Fat Albert (2004)

Director:

Joel Zwick

Writers (WGA):

Bill Cosby (written by) &
Charles Kipps (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Hey! Hey! Hey! Christmas Day

Plot:

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.

Plot Keywords:

Television | Obese | Animated Sequence | Junkyard | Party

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kenan Thompson	...	Fat Albert
Kyla Pratt	...	Doris
Dania Ramirez	...	Lauri
Shedrack Anderson III	...	Rudy
Aaron Frazier	...	Old Weird Harold (as Aaron A. Frazier)
Marques Houston	...	Dumb Donald (as Marques B. Houston)
Alphonso McAuley	...	Bucky
Keith Robinson	...	Bill (as Keith D. Robinson)
Jermaine Williams	...	Mushmouth
Aaron Carter	...	Teen
Omarion Grandberry	...	Reggie (as Omari Grandberry)
J. Mack Slaughter	...	Arthur (as J. Mack Slaughter Jr.)
Nick Zano	...	Camera Salesman
Annie Abbott	...	Mrs. Forchick
Alice Greczyn	...	Becky

MPAA:

Rated PG for momentary language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #41330) | UK:U | South Korea:All | Norway:7 (TV rating) | Australia:G | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Some of the characters in the movie take their names from Bill Cosby's old sketches, such as his girlfriend's name of Doris, his running track at Temple and high jumping, and the "Buck, Buck" sketch that opens the cartoon part of the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Albert is skateboarding back to Doris's apartment, there's a parked DHL truck in one shot, in the next shot, it's further away.

Quotes:

Doris: Fat Albert, wait! I finally figured out who you remind me of. You remind me of my grandfather.
Fat Albert: Hey, hey, hey, that's a nice thing to say.

Movie Connections:

References Garfield (2004)

Soundtrack:

Dancin' in the Moonlight

A refreshing break from all the raunchy "kids" movies out there.

For the most part, when "family" and "movie" are right next to each other in the same sentence, my first instinct is to run as fast as I can the other way. But with a movie pass about to expire, and nothing else in the theater that piqued my interest (Christmas With the Kranks? NO THANK YOU!), I sat down in my seat with no expectations. I haven't seen the original TV series in years, but I've always been a big fan of Bill Cosby, and I was immediately put at ease when the credit "Written by Bill Cosby" came up. Bill's script keeps the spirit of the original characters intact, and incorporates them into the real world without an overkill of "Oh, wow! Things are so different now!" style of jokes. This movie is made for kids, not at kids. Things are kept simple without being condescending, and at no time will adults have to talk their way out of explaining something "adult" to the kiddies. In the end, while this movie won't win any technical or artistic awards, it's still a fun little movie that the whole family can enjoy, and for once, that's a good thing. B-plus.