Movie Review

Fat Girl

EW's GRADE
A

Details Rated: Unrated; Lengths: 93 Minutes, 83 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Roxane Mesquida and Anais Reboux; Distributor: Cowboy Booking International

Fat Girl is an unsparing psychosexual dissection -- with a shocker ending -- from French filmmaker Catherine Breillat, who puts men and women, boys and teenage girls on notice: When fantasy, hypocrisy, and manipulation mingle at the French seaside, sex and violence are inextricable. Anais Reboux gives a heartbreaking performance as the dour titular 12-year-old, heavy with bitterness at her provocative sister (Roxana Mesquida).

Originally posted Oct 26, 2001 Published in issue #622 Oct 26, 2001 Order article reprints
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