Fat Kid Rules the World
An overweight teen with no friends puts his planned suicide on hold after he is taken under the wing of an older yet unstable punk rocker in this tender adaptation of K.L. Going's award-winning young adult novel.
Troy Billings (Jacob Wysocki) is a misfit with a weight problem. He's hatched a plan to end it all when out of the blue he meets 18-year-old non-conformist Marcus Macrae (Matt O'Leary), whose devil-may-care attitude gives Troy an optimistic new outlook on life. Troy's merciful reprieve from depression meets an unexpected challenge, however, when his strict father (Billy Campbell) deems Markus a druggie troublemaker and forbids the two from being friends. Fat Kid Rules the World is the feature directorial debut of longtime actor Matthew Lillard (Scream, Scooby-Doo).
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Where it played at Laemmle — 5 engagements
- North HollywoodNoHo 7Fri, Oct 12 – Thu, Oct 18, 2012 · 1 week
- ClaremontClaremont 5Wed, Aug 22 – Wed, Aug 22, 2012 · 1 day
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Thu, Aug 16 – Thu, Aug 16, 2012 · 1 day
- Beverly HillsLumiere Music HallMon, Jul 30 – Mon, Jul 30, 2012 · 1 day
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Thu, Jul 12 – Thu, Jul 12, 2012 · 1 day