A Matter of Size
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Itzik Cohen, Dvir Benedek, Alon Dahan, Togo Igawa.
Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up with dieting and the dieting club they belong to. A comedy about a 'coming out' of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.
DVD, widescreen.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Wonderful! submitted by Zekicmom on August 14, 2013, 7:03pm This is a great movie. A group of overweight Israelis decide to embrace their size instead of fight it, and learn Sumo wrestling. A good balance of comedy and thought provoking drama, as well as little window into Israeli society.
I Loved It! submitted by Pooh3238 on June 26, 2018, 10:39am It was such an engaging movie. Great comedy/drama. You really felt for the characters. Showed a little of Israeli society, and a fun intro to sumo wrestling.
A Matter of Size
submitted by leighsprauer on July 27, 2022, 9:15pm
A group of overweight men, and one female friend, rebel against their fat-shaming community and, to different degrees, embrace sumo training under the guidance of local Japanese restauranteur.
This was billed as a comedy, and it did have some funny moments, but was fairly disappointing overall. The acting was good, the characters were decent, and I suppose it had a good message – that of embracing your body and life even when it doesn’t fit society’s view of what is acceptable – and, as I said, it had a few funny moments, but none of these were enough to make me really enjoy it.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Hebrew or Japanese dialogue.
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Menemsha Films, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Rated: Unrated
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Maymon, Sharon.
Tadmore, Erez.
Cohen, Itzik, 1968-
Benedeḳ, Devir, 1969-
Dahan, Alon, 1972-
Igawa, Togo, 1946-
Menemsha Films.
SUBJECTS
Obesity -- Drama.
Sumo -- Training -- Drama.
Male friendship -- Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.