Fat Albert (2004)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Joel Zwick

Writers (WGA):

Bill Cosby (written by) &
Charles Kipps (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Hey! Hey! Hey! Christmas Day

Plot:

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.

Plot Keywords:

Television | Obese | Animated Sequence | Junkyard | Party

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kenan Thompson	...	Fat Albert
Kyla Pratt	...	Doris
Dania Ramirez	...	Lauri
Shedrack Anderson III	...	Rudy
Aaron Frazier	...	Old Weird Harold (as Aaron A. Frazier)
Marques Houston	...	Dumb Donald (as Marques B. Houston)
Alphonso McAuley	...	Bucky
Keith Robinson	...	Bill (as Keith D. Robinson)
Jermaine Williams	...	Mushmouth
Aaron Carter	...	Teen
Omarion Grandberry	...	Reggie (as Omari Grandberry)
J. Mack Slaughter	...	Arthur (as J. Mack Slaughter Jr.)
Nick Zano	...	Camera Salesman
Annie Abbott	...	Mrs. Forchick
Alice Greczyn	...	Becky

MPAA:

Rated PG for momentary language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #41330) | UK:U | South Korea:All | Norway:7 (TV rating) | Australia:G | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Some of the characters in the movie take their names from Bill Cosby's old sketches, such as his girlfriend's name of Doris, his running track at Temple and high jumping, and the "Buck, Buck" sketch that opens the cartoon part of the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Fat Albert meets Bill Cosby, you see Fat Albert raise his right hand to shake Cosby's in a shot viewed from behind Fat Albert. The next shot shows a view from Fat Albert's front, and he once again raises his hand to shake, even though he never put it down.

Quotes:

Salesman: [Helping the guys pick out clothes] Hey, I know big, and you my friend... are *big*.
Fat Albert: ...and Fat, I'm Fat Albert.
Salesman: Well, when I'm done with you, you're gonna be... *big* Al.

Movie Connections:

References Garfield (2004)

Soundtrack:

Moody's Mood for Love

Floater

Fat Albert is well enough intentioned... I do not think that the film makers set out to destroy one of the Saturday Morning Gods in such an atrocious manner. While this genre, like the more successful comic book genre, can be done somewhat successfully (i.e. Scooby Doo), there is a fine line to walk without making the characters look empty and embarrassing. Fat Albert unfortunately does this. It takes the two dimensionality of the original characters and focuses on it until they loose whatever vibrancy they had previously. The story is contrived and supremely predictable. Grandberry is his usual chewing-on-the-scenery self. Thompson is passable as Fat Albert, but should stay far far far away from rap music for the remainder of his days. The only really enjoyable scenes in the movie were the ones with Bill Cosby. All in all, this movie is a total floater. Don't look at it, just flush.