Too much of everything

Lack of good storyline.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

An interesting piece about a cook who would like to lose weight and fantasizes about having a girlfriend, Sad at times, but we get the feeling that he is able to finally pull his life together. You'll be able to watch it to the end.

James Magnold directs "Heavy", a slow-moving film about an obese cook who falls in love with an enchanting waitress, played by hyper-beautiful Liv Tyler.The film's plot is wholly derivative - see Chayefsky's "Marty" - but Magnold's likable cast help sell things. He has Pruitt Vince play Victor, our corpulent hero, and the legendary Shelly Winters play his ageing mother. As is typical of these films, Victor's painfully shy, doomed to worship Tyler from afar. Tyler, meanwhile, reprises her role from Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty", gliding through Magnold's film like an ethereal, unattainable object. Our chubby hero never gets close to her, but by the film's end has nevertheless learnt to act upon his secret hopes.7.5/10 - Worth one viewing.

Heavy indeed the title to me explained the depth of symbolism this movie had commenced. This movie to my mind shown an example ironically of life's various infatuations. In how the duration of them bloom then wither naturally as time dissolves entirety. The character "Victor" which claimed to be "fat" as compared to his interest "Callie" which of prevailing allure if you will. Considering this at all time, Victor becomes timid quite often. Only wanting the slightest bit of attention as himself besotted by her essence. This film in my opinion illuminates a life of the working class who may never have there dreams come true. Maybe the way they might have wanted. Which apparently can become laceration for this individual. In opposition to this depressing technique for life's let downs. I reside in the words of Friedrich Nietzsche. Which he so ambrosially stated.. "Love to one only is a barbarity, for it is exercised at the expense of all others. Love to God also!"

"Heavy" is not the type of movie I would watch when looking for action, thrills, horror, or adventure. It's not about a fat guy making goo-goo eyes at a pretty waitress where he makes pizzas, either... although that could be seen from an outsider's glance.The movie captures a period of time where our big hero, Victor, is experiencing a number of life-altering changes. From what we know, he has always led a sheltered life under the regime of his mother. When a new waitress, Callie (Liv Tyler), starts work at the bar, Victor's daily life is suddenly altered from a spark of curiosity. He's not a perverted horndog, but he is fascinated by this girl's kindness and beauty, watching her from afar and having visions of her as the drama grows. It's the quiet internal struggle Victor faces that really heightens the intensity of the movie. Those nervous eyes, the quiet voice, the big guy who won't fight back... he is a man trying to become a man. By the end of the film, we are at least given the hope that he is now on the right track.It's the subtle moments in "Heavy" that really make the film. From the airplanes soaring overhead, giving transition to new points in the lives of the characters, to the Boston Terrier noticing important details, this movie is one to sit back and ponder. The more I think about this movie, the more I like it. It's a lesson on how the quiet subtle moments in life can be the most important.