redford.