Heavy (1995)

Director: James Mangold
Writer: James Mangold
Cast: Pruitt Taylor Vince, Liv Tyler, Shelley Winters, Deborah Harry, Joe Grifasi
Genre: Drama, Romance

Heavy is something as fresh as ordinary people portrayed when an extraordinary element is introduced into their life, without going stir-crazy and trow itself all overboard. Taylor Vince is brilliant as the overweight Victor, Tyler does well as Callie and both Harry and Winters is in their parts, as we get the story about how life at a small restaurant changes when the young and beautiful Callie arrives to change the fauna.

James Mangold have both written and directed this little brilliant movie, with great care for all its main characters, great knowledge of small town life and with small important character-driving changes thrown out there throughout the movie. He doesn't get carried away driving it into a commercial lane, but stays put with focus on the story he tries to tell. If more movies was made with the same talent and care, the industry would again bloom.