Rating: PG
Genre:
Children's/Family
Theatrical Release: 12/25/2004(USA)
Release Date: 08/14/2007
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS/DD2
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Flags: Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Bill Cosby's gang of childhood pals evolve from
standup comedy to an
animated cartoon series to real life in this family-friendly
comedy.
Doris (
Kyla Pratt) is a teenager who doesn't fit in with most of her classmates at school, has been depressed since the death of her grandfather, and is disturbed by her foster sister's willingness to remake herself in order to be popular. One of
Doris' few solaces comes from watching reruns of the
animated television series
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, and one day while watching the show she starts to cry, with a tear dropping into her remote. The tear draws big-hearted (and just plain big)
Fat Albert (
Kenan Thompson) from the
animated universe into
Doris' real world in hopes of cheering her up and helping her deal with her problems. As
Fat Albert and his pals --
Rudy (
Shedrack Anderson III),
Bucky (
Alphonso McAuley),
Mushmouth (
Jermaine Williams),
Weird Harold (
Aaron A. Frazier),
Dumb Donald (
Marques B. Houston), and
Bill (
Keith D. Robinson) -- adapt to the three-dimensional world and try to teach
Doris to believe in herself, they learn that traveling back to the
animated world is harder than they thought, which becomes alarming when they start to fade away. The real world also poses some new dilemmas for
Fat Albert when he falls in love with
Doris' foster sister,
Lauri (
Dania Ramirez).
Bill Cosby co-authored the screenplay for
Fat Albert, using his full name,
William H. Cosby Jr., and collaborating with
Charles Kipps; the project was begun with
Forest Whitaker as director, who left midway through shooting, with
Joel Zwick taking over in his place.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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