I know this flick is not made for adults, and certainly not for film critics. There is a lot of that in Heavyweights. And a lot of fat jokes. And a lot of revenge when the heavyweights take action against the skinny kids. The timing of the pratfalls lacks energy and imagination.
Jokes go clunk on the screen.
Ben Stiller plays his cretinous character as a cross between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Freddy Kreuger. It's not a pretty sight. Meanwhile, audiences are rebelling against stupidity. When I went to this movie Friday night at the Sheraton Cinemas, there were nine paying customers in the cavernous theatres. One of them laughed out loud one single time during the whole movie.