Pretty Good

I thought it was a pretty good telling of what it's like to be "the fat girl"; having someone moo when you walk by...horrifying! The disapproving looks; on the bus, in school, at the party...even if people didn't SAY anything their expression was enough to let you know what they thought. Even if they were nice to her face they (especially the guys) had to "save face" so they'd immediately cut her down the minute she turned her back, like the guy in the kitchen. I also liked how almost immediately when she was in the fat suit she was transformed emotionally. Even though she knew underneath she was a slim, pretty athlete she saw herself from THEIR point of view and it was painful from the get go.

I liked how the brother pointed out how pretty his sister is and how much this works in her favor, and how being fat worked against him, in that no matter how "good his personality was" people decided whether or not to like him before he said a word. Ramona's account of how difficult it must be to accept yourself when you're reminded 15 times a day that you should not. Very relatable to anyone who's endured the struggle.

Ironic how the girl thought she could just be "herself" fat and people would like her because her great personality would shine through. She was way off.

Interesting dynamic between her and her mom, while she's trying so hard to show empathy towards fat people she's hateful towards her mom for being fat. She was seriously conflicted. She went out of her way for this project, but didn't give her mom one ounce of credit.

I liked the girl who she partnered with on the project. She was very blunt, direct and honest. She did not speak in cliche's and did not try and gloss things over.

I thought this was pretty good, but maybe a little cheesy, some of the dialogue, cliche's, the relationship with the mother, the outbursts, very "lifetime television".

The last thing which I thought they missed was the "why". Although that was supposed to "wrap up the story" or be the whole point of the documentary. I didn't feel they barely touched on this. So why WERE people so openly cruel? Why ARE people so openly malicious? She touched on it for a second; that ANYONE can become fat and maybe people are deathly afraid of fat people because it's what they fear most, inability to be accepted, loved, respected, fit in...That's probably the worst nightmare of most people.

In general I thought it was pretty good.