Fat Kid Rules the World (2012) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	October 19, 2012 (Limited)
On DVD:	January 22, 2013
Genre:	Teen, Drama, Comedy
Director:	Matthew Lillard
Writer:	Michael Galvin, Peter Speakman
Cast:	Billy Campbell, Jacob Wysocki, Matt O'Leary
Studio:	Whitewater Films
Official site:	fatkidrulesthemovie.com
Running Time:	94 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for brief violent images, sexual content and drug content

Matthew Lillard's directorial debut is based on the award-winning young adult novel by K.L. Going. "Fat Kid Rules the World" is about friendless fat teen Troy Billings (Jacob Wysocki) who is so downhearted he's planning to end it all when he's saved by a chance encounter with Marcus Macrae (Matt O'Leary), a charismatic but unreliable 18-year-old punk rocker who adopts Troy as his newly cool pal and changes Troy's life forever. This is despite the...

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Matthew Lillard makes his directorial debut with Fat Kid Rules the World, about a fat kid who takes over the world. Or about a fat kid who is befriended by a junky and finally realizes his place in the world. A comedy-drama without much comedy, Fat Kid Rules the World is like so many directorial debuts from recognizable actors: mildly engaging but insignificant. Full movie review »