Fat Albert

2004
PG
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

4.4/10

13K

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Comedy Family Fantasy Romance

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.

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IMDb RATING

4.4/10

13K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations

Reggie
(as Omari Grandberry)

Marques Houston

Dumb Donald
(as Marques B. Houston)

Dania Ramirez

Lauri

Shedrack Anderson III

Rudy

Aaron Frazier

Old Weird Harold
(as Aaron A. Frazier)

Alphonso McAuley

Bucky

Keith D. Robinson

Bill

Jermaine Williams

Mushmouth

Aaron Carter

Teen

J. Mack Slaughter

Arthur
(as J. Mack Slaughter Jr.)

Nick Zano

Camera Salesman

Annie Abbott

Mrs. Forchick

Alice Greczyn

Becky

Rick Overton

Coach Gillespie

Keri Lynn Pratt

Heather

Fonzworth Bentley

Salesman
(as Derek 'Mr. Bentley' Watkins)

Director
- Joel Zwick
Writers
- Bill Cosby
- Charles Kipps
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
An open casting call was held in both New York and Los Angeles in hopes to cast an unknown kid actor for the role of Fat Albert. After the exhaustive search in both cities proved futile, the producers offered the part to Kenan Thompson.

Goofs
Cable stations such as TVLand do not interrupt their broadcasts for special news reports.

Quotes
Fat Albert: You can't let fear keep you from caring about someone, because, caring about someone... is wonderful! A person you think about, and they think about you, and you both know you're thinking of each other... , and it's just fantastic to know that there is somebody out there in the world thinking about you.

Crazy credits
As the end credits begin, the animated Fat Albert starts to sing the title song again. Suddenly the live action Fat Albert bursts halfway through the picture, 'looking out' at the audience and picking out audience members, saying that he has to stop the movie so he can help them and telling one guy in the back getting out of his seat that he needs to stick around for the end credits. At this point the cartoon versions of the Cosby Kids finally manage to pull Albert back into their world, and the end credits continue.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Assassination of Richard Nixon/Meet the Fockers/Fat Albert (2004)

Soundtracks
Fat Albert TV Theme
Written by Ricky Sheldon and Ed Fournier (as Edward Martin Fournier)
Produced by Damon Elliott for Elliott Entertainment, Inc.

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Should have stayed with the 1970's format!

This is a typical Hollywood made American made piece of crap. The famous cartoon from 1972-1984 had the right formula to amuse kids. This film has a bunch of hip-hop crap, and the worst is that its not animated anymore. The acting is decent. I just wonder how Bill Cosby material has sunk this far. So to those of you whom have kids, buy the original animated series from Time/Life Books and videos. This film would have much more wider appeal had it been down with a 70's style music score without all of the 21st century effects. The scenes in the school are preety funny, the script is shallow and unworthy of a Bill Cosby stamp of approval. There are a few funny scenes. But unfortunately the 2004 setting is very lame and flat compared to the original 70's format.