Dom DeLuise stars as Domenick DiNapoli, an overweight New Yorker, being pressured by his cousin Antoinette (Anne Bancroft) to lose weight, after the premature death of his morbidly obese cousin Sal. With the help of Chubby Checkers, a Weight Watchers like support group, and the love of his new girlfriend Lydia, he faces his food demons.
This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I don't know if it's a New York thing, an Italian thing or a weight loss thing, but if you're any or all of these I defy you to watch this movie without doubling over in laughter.
It's one of the great movies ever about Italian-American life and culture. And like I say, it's hysterical.
Yes Virginia, you can make a great movie about Italian-Americans without a single gangster in the film.
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
