Show f Thinner Slim On Entertainment 2 By 1 Fair Clemante ti Cl Staff afE When I went to the theater to review the movie Thinner I was surprised surprised surprised sur sur- sur- sur to see that I was the only person person person per per- son in the viewing area t I thought people had not heard about this supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed good movie by Stephen King but as I started watching Thinner I realized that people probably probably probably proba proba- bly have heard about it and decided their time would be better spent counting the on their brush brush- es This movie was absolutely pointless pointless pointless point point- less Billy Halleck Robert John Burke is a prominent attorney who never loses in the court room but the problem in his life is that he never loses outside the court room He is isa isa isa a lb Ib man who has no control over his eating habits and is therefore therefore therefore there there- fore never able to lose weight His wife Hiedi Lucinda Janney is continuously pushing him on fad diets to make him lose the weight but Billy only attempts these diets to appease her One night Billy and his wife were d oy f I 4 y 1 fl f t g rj r f f w- w t q 2 4 4 ly Bruce aloe Bru Ri slin 1 Mich Michael Constantine left places a gypsy curse arose on en Billy Hilly Halleck Robert Rolert Join John Burke furke right in Stephen Kings King's Thinner dinner driving home from a victory dinner presented in his honor for winning a abig abig abig big case acquitting Mafioso Richie i r L rr r r r fj A t fl to ly ty as R 1 4 Billy Halleck Hallek Rc Robert Jain Bi Burke BIrke ke furls himself battling ing a ahi hi hideous Bus curse arose in Thinner Before are a the tlE curse arose Billy celeb celebrates ates with willi witha willia a r meal al Ginelli Joe Heidi begins nagging Billy about his weight and telling him how he needs to control his eating habits Due to certain distractions while driving driving driving dri dri- dri- dri ving Billy runs over and kills an old Gypsy woman Billy conspires conspires conspires con con- spires with influential friends to cover up the accident so he doesn't have to face a trial The sly lawyer evaded the law but he could not nott t. t escape t the curse curse of r justice avenged by the Lemke Michael Constantine Constantino the Gypsy King The curse which is placed on him himat at first seems like a dream come true he is able to lose three lbs Ibs a day But he soon realizes this is not a adream adream adream dream because no matter how much he eats he cant can't stop losing those three lbs Ibs day and his dream come true soon becomes his worst night night- mare The rest of the movie involves his search for the Gypsy King to have havethe havethe havethe the curse removed I cant can't stress enough the disappointment disappointment disappointment I felt as I exited the the the- ater Stephen King is well known for his exciting cliff hangers so during the entire movie I kept waiting for suspense but it never came Beside the fact that the movie was missing excitement and only had a trace of a plot I was bothered by many other aspects of the movie The leading role of Billy was played by a thin man who had to be up made-up to be fat but his up make-up and costumes were completely weak weald The lower half of his face was created created created creat creat- ed to make him look obese but they couldn't even match the color of his skin with the makeup he was wear wear- ing The movie was given an R rating which to me stands for RIDICULOUS RIDICULOUS RIDICULOUS LOUS L af J y rd t z k a x ku After the tha curse arse Billy Hilly kastes a away ay s Io h k 4 r s 4 f 4 I Mw 5 f fyr i IY b 5 yr fr 1 J t rH 44 n n j li n Bc R 1 n. n and Stephen n King discuss a scene en cn the tlE set of Stephen Stems Kings King's Thinner i Director r Tan Ton Holland left I II a II I I I |