Kenan Thompson,
Kyla Pratt,
Shedrack Anderson III,
Jermaine Williams,
Keith Robinson
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Bill Cosby's gang of childhood pals evolve from standup comedy to an animated cartoon series to real life in this family-friendly comedy. Doris (Kyla Pratt) is a teenager who doesn't fit in with most ... read more
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Release Date: December 25, 2004
Keywords:
live action,
bill cosby,
kenan thompson,
fat albert,
real world,,
Times New Roman,
Bill Cosby ,
Kenan Thompson ,
Fat Albert
DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005
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July 24, 2011Bill Cosby was the producer for this film, I believe, and it's definitely not his best or funniest work, but FAT ALBERT as a live-action adaptation is silly, cute, and it satisfied me well enough.
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June 9, 2011it stays faithful to the source material and the end result is a good, entertaining, and funny film.
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February 4, 2011I should hate this movie.. But I love the crap out of it. It's hilarious, I LOVE it! You have to see this.
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September 26, 2010fb733768972Fast Albert is a guilty pleasure comedy that I find myself loving, even if it is way over the top and makes the cartoon look like a child drew it. It's hilarious and actually manages to pull off a decent story. I really enjoy watching this live action version of Fat Albert!
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July 9, 2007They wrecked the plot. Rather than doing a live-action adtaptation of the Fat Albert characters in their New York setting, they have them as fiction characters, which a troubled girl summons from her television set to seek guidance. It's so lame. Once the Fat Albert gang enters o... read more
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May 5, 2007it was good, to watch it on a sunday afternoon with the family. good cast and good adaptation from the cartoon
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Critic Reviews
May 20, 2008
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
January 5, 2005
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
The sermonizing on behalf of good clean fun and hard old effort (Cosby co-wrote the script) is as faded as Big Al's sweater after too many days on earth. Full Review
December 27, 2004
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
Every move toward promoting acceptance of differences comes with a conflicting idea. Full Review
December 24, 2004
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fat Albert manages to talk down to two generations of pop-cult consumers - the Boomers and the Gen-Xers - while leaving no reason for their uncategorized offspring to join in on the Hey! Hey! Hey! cha... Full Review
December 24, 2004
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Not much of a movie, but maybe it'll shame TV Land into putting the gang back on the tube. Full Review
December 24, 2004
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
With its chronic product placement, including a sledgehammer ad for the original series on DVD, Fat Albert seems to center on helping kids become better shoppers rather than better people. Full Review
December 24, 2004
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
A 10-minute cartoon expanded into an especially long and deadly after-school special.
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