![]() ![]() ![]() One down, four to go in this moral-driven muscial, which caps off each spoiled brat’s exit with an Oompa Loompa jingle. The kids on this list may be ridiculed for their ample waistlines, but none are as punished for their appetites as Augustus Gloop (Michael Bollner), the German candy lover whose thirst for chocolate sends him tumbling into a river of the stuff, only to wind up lodged in a drainage pipe. Michael Bollner in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). The pair of chocolate lovers are the ones who save their pals in a pinch, exemplifying the film’s underdog cheerleading. Chunk, after all, is the character who frees and befriends gentle giant Sloth (John Matuszak), thanks to a mutual affinity for the ecstasy of Baby Ruth bars. He may not be the most efficient explorer, but it’s pretty tough to hate on Lawrence “Chunk” Cohen, the pudgy member of the titular gang in Richard Donner’s The Goonies. See which cake-loving whippersnappers we corralled for this list, a celebration of the filmic fat kid. It’s an archetype particularly common in kids movies, where the themes are as light-hearted as the bullies are nasty. Cinema wasn’t always keen on putting plus-size players in front of the camera, but as the medium evolved, so did the exposure, and overweight characters, however often ridiculed, became the kind of scene-stealers viewers grow to love. Rising star Jacob Wysocki plays the beefy protagonist, bringing to life the kind of character who’s notoriously, historically sidelined. ![]() Matthew Lillard joins the ever-growing line of actors-turned-directors this weekend with Fat Kid Rules the World, an adaptation of KL Going’s young adult novel about a suicidal, 296-pound teen who finds salvation in rock music. ![]()
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