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| name = Chubby Funny
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| director = Harry Michell
| director = Harry Michell
| producer = {{plainlist|
| producer = {{plainlist|
* [[Ahmad Ahmadzadeh]]
* Ahmad Ahmadzadeh{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
* [[Vanessa Ford]]
* Vanessa Ford
* [[Samuel Hyatt-Twynam]]
* [[Samuel Hyatt-Twynam]]
* [[Kevin Loader]]
* [[Kevin Loader]]
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| released = {{Film date|2016|09|28|Dinard Festival of British Cinema|2017|06|30|ref1=<ref>{{cite web |title=CHUBBY FUNNY {{!}} British Board of Film Classification |url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/chubby-funny-film |website=www.bbfc.co.uk |accessdate=6 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>|df=y}}
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| runtime = 89 minutes<ref>{{cite web |last1=Michell |first1=Harry |title=Chubby Funny |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5197742 |website=IMDb |accessdate=6 June 2018 |date=30 June 2017}}</ref>
| runtime = 89 minutes<ref>{{cite web |last1=Michell |first1=Harry |title=Chubby Funny |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5197742 |website=IMDb |accessdate=6 June 2018 |date=30 June 2017}}</ref>
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'''''Chubby Funny''''' is a 2016 British [[comedy-drama]] film, directed and written by Harry Michell. Michell also stars in the film alongside [[Augustus Prew]] and Isabella Laughland. The film premiered at LOCO London Comedy Film Festival at [[BFI Southbank]] on Saturday 6th May 2017. It was produced by Free Range Films, Aimimage Productions and Guinea Pig Productions.
'''''Chubby Funny''''' is a 2016 British [[comedy-drama]] film, directed and written by Harry Michell. Michell also stars in the film alongside [[Augustus Prew]] and [[Isabella Laughland]]. The film premiered at LOCO London Comedy Film Festival at [[BFI Southbank]] on Saturday 6 May 2017. It was produced by Free Range Films, Aimimage Productions and Guinea Pig Productions.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
<div class="div-col columns column-count column-count-2" style="-moz-column-count: 2; -webkit-column-count: 2; column-count: 2;">
* Harry Michell as Oscar
* Harry Michell as Oscar
* [[Augustus Prew]] as Charlie
* [[Augustus Prew]] as Charlie
* Isabella Laughland as Sophie
* [[Isabella Laughland]] as Sophie
* [[Jeff Rawle|Jeff Rawl]] as Michael
* [[Jeff Rawle|Jeff Rawl]] as Michael
* Jack Cooper Stimpson as Peter
* Jack Cooper Stimpson as Peter
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* [[Anna Maxwell Martin]] as Sally
* [[Anna Maxwell Martin]] as Sally
* [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]] as Director
* [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]] as Director
{{div col end}}
</div>


== Production ==
== Production ==


''Chubby Funny'' is directed by Harry Michell who also wrote and stars in the film. It is his debut feature as a director and was produced through Aimimage Productions, along with Free Range Films and Guinea Pig Productions. They claimed that for the low budget comedy their production base was a pub.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/59537db954d72|title=Chubby Funny filmmakers: “Our production base was a pub”|website=BFI|language=en|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref>
''Chubby Funny'' is directed by Harry Michell who also wrote and stars in the film. It is his debut feature as a director and was produced through Aimimage Productions, along with Free Range Films and Guinea Pig Productions. They claimed that for the low budget comedy their production base was a pub.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/59537db954d72|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717163139/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/59537db954d72|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2017|title=Chubby Funny filmmakers: "Our production base was a pub"|website=BFI|language=en|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref>


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
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== Release ==
== Release ==
''Chubby Funny'' received its official UK premiere at the LOCO Comedy Film Festival on the 6 May 2017.<ref name="LOCO">{{cite web|url=http://locofilmfestival.com/programme/chubby-funny/|title=CHUBBY FUNNY - LOCO LONDON COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL|website=LOCO LONDON COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref> The film also screened at [[East End Film Festival]] on 16 June 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-archive/chubby-funny/|title=Chubby Funny - East End Film Festival|website=East End Film Festival|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref> and was in competition at Dinard Film Festival 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.festivaldufilm-dinard.com/en/film/chubby-funny-2/|title=Chubby Funny|website=Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref> It was released in select cinemas on 30 June 2017 including Picturehouse Central in London and at the [[Glasgow Film Theatre]].<ref name="Aimimage">{{cite web|url=https://aimimage.com/chubby-funny-is-here/|title=Chubby Funny is here!!! - Aimimage|date=30 June 2017|website=Aimimage|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref> It was also shown at at Kinokulture cinema in Shropshire, the Errol Flynn Filmhouse in Northampton, and at [[Latitude Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thevelvetonion.com/2017/07/04/chubby-funny-out-now/|title=Chubby Funny out now!|date=4 July 2017|website=The Velvet Onion|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref>
''Chubby Funny'' received its official UK premiere at the LOCO Comedy Film Festival on the 6 May 2017.<ref name="LOCO">{{cite web|url=http://locofilmfestival.com/programme/chubby-funny/|title=CHUBBY FUNNY - LOCO LONDON COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL|website=LOCO LONDON COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref> The film also screened at [[East End Film Festival]] on 16 June 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-archive/chubby-funny/|title=Chubby Funny - East End Film Festival|website=East End Film Festival|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref> and was in competition at Dinard Film Festival 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.festivaldufilm-dinard.com/en/film/chubby-funny-2/|title=Chubby Funny|website=Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref> It was released in select cinemas on 30 June 2017 including Picturehouse Central in London and at the [[Glasgow Film Theatre]].<ref name="Aimimage">{{cite web|url=https://aimimage.com/chubby-funny-is-here/|title=Chubby Funny is here!!! - Aimimage|date=30 June 2017|website=Aimimage|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref> It was also shown at Kinokulture cinema in Shropshire, the Errol Flynn Filmhouse in Northampton, and at [[Latitude Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thevelvetonion.com/2017/07/04/chubby-funny-out-now/|title=Chubby Funny out now!|date=4 July 2017|website=The Velvet Onion|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref>


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
Chubby Funny was been met with a positive critical response and award nominations.
Chubby Funny was met with a positive critical response and award nominations.
*[[Peter Bradshaw]] of [[The Guardian|''The Guardian'']] called it a "terrifically funny post-Withnail satire"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/29/chubby-funny-review-terrifically-funny-post-withnail-satire|title=Chubby Funny review – terrifically funny post-Withnail satire|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|date=29 June 2017|work=the Guardian|accessdate=6 June 2018|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' called it a "terrifically funny post-Withnail satire"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/29/chubby-funny-review-terrifically-funny-post-withnail-satire|title=Chubby Funny review – terrifically funny post-Withnail satire|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|date=29 June 2017|work=The Guardian|accessdate=6 June 2018|language=en}}</ref>
*Jamie Graham of ''[[Total Film]]'' described it as “a potent cocktail of mirth and melancholy".
*Jamie Graham of ''[[Total Film]]'' described it as “a potent cocktail of mirth and melancholy".
*[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] said of Oscar that "he’ll make you cringe and concur in equal measure"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/chubby-funny|title=Chubby Funny|last1=Walker-Arnott|first1=Alice|website=Time Out London|language=en|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' said of Oscar that "he’ll make you cringe and concur in equal measure"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/chubby-funny|title=Chubby Funny|last1=Walker-Arnott|first1=Alice|website=Time Out London|language=en|accessdate=6 June 2018}}</ref>
*Harry Michell's debut feature earned him a nomination for 'Most Promising Newcomer' in the [[British Independent Film Awards 2017]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominations {{!}} The Awards {{!}} BIFA |url=https://www.bifa.film/awards/nominations/2017/best-documentary#most-promising-newcomer |website=www.bifa.film |accessdate=6 June 2018 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*Harry Michell's debut feature earned him a nomination for 'Most Promising Newcomer' in the [[British Independent Film Awards 2017]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominations {{!}} The Awards {{!}} BIFA |url=https://www.bifa.film/awards/nominations/2017/best-documentary#most-promising-newcomer |website=www.bifa.film |accessdate=6 June 2018 |language=en-gb}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 20:48, 11 December 2023

Chubby Funny
Directed byHarry Michell
Written byHarry Michell
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyCraig Dean Devine
Edited byDylan Holmes Williams
Production
companies
Release dates
  • 28 September 2016 (2016-09-28) (Dinard Festival of British Cinema)[1]
  • 30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)
Running time
89 minutes[2]

Chubby Funny is a 2016 British comedy-drama film, directed and written by Harry Michell. Michell also stars in the film alongside Augustus Prew and Isabella Laughland. The film premiered at LOCO London Comedy Film Festival at BFI Southbank on Saturday 6 May 2017. It was produced by Free Range Films, Aimimage Productions and Guinea Pig Productions.

Plot

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Oscar is an aspirational young actor living with his friend and fellow-thespian Charlie. Their twenty-something friendship dynamic is put under strain when Charlie lands a part in a Shakespeare play while Oscar endures a succession of less-than-glamorous role offers and a part-time job as a door-to-door paid fundraiser. Oscar's family life is depicted as unstable and competitive while his love life puts his friendship under more strain as a potential girlfriend chooses the consistently fortunate Charlie over him. Rejecting the support and romantic advances from his friend Sophie casts Oscar in a dim light although his efforts to assist a local shop keeper clean up his store after an attack by vandals acts as a meaningful act of redemption. Oscar and Charlie decide to move out of the shared flat although and in doing so may save their friendship. It is left open ended as to whether Oscar will continue acting having been typecast as the 'chubby funny' sort which he is initially resentful of although the film ends with a job offer.

Cast

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Production

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Chubby Funny is directed by Harry Michell who also wrote and stars in the film. It is his debut feature as a director and was produced through Aimimage Productions, along with Free Range Films and Guinea Pig Productions. They claimed that for the low budget comedy their production base was a pub.[3]

Soundtrack

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Chubby Funny's soundtrack is notable for the use of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 4 in C minor throughout as an underscore. This also becomes a device in Oscar's developing relationship with the shop keeper as they debate which symphony is being played on the radio in the newsagents.

The filmmakers also included a number of young British artists in the film including Hannah Heartshape, Joyshop and Xylaroo.

Release

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Chubby Funny received its official UK premiere at the LOCO Comedy Film Festival on the 6 May 2017.[4] The film also screened at East End Film Festival on 16 June 2017[5] and was in competition at Dinard Film Festival 2016.[6] It was released in select cinemas on 30 June 2017 including Picturehouse Central in London and at the Glasgow Film Theatre.[7] It was also shown at Kinokulture cinema in Shropshire, the Errol Flynn Filmhouse in Northampton, and at Latitude Festival.[8]

Reception

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Chubby Funny was met with a positive critical response and award nominations.

References

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  1. ^ "CHUBBY FUNNY | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ^ Michell, Harry (30 June 2017). "Chubby Funny". IMDb. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Chubby Funny filmmakers: "Our production base was a pub"". BFI. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ^ "CHUBBY FUNNY - LOCO LONDON COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL". LOCO LONDON COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Chubby Funny - East End Film Festival". East End Film Festival. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Chubby Funny". Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Chubby Funny is here!!! - Aimimage". Aimimage. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Chubby Funny out now!". The Velvet Onion. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (29 June 2017). "Chubby Funny review – terrifically funny post-Withnail satire". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  10. ^ Walker-Arnott, Alice. "Chubby Funny". Time Out London. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Nominations | The Awards | BIFA". www.bifa.film. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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