1 / 6
ERA
Did you know
Released 14 years ago.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Fat Kid Rules The World
2012 1h 39m EN
👍
6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 44
DramaComedy
Synopsis
Spoiler shield
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jacob Wysocki
Troy
Lili Simmons
Isabel
Matt O'Leary
Marcus
Billy Campbell
Mr. Billings
Vivan Dugré
Waitress
Brian Sutherland
Dino
Dylan Arnold
Dayle
Julian Gavilanes
Matt
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Matthew Lillard
- Writers
- Michael M.B. Galvin, Peter Speakman
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Matthew Lillard directs. Mike McCready scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Portuguese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 14 years ago.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.
- 3Original score by Mike McCready. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Jacob Wysocki and Lili Simmons and Matt O'Leary carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt1995304 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Original score
- Mike McCready
- Runtime
- 99 min · 1h 39m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Whitewater Films
US
Key crew
- ProducerTalan Torriero
- NovelK.L. Going
- ProducerJennifer Maas
- ProducerRick Rosenthal
- ProducerNick Morton
- ProducerMatthew Lillard
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2012-10-05R
