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Heavy (1995)

R 12/29/1995 Drama, Romance 1h 45m
67%
User
Score
6.7/10
87%
75/100

He's a man so shy, he doesn't even think he deserves love…

Overview

Victor is a cook who works in a greasy roadside restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college dropout, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.

James Mangold

Director

Top Billed Cast

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Victor Modino

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Dolly Modino

Liv Tyler

Liv Tyler

Callie

Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry

Delores

Joe Grifasi

Joe Grifasi

Leo

Evan Dando

Evan Dando

Jeff

David Patrick Kelly

David Patrick Kelly

Grey Man in Hospital

Marian Quinn

Marian Quinn

Darlene

Meg Hartig

Meg Hartig

Donna

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on May 16, 2024

**_Psychological study of “normal folks” at a rural bar/restaurant_**

In southeast New York, near the border of Pennsylvania, a shy tavern cook (Pruitt Taylor Vince) is concerned about his weight after finding himself attracted to the new server, a drop-out college student (Liv Tyler). The other worker, an aging blonde (Deborah Harry), naturally feels threatened by her. Shelley Winters plays the matriarch and Joe Grifasi a drunk that hangs out at the pub.

"Heavy" (1995) has been called the “Marty” of the ’90s. I’ve never seen that one, but it stars Ernest Borgnine in a role similar to the protagonist here. While this is a character study of Victor, it also evaluates Del (Harry, aka Blondie); and the others to a lesser extent.

Del is closing in on 50 years-old, but was...

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