Good concept, poorly executed.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

OK, here's one big spoiler about the movie (and maybe life, in general) ALL skinny women are "bitches" who will try to steal your man, and the best way a large woman has to cope with it is to hate the living hell out of those women. Because they're skinny. And they surely starve themselves, because there's NO SUCH THING as trying to be healthy and really love your body by feeding it properly and not sitting on your butt all day. This is just another movie that deals with overweight the only way possible: by hating people who don't suffer from it. Sorry, by hating women, because, let's face it, the male character is hot. Really hot. It's just another horrible example about how large woman HAVE TO HATE skinny women instead of doing something positive for themselves. I wouldn't let a young girl watch this movie, honestly.

Before I get to a review of this movie, I have a few words to say about some of the other reviews as well as some discussions on the message boards about this movie. It seems that in MANY cases, people aren't actually discussing the merits of this film but are more making value judgments about being fat--a major plot element in the movie. So, some supposed reviews talk about how the main character needs to lose weight or that she's unhealthy but this really isn't a review of the film--it's a statement about what they think of fat folks. Oddly, a few of the comments went further and were quite hateful--as if hating fat people was somehow okay. With a few, I almost wonder if they'll soon suggest that fat folks just be killed! Are they trying to say that this is one last acceptable prejudice? As for the film itself, I cannot understand it being placed in the hallowed Bottom 100 on IMDb other than prejudice against the overweight. Sure, the film is far from perfect and I do have some problems with the writing here and there, but there is no way this is a horrible film--something inclusion in the Bottom 100 would indicate.Mo'Nique stars as a woman who is both ashamed of her obesity and who is also, oddly enough, very self-assured in other ways. In other words, she is strong and more than willing to stand up to people who are cruel towards fat people but she herself privately beats herself up mercilessly about being so overweight.Obesity and body image is a great idea for a film--mostly because it's rarely addressed. I loved this aspect of the film and the film had so much positive to say. BUT the film also occasionally lets itself down now and again with cheap fat jokes or anti-skinny woman remarks or the buffet scene. Can't the film be self-assured without actually occasionally reinforcing these old stereotypes at the same time?! Yet, at other times, the film is very positive and reaffirming--such as Mo'Nique's coming up with a line of clothes to make overweight women look good as well as the wonderful relationship she has with her Nigerian love. It's an odd, odd dichotomy how the film seems so very progressive yet not throughout the film.Subtle this movie is NOT--and if it were perhaps edited a bit, it would have been an exceptional film. With just a few tweaks, it could have been amazing--but as it is, the negatives aren't that bad and the film has been unfairly savaged. I'd give the film a 6--almost a 7. With a good editing and better writing, perhaps an 8.If you see the film, judge the film--the writing, the acting and the technical aspects of the film.

The movie overall was great! It shows how over weight people feel about being overweight in a society that has Brittany Spear's and Paris Hilton's figures being role models for kids and adults alike in the world and that being "Skinny" is in and that you should achieve it at all costs! It also shows how overweight people are treated in todays' society. Just like what Pretty Woman showed, if you wander in from off the street dressed in simple jeans, flip-flops and a jacket into a 'real classy clothing department store' (or for young adults and teenagers, walk into the store looking goth-like or punk-rock - Amber Crombie and Fitch, Gap, Old Navy, etc.) - you will definitely get treated differently or even turned away.And no, it's showing that even hot sexy men - regardless of race or nationality find women with a little bit more meat on them to be attractive. And Monique's character just happened to travel there for vacation, where she met a man who liked her for her.And doctors never know what they are saying. They will tell you what they are paid to tell you. Basically so you can buy whatever they recommend and that so they will look good. Most of them want more money out of you. We are all going to die someday. Why worry about how we are going to die - when supposedly there are all these thing out there that are supposed to treat this and that. If only one product could really "cure" or "treat" what someone might have - there would only be one product and not all these brand name items.Now, while there is a cut off to when being fat could be hazardous to your health, such as; if you need help to go to the bathroom and can't wipe your own but - then you are too overweight or you need help moving from one place to the next and can't walk without someone/something helping/pushing/driving you.All of you who have commented on this movie need to grow up! It was good movie, with great characters - and good acting. It was not meant to be funny, if it was meant to be funny - it would have been labeled as a 'comedy'.

I thought the movie was delightful and refreshing. Big girls need love too and for a change the big girls get the man and we probably won't see that again for a very long time. For the writer/director's first time out I think she did a great job! This was a love story and a good one at that. I think it is noble of the movie maker to have the storyline surround 2 big girls, we live in a society where skinny is in and big is, well it isn't. I also like the fact that Monique's character was a fashion designer for full figured women and just not women in general, that was great! Overall, I would say that this movie was very entertaining and I wish I would've seen it when it hit the big screen.