I would agree with mist of the comments, I really fail to see how (maybe intentionally) you completely miss the point of this story. Either that, or you really are the troll yourself, and shouldn’t be reviewing movies as another poster said.

I think you feel for the character from the beginning. I did. Maybe the issue is you, not the movie.

You should probably not be reviewing movies. Your review, with diction common to all pseudo-intellectuals, is more telling of the review author than of the movie itself.

You say the movie paints Charlie as grotesque, and the twist is that he is a human after all. However, if you truly came to this movie without bias, you would not have precieve the filmmakers’ intention as such. The movie portrays him as a stalwart optomist, who is consumed with regret. His coping mechanism has resulted in every day tasks becoming monumental feats. If you believe this elicits contempt rather than sorrow and sympathy, perhaps you should examine your state of mind.

This was an honest and compassionate movie, and I hope other audience members can, unlike you, check their fat-phobic biases at the door.

By the way you’re a bad critic it you can’t accurately summerize the movie in one sentence. It’s a movie about regret and a Hail Mary at redemption.

Dreadful movie

Tell me you’ve never read Moby Dick without telling me you’ve never read Moby Dick