Fat Girl: The Criterion Collection [Blu-ray] Reviews

The loss of a underaged girl's virginity and the love and rivalry between sisters aren’t always detailed as flagrantly yet as dispassionately as it is in Catherine Breillat’s Fat Girl. Most films take an either/or approach in dealing with sibling relationships, particularly if the siblings are close together in age, but here the affection between the sisters is just as important as their displeasure with one another. The problem with the film, however, lies in the tone of Breillat’s story and its ultimate lack of development. Feelings are spoken of but not delved into much, and there’s an undeniable paucity of expansion in terms of plotting and characterization. The film seems more an outline than a finished work, and it’s a mostly unsatisfying experience in spite of some provocative elements and the potential for something greater to have come out of the raw elements which are present.

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