Fat Slags (2004)

Director:

Ed Bye

Writer:

William Osborne (writer)

Release Date:

15 October 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The Fat Slags from Viz hit the big time and become celebrities.

Plot Keywords:

Fat | Based On Comic

Cast

Fiona Allen	...	Sandra
Sophie Thompson	...	Tracey
Jerry O'Connell	...	Sean Cooley
Anthony Head	...	Victor
Geri Halliwell	...	Paige
James Dreyfus	...	Fidor
Naomi Campbell	...	Sales Assistant
Angus Deayton	...	Maurice the hotel receptionist
Hugh Dennis	...	Immigration 2
Les Dennis	...	MC
Tom Goodman-Hill	...	Baz
Michael Greco	...	Niarchos
Eamonn Holmes	...	Himself
Ralf Little	...	Milkman
Dolph Lundgren	...	Randy

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Cabot Hall, Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK

Company:

Artists Independent Productions

Trivia:

The makers of the British comic magazine "Viz", where the "Fat Slags" characters originally appeared, had no editorial control over this production. It was reported that they were so appalled by the final result that they dropped the characters from the magazine following the film's release. However, the strip was not dropped and that the comic creators never had any intention of doing so. This was probably based on a misquote.

Quotes:

Sandra: [Checking mail] Bill, bill, bill, bill... I don't know why this bloke keeps writing to me!
Tracey: Who?
Sandra: Bill. There's no way I'm meeting him: Strangeways.

Movie Connections:

References "Top of the Pops" (1964)

Sad end of an iconic pair of women

Having been madly in love with the Fats Slags since I was a young man, I was disappointed with this movie. How on earth can directors and producers continue to imagine that it can still be funny to take ordinary people and make them rich and successful, after Rosanne destroyed her career by doing exactly that with her working class show. This is without the incredibly clichéd notion that there is something inherently funny about working class people from the north of England. They talk in a funny way , they say funny things and they don't understand sophisticated ideas like art. What a loads of dated old rubbish. The charm of the fat slags was always that they are only concerned with satisfying their immediate needs whether food, sex or anything else and this is what makes them perfect women. They have a view of themselves which depends only on the reflection one slag provides for the other and they are completely indifferent to the feelings and sensibilities of anyone else. These are the Fat Slags as the ideal women they are, the characters in this film are a complete travesty. Still, they can't take away my dreams.