Synopsis
Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams. With the rent unpaid, the bailiffs at the door and Ken's dreams in tatters, Daisy sets out to bring home the bacon and gets a job in the local factory. There she meets Marlene and half a dozen other large women who are all united in a secret passion - Sumo wrestling! Ken doesn't know what's hit him.
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Cast
- Charlotte BrittainDaisy / Great White Jellyfish
- Lee RossKen
- Annette BadlandMarlene / Priestress of Elements
- James WootonBilly
- Charles DalePaul
- Lisa RileyBeth Trailor / Amazon Woman No. 1
- Rachel SmithSue
- Sharon DuceJanice
- Kate FitzgeraldMrs Selby
- Claire CathcartPygmy Hippo
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Charmingly eccentric light comedy. - 63
New York Post
A rare film that depicts a skinny male in a relationship with a plus-size woman. And, small wonder, Brittain's sweet charisma makes her the most lovable big woman on screen since Lynn Redgrave in "Georgy Girl." - 50
The New York Times
Has the scruffy charm you expect from this kind of picture, and some admirable feminist pluck. But the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin, and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed. - 50
New York Daily News
On my list of favorite sports, I rank sumo wrestling just ahead of the truck pull, so I'm not a prime candidate for a "Full Monty" wanna-be about female sumo wrestlers. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Energetic acting helps compensate for a contrived script and directing that's sometimes as heavy as its cheerfully rotund characters. - 50
Village Voice
There's a certain gutsy allure to the wildly improbable proceedings. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Too daft by half -- it might have been better if Ken were less loony, especially because his nuttiness verges on implying that loons love large women -- but supremely good natured. - 40
The A.V. Club
A feeble and self-congratulatory heart-warmer.
