DramaRomance

Heavy

- He's a man so shy, he doesn't even think he deserves love…

Victor is a cook who works in a greasy roadside restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college dropout, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.

Release Date : 1995-12-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Available Light

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Victor Modino

Original Name : Pruitt Taylor Vince

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dolly Modino

Original Name : Shelley Winters

Gender : Female

Character Name : Callie

Original Name : Liv Tyler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Delores

Original Name : Debbie Harry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Leo

Original Name : Joe Grifasi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeff

Original Name : Evan Dando

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grey Man in Hospital

Original Name : David Patrick Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Darlene

Original Name : Marian Quinn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Donna

Original Name : Meg Hartig

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jean

Original Name : Zandy Hartig

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tony

Original Name : Peter Ortel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orderly

Original Name : George Alvarez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Cordis Heard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gas Man

Original Name : J.C. MacKenzie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sonny

Original Name : Allan D'Arcangelo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trucker (uncredited)

Original Name : Scott Ambrozy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trucker (uncredited)

Original Name : Vince Parenti

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2024-05-16

**_Psychological study of “normal folks” at a rural bar/restaurant_** In southeast New York, near the border of Pennsylvania, a shy tavern cook (Pruitt Taylor Vince) is concerned about his weight after finding himself attracted to the new server, a drop-out college student (Liv Tyler). The other worker, an aging blonde (Deborah Harry), naturally feels threatened by her. Shelley Winters plays the matriarch and Joe Grifasi a drunk that hangs out at the pub. "Heavy" (1995) has been called the “Marty” of the ’90s. I’ve never seen that one, but it stars Ernest Borgnine in a role similar to the protagonist here. While this is a character study of Victor, it also evaluates Del (Harry, aka Blondie); and the others to a lesser extent. Del is closing in on 50 years-old, but was surely stunning back in the day. She’s left to making a living at a small-time tavern with romantic options limited to a garrulous alcoholic and a quiet mama’s boy. Obviously, this is not a flick for people who require an explosion every ten minutes to keep their attention (not that there’s anything wrong with that, lol). It’s a mundane drama about regular people and the social dynamics thereof — their (boring) daily lives, hopes, fears, regrets, grievances and lamentations. In part, it’s about people who have been caged so long they no longer know how to be free. It’s similar in tone to other 90’s dramas like "Sling Blade," which came out the next year, and “Limbo” (1999). While it lacks the survival element of the latter, does it really? The frontman of The Pixies was approached to play the part of Victor, but he declined, saying he wasn’t interested in playing such a character. Regardless, he would’ve fit the role. The movie runs 1 hour, 44 minutes, and was shot in southeast New York at Barryville (Victor’s house); five miles northeast of there in Highland Lake (the tavern); across the border of Barryville in Shohola, Pennsylvania (the bridge); and 80 miles northeast of that area in Hyde Park, NY, on the Huson River (Culinary Institute). GRADE: B