the audience applauded

Overrated

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

This sitcom is basically a half-hearted attempt to copy Larry Charles in Curb Your Enthusiasm. Kirstie fails miserably. Every episode shows her stuffing her face and not even TRYING to lose weight. Watching it I'm wondering, what am I doing watching this loser of a show? It's not what it claims to be because Kirstie "gets work" even as a fat actress. Fact is, it's a man's world and there is no way around it. Men can be ugly, fat, balding, flat-butt, short, whatever, and we accept it. However, fat women are DISGUSTING on film and the last thing a viewer wants to see is a fat woman EATING compulsively on TV. This show is disgusting, not even funny and should be canceled.That being said, Rachael Harris is awesome. She carries the show. The time she smoked crack from Kirstie's brother was hilarious. And her comments as Kirstie and others are talking are spot on and hilarious. Now, I would LOVE to see HER get her own show.But to Kirstie - if you are going to star in your own show - be original. You are just a "showtime" "subpar" version of Curb Your Enthusiasm. You aren't funny.

we had heard tell of this show a while back and liked the premise and waited to see if it would get shown on UK television. no joy. luckily the first season has just become available to rent on DVD so we got it this weekend. it turned out to be well worth the wait. so much so that we've ordered our own copy so we can watch it again and show it to our other friends that we know would enjoy it too. i thought it was hilarious from start to finish, Kirstie is brilliant in it; always on the edge of hysteria, always, rude, crude and lewd. and there's nothing wrong with that at all. it just seemed like very honest comedy for a change. and anywhere you can see someone telling (the now bizarre looking) Blossom to F*** OFF! has got to be worth a half hour of your time. to be honest the griping comments from Americans about this show on IMDb don't surprise me, a sense of irony not being one of their strong points, but if the show had been aired here in the UK i can pretty much guarantee it would have been a sensation. i can see it prime time Friday nights on channel 4 with a massive audience. 10/10.

Chris McDonald, for some bizarre reason, was really sexy in a sick kind of way in this episode. He is such a talented actor. And I LOVE Kirsty's clothing! This episode was a riot, and I imagine Kirstys family might actually be this wacky! (or maybe not.) Its such a shame that the public craves negative accounts of her life. Its the fataphobe frame of mind in the industry though. I believe one day the rubenesque female figure will one day be back in vogue. I'm totally disgusted when I see women whose backbones are as prominent as a starving horses. And their gowns seem to just hang, "nondescript" on their anorexic bodies. If I want to see a woman shaped like that I'll just look at it while its still on the hanger. At least our wonderful "fat actress" has curves. This show is a very lighthearted look at the lives of Californias famous neighbors.

Big or small, I've always thought that Kirstie was a beautiful woman and I just LOVE her voice. I try to achieve it whenever I get laryngitis but I can't compare to Kirstie... But I digress."Fat Actress" is SO funny! She may be poking fun at herself but Kirstie does it with style and crass class. It's a bit like a female version of South Park with the crudeness but if I can survive SP, Fat Actress is a cinch! And her interactions with her Kevyn and Eddie are a trip without the luggage not to mention her obsession with Kid Rock... did she GET enough sheets??? Maybe we can look forward to seeing more of her former co-stars on the show... like Kathy Najimy or Ted Danson...I'm hoping that this show goes on for many more seasons! GO KIRSTIE!!!