Review of To Be Fat Like Me (2007) by Stephanie G — 30 Dec 2010

I liked this movie, I really did, but I felt like they could have pushed it so much further and done more with it. I guess thats lifetime for you. It did give thin people some idea of what bigger people deal with.

As an obese girl myself I know the struggles that come with being bigger and how other peoples prejudices/beliefs can come out as cruelty when they don't realise how hurtful their remarks are. I know alot of what was shown is true to life because I've seen friends being moo'ed at and people look down at me because I'm bigger.

I have never had a shop assistant snatch clothing off me because she thought I would stretch it though, and they would happily point me in the direction of a bigger store to shop in, but would never offer that information volunteerily in an insulting way.

This is a movie I would like my friends to consider watching because when I tell them about some of the things that happen to me they think I'm being paranoid and overdramatic, but it really really hurts.

Being overweight gives you less confidence and lowers your self esteem and when other people make comments you may turn to food for comfort, become too paranoid to go out, or exercise in public and in effect continue to put on more weight.

I think the only way someone can truely understand what it is like to be fat is to put on a fat suit like the girl in the movie did to get an insiders perspective.