Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that it is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that it is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that it is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.
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- TriviaOriginally, the "Seymour Butts" joke was suppose to be a "Peter Fitz" joke. Josh was going to tell Tony that the Chipmunk Bunk snack horde belongs to "Peter Fitz." Then, Tony asks, "Who's Peter Fitz?" Josh answers with, "Anyone's Peter Fitz if you push hard enough". The joke was changed to "Seymour Butts" to be more family friendly.
- GoofsWhen Josh says "Seymour Butts" he's actually saying "Peter Fitz". Then Uncle Tony says, " Who's Peter Fitz?" and Josh's voice over is covering the answer," Anyone's Peter Fitz if you push hard enough."
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Tony Perkis: Attention campers. Lunch has been cancelled due to lack of hustle. Deal with it.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the end credits, there's a quick scene with Uncle Tony sharing what he's doing for a living, which is collecting a collection of crystals and placed them in a briefcase. The door then slams on him.
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Written by Sammy Llanas (as Samuel Llanas) and Kurt Neumann
Performed by BoDeans
Courtesy of Slash Records/Reprise Records
By arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Heavyweights was a movie that will not teach you any lessons. All this movie will teach you to do is have the time of your life whenever you are released from school for the summer. However, I still think that the movie Camp Nowhere was a little bit better though.
11 year old fat kid Jerry (Aaron Schwartz) finds out that his parents are sending him to Camp Hope for the summer. He gets excited by the idea at first until he discovers that it's a camp for fat children. After he is forced to go, he arrives and meets a ton of cool kids even though their fat also. He immediatley fits in the group and everyone is happy until the owners of the camp discover that they're being replaced by the psycho health nut Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller). Tony puts the boys through nothing but a living nightmare because he makes them work out 24/7 and doesn't let them eat anything good or let them have any fun. So the boys put their heads together and work on a plan to take down Tony and take the camp over themselves to have some FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I must say that this was one of Ben Stiller's very first movies and he did such a hilarious job with the character.
Heavyweights is a very entertaining family comedy that will leave you laughing even while the credits are rolling.
11 year old fat kid Jerry (Aaron Schwartz) finds out that his parents are sending him to Camp Hope for the summer. He gets excited by the idea at first until he discovers that it's a camp for fat children. After he is forced to go, he arrives and meets a ton of cool kids even though their fat also. He immediatley fits in the group and everyone is happy until the owners of the camp discover that they're being replaced by the psycho health nut Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller). Tony puts the boys through nothing but a living nightmare because he makes them work out 24/7 and doesn't let them eat anything good or let them have any fun. So the boys put their heads together and work on a plan to take down Tony and take the camp over themselves to have some FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I must say that this was one of Ben Stiller's very first movies and he did such a hilarious job with the character.
Heavyweights is a very entertaining family comedy that will leave you laughing even while the credits are rolling.
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- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,062,857
- Feb 20, 1995
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- $17,689,177
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