You have a good perspective of someone who overcome hardship and turned his life around. It is worth valuing and respecting such a good comeback from someone who was depressed and in a bad way at that time in life. That being said, Tony expected too much from these kids. Not everyone has the same willpower or ambition and you have to be able to identify who you are interacting with. People are different and come in all shapes and sizes, and they have different mindsets and even ways to approach things. Theres no one mold that everyone fits into. Sure the kids had that treasure trove of candy and snacks, but the fitness regimen was too hard too soon and cancelling lunch "due to lack of hustle" is pretty mean-spirited for an adult to treat a child. The original camp owners took too soft an approach, and Tony took too hard an approach to their weight loss. The kids needed a regimen that was more in the middle. Also keep in mind Tony had good intentions initially, but he lost his bananas near middle to end of the movie. He forced them to go on a wilderness hike with NO food and NO water, and then he told the campers "lets take a short meditation break and then we'll climb that 1,000 foot rock face over there with our bare hands and feet" WHAAAATT!!!!??? Thats straight up child endangerment at this point xDDDD he was the bad guy in this movie. He withheld the childs letters and read their mail, thats illegal. According to counselors and dialogue in the movie he cut corners financially at the camp. He invited the girls camp to a dance to humilate the boys, but when things turned positive and everyone began having a good time Tony literally cut the power and said "Dance is over, girls go home".
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