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To Be Fat Like Me
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To Be Fat Like Me

2007-01-08 · 89 min · ★ 5.1

TV Movie · Comedy

Pretty, popular, and slim high-schooler Aly Schimdt had plans of earning a sports scholarship to college but a knee injury ruins her chances. She decides to enter a documentary contest in the hopes of winning money for college. She believes that overweight people, like her mom and brother, seem to make excuses about how the world perceives them. So Aly decides to attend a rival high school as a heavily overweight person for the documentary, but not change her personality. Aly intends and hopes to prove that personality will outshine physical appearance. But when she's met with ridicule, harassment, and name-calling she begins to see things differently.

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Directors
Douglas Barr
Production companies
Lifetime, CanWest Global Television Network
Countries
Canada
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kaley CuocoKaley CuocoAlyson
Caroline RheaCaroline RheaMadelyn
Melissa HalstromRamona
Michael PhenicieMichael PhenicieJim
Tim PerezTim PerezCoach
Richard HarmonRichard HarmonKyle
Ben CottonBen CottonWarren
Carlo MarksCarlo MarksMichael
Brandon OldsBrandon OldsAdam
Rachel CairnsJamie
Adrienne CarterAdrienne CarterKendall
Scott LittleScott LittleGeorge
Matt BellefleurMatt BellefleurEddie
David James LewisDavid James LewisMr. Johnson
Jeff CunninghamRandell
Aaron BrooksAaron BrooksJoel
Alexander CalvertAlexander CalvertRobbie
Lossen ChambersLossen ChambersMrs. Perry
Nimet KanjiNimet KanjiER Doc
Tyler BoissonnaultSkinny Geek

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