Fat Albert

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Fat Albert

PG

Released Dec 25, 2004

1h 33m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Animated character Fat Albert (Kenan Thompson) emerges from his TV universe into the real world, accompanied by Old Weird Harold (Aaron Frazier), Dumb Donald (Marques B. Houston) and Mushmouth (Jermaine Williams). Though the gang is flabbergasted by the modern world, they make new friends, and Albert attempts to help young Doris (Kyla Pratt) become popular. But things get complicated when Albert falls for her older sister, Lauri (Dania Ramirez), and must turn to creator Bill Cosby for advice.

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Critics Consensus

A bland but good-natured adaptation of the cartoon show.

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Time Out

A lot like the comedian's best work: amusing, appropriate for kids, and far more spiritually nourishing and less insulting than typical Hollywood fare.

Nov 17, 2011

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Cosby cartoon comes to life in tween-centered story.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 24, 2010

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

At the end of this weak comedy is a strange and touching scene in which Bill Cosby and his childhood pals from Philadelphia, now elderly men, gather at the grave of Albert Robertson, the real-life inspiration for Cosby's bighearted Fat Albert.

May 20, 2008

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

This is the first time in a long time I wanted to tap out of a movie.

Nov 15, 2019

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A bad movie, but I've seen much worse.

Apr 29, 2009

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Cole Smithey

Daily Radar

Director Joel Zwick ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding") helms this redundant and distinctively shabby movie that wasn't even filmed in Philly.

Rated: D

Apr 16, 2009

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Tiffani L

Love it hilarious awesome funny

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Tiffany B

20 years later and this movie still makes me smile and laugh. Every character was perfectly matched and storyline was great. Great touch to have the real life people of character at the end.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/13/24

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Brianna B

I remember really liking this movie when it came out but revisiting it recently it's pretty bad.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/24

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Kazall R

When the only highlight is the animation style of the cartoon dimension you know that movie is that poor. Fat Albert is a dry, tedious, underdeveloped kid-friendly comedy is little-no charm for the original cartoon.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/24

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Damon A

Fat Albert the movie is utterly ridiculous but overflowing with joy. I had a smile on my face the whole time. The casting was excellent, and I loved it everytime the gang broke into a song or dance. The film is total fluff, but it delivers on the promised good time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/12/23

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Ash P

Honestly, watching it again after nearly ten years this had been out and well, it's your average bad. The movie is faithful to its source material with the moral and the messaging as the show does. Give Kenan credit that he plays a good Fat Albert, the rest of the cast are either a hit or miss and honestly, had some good laughs as this is a comedy. A couple of interesting points but the script wasn't that great especially having to bring in a love interest subpar which doesn't fit well. This movie could work well for young kids and maybe for those who grew up with the show, and before you ask, no, I didn't grew up with the show, sadly. 4/10.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/09/23

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Synopsis

Animated character Fat Albert (Kenan Thompson) emerges from his TV universe into the real world, accompanied by Old Weird Harold (Aaron Frazier), Dumb Donald (Marques B. Houston) and Mushmouth (Jermaine Williams). Though the gang is flabbergasted by the modern world, they make new friends, and Albert attempts to help young Doris (Kyla Pratt) become popular. But things get complicated when Albert falls for her older sister, Lauri (Dania Ramirez), and must turn to creator Bill Cosby for advice.

Director: Joel Zwick
Screenwriter: Lowell Ganz, Bill Cosby
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Davis Entertainment
Rating: PG (Momentary Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $48.1M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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