Fat Slags (2004) User Reviews (21)

You may decide to watch this to see just how bad it is. Don't waste your time.

[AKeeb · 1/10 · 13 January 2007]

I thought that I would watch this film as it was on TV, I like Viz and had an hour or two to kill.

I had also heard that the film was a bit of a train wreck and sometime films like that can be quite amusing in places.

I was wrong.

This is unwatchable.

One of the actresses was giggling and grinning all the way through no matter what her character was supposed to be doing. I think she was embarrassed and so she should be.

The other tried to fake an awful northern accent for an hour whilst starring like a mad woman.

Whoever wrote this has never read the comic strip and should be shot.

Drivel.

Vapid, unfunny, uninspired nonsense

[drexl-8 · 1/10 · 29 October 2004]

This is about as low as the British Film Industry can get. I could have told those involved that this was a bad idea even before conception - and well before a script materialised. Surely someone, somewhere, throughout the entire shoot must have realized that this movie would turn out to be unfunny and a complete waste of time. I am simply at a loss for words. It amazes and, indeed, infuriates me that the British film industry is in the dolldrums and utter rubbish such as this still manages to fart itself out and splatter all over the big screen. For crimes against celluloid, Fat Slags deserves a life sentence - at the bottom of the smallest shelf in the smallest video store in Hell. And it can consider itself damn lucky, too.

Worst Film Ever Made

[david-1639 · 1/10 · 22 April 2006]

That sounds like a pretty outrageous claim, but see the movie and you will know where I'm coming from (oo-err! bit of innuendo!) Really though, this is an abomination of a film, dreadful in every possible aspect. As a life long Viz reader I know what a Fat slags movie should be like, and this just ain't it. Similarities between the comic book characters and on screen counterparts was minimal: they're fat, oh yeah, and, well, that's it really. They should be constantly looking for sex, getting drunk and generally being loud and offensive: doesn't sound like much of a plot, but come, the film only lasts 75 or so minutes, (which really drags). The two actresses were also very poor, just plain annoying. And how could they miss out the trademark laugh? NA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA: no such laughs in this movie. Save time and read the comic instead.

Sad end of an iconic pair of women

[david-booth3 · 1/10 · 28 December 2005]

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.

Vile characters and disgusting jokes

[a-twetman · 1/10 · 21 August 2013]

I normally enjoy British comedy more than the American counterpart because the jokes tend to be a bit more subtle, a bit more ironic an less slapstick-y. That is not the case with this movie, subtlety has been thrown out completely, and the "jokes" are more or less shoved in your face. This is exceedingly annoying considering that most of the jokes are based around the main characters being fat, uneducated slobs, its not only childish but unfunny and downright offensive. I wish movie makers could learn that fat people and fart jokes are not funny.

The worst thing about the movie though, is not the jokes, or for that matter the inane plot or over the top acting, it is the main characters themselves. These two women are so utterly vile and disgusting (both looks wise and behavior wise) that you end up rooting for, alternatively pitying, the supposed bad guys.

Not the real thing

[diadectes58 · 2/10 · 26 August 2014]

If you are expecting to see a film featuring the Viz comic strip characters Sandra Burke and Tracey Tunstall you will be disappointed. The characters in the movie are different. They have different personalities and are portrayed in a more favourable and sympathetic light. In the comic strip the girls are disgustingly loutish rude and bullying. In the movie they are more sensitive and likable. The film itself is pretty dreadful although not totally unwatchable and you can fast forward through the worst bits. The story, script, acting - everything really - are all bad. It has a few - very few - good moments. I give it two stars as there are worse films out there. Conclusion: there was only ever going to be one reason to watch this film and that was to see the Fat Slags, but, as they are not in the movie, there really is no reason to watch this film.

UTTERLY VILE!!

[Wanderland · 1/10 · 19 October 2004]

I got tickets to see a preview of this film and being a fan of the Viz strip took them up on the chance (well .. all 15 minutes of it) i had to leave, it was shocking! I dread to think what people will feel if THEY pay to see this rubbish! The body suits that the actors wear are shockingly made, it's like this is a sketch for some TV series gone wrong! At 76 minutes too i imagine the film makers know this and have kept the running time to a minimum so as not to offend viewers even more! Also the fact that GERI HALLIWELL is billed as one of the stars of this film is such a laugh, she isn't even an actress and she appears briefly in the film - hardly worthy of a credit!

Neither 1 nor 10

[FatPhil · 5/10 · 21 May 2015]

I have a nasty feeling that most of the people who've given this 1 did actually laugh at at least one thing, but then noticed that they'd done so, and felt shame at laughing at something so low-brow.

Now consider the priest who wishes to stamp out the evils of homosexuality, the politician who wishes to keep it, or make it, illegal. You know the ones, the ones found with rent-boys a few years later. They notice something inside themselves that they felt shame about, and they wish to crush it. (Book of Mormon reference - see it.)

Stop over-compensating. Just be honest to yourselves. It was trashy low-brow, camply over-acted in places, toilet-to-gutter-level, immature comic-book humour. Yes, and it was kinda funny. They captured the absurd irreverence of the Viz cartoon rather well.

If you watched this not expecting potty humour - *you* are stupid, not the film.

Likewise, if you gave it 10, consider those who remark that everything even vaguely camp is fabulous! No it's not. Stop over-compensating. Be honest to yourselves. It was trashy low-brow, camply over-acted in places, toilet-to-gutter-level, immature comic-book humour. Yes, and it was kinda funny.

OK, I know I've just insulted 80% of the people who've voted on this film (that is the case, I don't deny it), and apparently also insulted everyone else from priests to homosexuals (which is not the case - I just needed a metaphor), but I've long thought that when averages on IMDb are evaluated, all 1s and 10s should be silently ignored. The U-shaped "bell curve" of this film reinforces that opinion.

I was expecting a 3, maybe 4 if it was Viz-like enough, which it was (sorry Viz, I'm still a fan of the original). But I laughed more than expected, hence the score. The stupidity of it worked for me. I was entertained. As was my girlfriend (though perhaps not quite as much, but we are from slightly different cultural backgrounds).

Loved the supporting roles - all of them hit the nail square on. Dolph - there's no shame, no need to drown your agent - you were grand. Punt and Dennis - classic. Les Dennis - even you should get a pat on the back!

Lightly entertaining...but so what?

[c-haidt · 5/10 · 11 July 2009]

I watched this movie with my brother recently, both of us having grown up with the Viz magazine....and you know what? We sort of liked it.

Fine - the plot is standard and the jokes are usually crude and predictable, but there are moments where the other characters just shine. Anthony Head delivers a very strong performance as the evil assistant, Geri Halliwell was surprisingly *good* in her scenes, and seeing Dolph Lundgren as the personal trainer was good too.

Don't get me wrong - the movie is still bad, but it's the bad that you can enjoy since it's SO bad it's funny. Light entertainment, watch it with friends for a couple of laughs and a session of ripping on the movie while it runs.

Watch it. Go on, I dare you!

Yawn...

[heartagram-sam · 3/10 · 9 September 2006]

OK this movie ain't bad, I mean it was an OK laugh.

It just lacks any real plot, it's bland, and the humour doesn't really make up for the whole film being about two, fat, loud mouthed northerners.

I was just really shocked it wasn't better, mainly because there are LOADS of top notch British actors in it. The character 'San' was in 'Smack the Pony' that was really popular, James Dreyfus, was in 'Gimme gimme gimme' another popular show. Ralf Little, also in another popular show, 'The Royale Family'. Not to mention Anthony Head and Naomi Campbell. The film makers even got Eamonn Homes on there, along with the guy that used to do 'Have I Got News For You', Angus Deayton. And many more...

Why am I mentioning these names that most readers don't bat an eyelid to? It's because they're decent British actors/actresses/whatever, and they are in this s*** film. Whoever made this film had a lot of cash, to bag all those actors/actresses to star in it. Now all of them wish they hadn't starred in it, I bet they all deny they are in it, it's that bad.

But hey, what the hell can you expect? It's called 'FAT SLAGS' and its based of a comic. If there's 'nowt' else on, watch it, its a cheap laugh. Just don't expect a HILARIOUS film, with a plot.

Akin To Shakespeare (or possibly Marmite...)

[carpe_retractum · 10/10 · 6 February 2005]

All-right, so Fat Slags is nowhere near as sophisticated as Shakespeare, but hear me out. A lot of people don't like or appreciate Shakespeare because they don't understand it. That's why so many people either completely love or completely hate Fat Slags. You either love it or you hate it (that's where the Marmite comes in). What you have to remember is it's based on a VIZ comic strip. If you complain that it's too rude, too crass, too unbelievable: you're missing the point. It's a comic book movie, it's meant to be that way. And in my opinion, it's brilliant. And as for the delectable Mr Anthony Head, it's the most devilish I've ever seen him. Bravo. Now that I think about it, this is less of a review and more of a warning: Don't knock it until you've seen it.

Go and enjoy :)

The jokes wear thin after about 30 seconds....

[planktonrules · 1/10 · 7 January 2016]

Whether or not "Fat Slags" is among the worst films ever made is up for debate. The production values aren't really bad and the film technically speaking isn't horrible. However, the script and characters are among the most detestable and disgusting I've ever seen...and I have almost 19,000 reviews to my credit!!

The film consists of two extremely untalented and shrill actresses in fat suits behaving like pigs. I won't mention the women's actual names, as I don't wish to give them any publicity whatsoever--plus I cannot see how either worked again after starring in this film. Their characters, Sandra and Tracey, fart, rape delivery men, abuse everyone around them and fart...a lot. This sort of subhuman act makes even the most obnoxious and talentless comedians seem like thespians compared to them. Their gross and shrill antics go on and on and on without letup and it's no exaggeration that there really is no equal to them in awfulness.

The story is that a big media owner (Jerry O'Connell) sees these disgusting 'women' on TV (as they are destroying a talk show and sexually assaulting the host) and decides to make them super-stars-- all because he's had a traumatic brain injury. So, you see them walk the runways of a fashion show, on TV again and pretty much abuse everyone around them. And, completely inexplicably, they become super-stars--and are able to then spread their self-absorbed lifestyle and attitudes to the world.

Throughout this film are various appearances by B-list actors who are apparently attempting to become D-list celebrities! How they allowed themselves to be seen with these completely untalented actresses is beyond me...and may just be the result of real head injuries! The film is tough to take, shrill and devoid of talent or entertainment value unless you are a complete idiot. A film to be avoided unless you are showing it to detainees at Gitmo to make them talk.

The only thing in this god-awful mess of a film that I did like were the two men from the North of England who tried to make it to London. EVERYONE kept thinking that they were illegal aliens because they couldn't be understood by anyone due to their heavy North England accents...a funny observation about the MANY British dialects. Still, while mildly amusing, the rest of the film was like going for a swim in a septic pool and this somewhat amusing subplot was wasted.

Worst movie ever.

[DrHugoZHackenbush · 1/10 · 27 April 2011]

Watched this as part of a quest to watch the IMDb bottom 100. It's hard to believe that there are 27 worse movies because this is without a doubt the worst movie I have ever had the misfortune of suffering through. It starts abysmally and completely fails to redeem itself throughout it's excruciating length. It's difficult to imagine why an actor like Anthony Head would want to associate himself with this turkey. Even on paper it can't have looked at all good. With vomit-making sexual references and toilet humor that could easily have been written by a 10-year-old this is definitely worth skipping. If you see the DVD in a shop, not only should you not watch it, you should burn it....in a volcano where possible.

=SPOILER ALERT= Interestingly, I think Jerry O'Connell is probably the only actor to have his penis bitten off in two different movies.

Superb.

[af-suffolk · 1/10 · 2 August 2019]

Wonderful acting with many moving cameos. A script and screenplay that transcends anything I have ever seen before. This masterpiece makes "Sex Life of the Potato Men" look like "Citizen Kane".

Meretricious rubbish

[neil-476 · 1/10 · 19 July 2010]

In Robert Heinlein's novel The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, a sentient computer is trying to understand humour. His human mentor identifies the fact that some humour is funny every time, and some is only funny once.

In 1979 a comic called Viz was introduced in the UK. In terms of appearance, Viz emulated the historic tradition of kids' humour comics as started in 1939 with the Dandy, with single page strips devoted to individual characters. The subject matter of the strips, however, is predominantly mucky - toilet talk, sexual situations and, in general, the sort of smutty humour which particularly appeals to adolescent lads. To them, I suspect the humour is funny every time. To me - once I read a copy of Viz I got the joke, found it mildly amusing, and found repeat trips added nothing to the experience. There are those who did not find the first experience amusing.

Fat Slags is a movie based on a Viz strip. Whereas Dandy and Beano feature the misadventures of Lord Snooty And His Pals, Roger the Dodger, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids et. al. (all of whom are variations on mildly naughty schoolchildren), Fat Slags concerns itself with the gluttonous and promiscuous exploits of two young women from the north of England. That's it. That's the joke, folks. Funny, isn't it? OK, after you've found the strip mildly amusing the first time you've read it, I suppose it's conceivable you might get a chuckle or two from future strips (particularly if you leave a gap between reading them - say a year or two). Now let's consider feeding this limited idea into a movie.

We have two talented actresses stuffed into fat suits, indulging in real lowest denominator antics. Toilet sequences can be funny - Dumb And Dumber, Blazing Saddles, American Pie come to mind - but farting for the sake of it simply isn't. And that's the problem with most of the outrageous antics in this movie (and the strip) - they are just for the sake of it.

And, as such, not remotely funny.

This is a waste of the undoubted talent of those in it, and a huge blot on their collective CVs.

Fat Slags

[jboothmillard · 1/10 · 7 December 2009]

I saw the DVD cover for this film, based on the crude comic strip in Viz, I thought it was some sort of porn film or something, but it was just an excuse for gross-out humour, from director Ed Bye (Kevin & Perry Go Large). Basically vulgar and crass, booze swilling, kebab scoffing, over-weight nymphomaniacs Sandra (Smack the Pony's Fiona Allen) and Tracey (Sophie Thompson), living on S*** Street, Fulchester, north England are your typical fat women with no chance at making something of themselves. That is until American billionaire Sean Cooley (Scream 2's Jerry O'Connell) gets a blow to the head, gaining a new insane personality, finding the two fat slags the most beautiful women on Earth, seeing them on a daytime TV chat show. He is determined to make stars of them, and forces fashion designer Fidor Konstantin (Notting Hill's James Dreyfus) to put them on stage to model, which only works when they get their knockers out. Soon Sandra and Tracey are taking over the UK with a number one record, winning the Turner Prize, and making fat the new black, always maintaining their vulgarity, innocence and stupidity. But wanting attention from Sean, growing jealousy is drawing the two women apart, until of course he suffers the blow to the head getting him back to normal, and ending their success. They do however find a way to steal all the money he made from their fame, and make him out to be a criminal, before he is knocked again, and they return to near regular lives, being vulgar. Also starring Anthony Head as Victor, Geri Halliwell as Paige, Naomi Campbell as Sales Assistant, Angus Deayton as Maurice the hotel receptionist, Steve Punt as Immigration 1, Mock the Week's Hugh Dennis as Immigration 2, Les Dennis as MC, Spoons' Tom Goodman-Hill as Baz, EastEnders' Michael Greco as Niarchos, Burt Kwouk as Dalai Lama, Eamonn Holmes, Dolph Lundgren as Randy, Henry Miller as Dave, Ralf Little as Milkman, John Thomson as Foreman, Sarah Cawood as TOTP presenter, Colin Murray as TOTP presenter, Coronation Street's Alison King as Receptionist and David Schneider as Tanner. It might be a very British film, it may have a very good variety of British talent in the cast, but it isn't the sort of thing that makes you proud to be British, you'd probably emigrate. I don't want to see a film with extremely fat women getting their tits out, farting and burping a lot, squirting bodily fluids, or shagging people, it just made me feel awful, and it is certainly one of the worst films ever made in Britain. Very poor!

Deserves a Sequel?

[davies1 · 1/10 · 8 October 2009]

By Far the best Movie I have ever seen in my life. Yes - I agree that you may think its hard to believe that a film about a pair of slugs could be as riveting as a Big Brother Eviction night and yet, this film pulls it off magnificently. When would you ever see a pair of slugs crawling through a rain poured desolate life and to tell a tale above all without prejudice/salt or humour.

I think that this film portrayed Slugs in a a very dignified manner and that slugs should be more respected in society. They should not just be stepped on, but given full potential to live a useful life and be given the same longevity as the rest of us as well as be given the same opportunities as us - humans.

I think the lead in the move played particularly well and portrayed a fat Slug very well - Charactericatly played by with subtle movement and a bit of wobbling.

Looking forward to the Sequel "Fat Slugs sleeping in Seattle".

A Laugh A Minute

[simoncoram-06766 · 10/10 · 13 February 2022]

Everyone seems to hate this film and I really can't understand why. Yes, the story is maybe a bit daft, but so what? I laughed my head off. There are some great actors here, doing what they do best. Barry and Dave need subtitles they speak so fast and so Northern. Fiona Allen and Sophie Thompson can do no wrong!

As an old time Viz reader, I liked it a lot

[drharper · 9/10 · 20 January 2006]

Eeeeee.... ah started readin' t'Viz when ya could onnly get't at't Kard Bar...... which is the one outlet in Newcastle that sold the thing way before its glory days (also now long gone). But on that basis, I feel entitled to say that this is actually a very funny film. It has an incredible cast, looked the part- OK, they departed from the usual locations of Mr. Vitoni's and the Dog & Hammer, but for me it worked (except for the fact that Dolph Lundgren got away with his shorts still on, of course). Geri Haliwell was actually rather excellent, and Anthony Head was superb ("...and Ethiopa has a space programme..."). The number of genuinely funny moments was enough to sustain a pleasant game of "spot the cameo"). Overall, vastly better than the animated version, and a thoroughly enjoyable bit of light entertainment. After all, anything that combines a dig at the Turner Prize with an informed critique of the doner kebab can't be all bad. Give it a try- you might just agree that it is extremely funny.

Wow.

[cottonfluffs · 10/10 · 22 July 2013]

This film was so good that after watching only the first 20 seconds my eyes were glued to the screen. Literally. God came down from the heavens and instructed me to prove my faith by applying industrial strength adhesive to my eyes and sticking them to my television.

This is God's film.

Would you argue with God? That would make you a heathen. Therefore, if you do not like this film, you are a satanist and a heretic. Please send your name and address to IMDb's head office, so that I may turn up at your house, erect my wooden cross, to which you will be nailed and immolated.

I apologize for not being particularly insightful as to the content of this film, but in doing so I would be denying you the pleasure of watching it for yourself.

I had never been in love until I watched this film. I hereby declare that Bob Clark be crucified and his name be stripped from the bible. Ed Bye is our new lord and savior.

AVETE ADIPEM SLAGS. AVITE ADIPEM SLAGS. AVITE ADIPEM SLAGS.

Sassy

[cekadah · 9/10 · 11 July 2015]

Fiona Allen, Sophie Thompson make it work! This is just a silly sassy slapstick scatological comedy and it does just that! Fat Slags off-color humor is delightful, the girls Sandra & Tracy are a hoot to watch and follow through their 'Londun' found fame. The two guys that play the boyfriends are a riot to listen too.

Dirty nasty and self indulgence - with stupid funny comic like characters - I ask you, "What's not to like?" It has the lower end of "Ab Fab" all over it and "Ab Fab" was an international hit.

So 'good' for Ed Bye. I enjoyed these crazy fat b*tch*s and I'm sorry it took me 11 years to find it. UGH!