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200 Pounds Beauty
Why this pick
Like Love on a Diet, it wraps body-image pain and a search for self-worth in a buoyant, crowd-pleasing romance-comedy, while leaving room for genuine emotional vulnerability.
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MOVIE2001 1h 34m HKG
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Mini Mo (Sammi Cheng) is a Hong Kong resident living in Japan. She suffers from Major depressive disorder, low self-esteem and a binge eating disorder – the result which sees her suffers from extreme obesity. A suicide attempt causes her to meet Fatso (Andy Lau), a Hong Kong salesman working in Japan who is also obese.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Andy Lau
Fatso