Heavy . Tucson Weekly . 08-29-96

Heavy

DIRECTED BY: James Mangold

REVIEWED: 08-29-96

A thoughtful, achingly sad film about an overweight pizza cook who falls in love with a teenage girl, played by supermodel Liv Tyler. Sparse dialogue, dull, cluttered sets and a pathologically shy hero help this movie live up to its name. Livening up the melancholy mood are great performances by Shelley Winters, Debbie Harry and Pruitt Taylor Vince, who is amazing as the pizza cook Victor.

--Stacey Richter

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