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A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 19%, Metacritic 33/100. Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. Most of the 371 1990s fantasy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes19%
Metacritic33/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
694 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom HollandDirector
- Tom HollandScreenplay
- Michael McDowellScreenplay
- Daniel LichtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert John BurkeBilly Halleck
- Michael ConstantineTadzu Lempke
- Lucinda JenneyHeidi Halleck
- Kari WührerGina Lempke
- John HortonCary Rossington
- Sam FreedMike Houston
- Daniel von BargenDuncan Hopley
- Joe MantegnaRichie Ginelli
- Elizabeth FranzLeda Rossington
- Walter BobbieKirk Penschley
- Bethany Joy LenzLinda Halleck
- Time WintersProsecutor
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Themes
based on novel or bookcursefat suitdisturbedbody horror