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Weight Watchers Anonymous meets the Pharmacologists Guild of America


Society in danger of being upturned by the rampant unchecked distribution of "bennies, goodies & phenos" If you were to take this film seriously it would seem to be a PR disaster for both weight-watch groups & the pharmaceutical industry. Flat & woodenly acted, ludicrous plot. Painfully few bright spots aside from the cameos of the never to be seen again Mildred Davis whose Tesse T Tesse is wonderfully sassy whilst at the same time self-mocking. The total insignificance of this backblock production allows the film-makers to get away with some risquéness & glimpsed nudity in the steam box & the pool scenes.

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