Les hommes préfèrent les grosses

One of the best comedies I have ever seen.

This film brings together a range of colorful and believable characters to tell one universal story that we all know but sometimes forget: being average looking is not the problem, having low self-esteem is.

Well-rounded characters steal the spotlight, while the storyline flows perfectly. Nothing seems forced, no social observation is blown out of proportion, and even the supporting characters have a mind and life of their own. The characters are memorable, especially the women.

By the end, you feel better about yourself and most importantly, you want to share it with your girlfriends. Les hommes préfèrent les grosses is empowering for women, funny and clever.

Obviously not designed for international audience, this movie is underrated as an example of the french humor. Luis Rego is big fun, as usual, and in my opinion this is the very best movie (I hesitate for 'le père Noël est une ordure') for Josiane Balasko. This is a french movie, about french social relations ( we found another good example in 'elle court elle court la banlieue') and lodging in Paris. a disgraced lower middle-class girl ( Josiane Balasko) seeks love and shares a flat with a glamour model who don't care about feelings.... Seems a quite complicated story at first but easy to watch and understand while you are in. There is not too much vulgarity in this movie ( for a french one, I mean) and the jokes and humorous situations are most often very good. A special mention to Luis Rego and Xavier Saint Macary. Just put the DVD in the box, relax and laugh. Don't think further more forget your sorrows and have a good time, that is my advice. France can produce good comedy, this is a very good example

A fairly watchable comedy, mainly designed I think for French audiences and certainly with no international ambitions. Basically about relations between two girls living together, one of whom is rather plump ( Balasko ) and various male characters. It's quite entertaining but not a model of finesse. Anyway, I quite enjoyed it. Many of the actors are well-known figures of comedy in France today.