Heavy

Heavy

1995 · 105 min · EN · R · 6.6 (61 votes)
Dir. James Mangold · Starring Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, Liv Tyler, Debbie Harry, Joe Grifasi, Evan Dando · Music Thurston Moore

He's a man so shy, he doesn't even think he deserves love…

DramaRomance

Victor is a cook who works in a greasy bar/restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college drop-out, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.

VIBE

A sticky, humid atmosphere hangs heavy in this greasy spoon diner. It's a portrait of quiet desperation and simmering, unspoken desires, where every glance feels loaded with the weight of unspoken longing and self-doubt.

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