Muffin Top: A Love Story

2014 "Sweat is fat crying."
4.6| 1h36m| R| en
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Suzanne’s body is changing faster than her moods after IVF shots to get pregnant. When she finds out, on her birthday, that her husband has knocked up his younger, thinner co-worker and wants a divorce, she turns to desperate and hilarious measures to lose weight and get a life.

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Also starring Jill Holden

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Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece
Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
dvsong This movie is sweet, sexy, smart and sassy, It is also really funny, pretty to watch, and full of iconic L.A. sites. (I am definitely going with my friend to Mel's for chocolate cake.) I enjoyed the statistics of the protagonist's Women's Studies lectures and how they were portrayed visually. It is wonderful how the movie addresses the equation of How High On This Year's Take on What's A Beautiful and Youthful Face + Body = How Worthy Of Love You Are. It is great that it reveals how these issues take place in private and in public, including Womens Studies departments. The movie deals with these issues in a unique way: it's pretty and humorous, and true to life. It is a strong statement to show the protagonist having loving non-sexual friendships with a married couple and that she is invited to live with these friends for as long as she needs. This really happens in life, and I don't think I have seen a depiction of deep female friendship and female/married couple friendship in a movie before without there being someone being the butt of a joke: i.e., "Oh, thank God you're here. I couldn't take another day with my husband/wife" or "I know she is your best friend, but when is she going to get a place of her own?"I loved how the protagonist got back into dating, and how the love stories within the movie were flushed out and realistic. Another plus: the protagonist was unapologetic for exploring her business options. That self-supportive act didn't cost her a relationship. The misplaced jealousy and insecurity of the character pursuing her almost causes him to lose her, and we find that he realizes this when he apologizes for his behavior, This movie is groundbreaking, and it does so with a lot of style. And speaking of style, there is a lot of fashion eye-candy in this movie, which is another plus. (Gotta get me a pair of those Floral Pumps!)
cathie-168-60883 Cathryn Michon has written (and stars) in a brilliant, masterful comedy about women, self-image and the "theater of the absurd" the mad chase to perfection truly is.Co-written with best-selling author, W. Bruce Cameron, Michon's delightful tale takes men and women alike through the best and the worst of the "Los Angeles Pretty People" scene - at once illuminating how we view each other even as we all fall victim to chasing the phantom of perfection.Comedic timing has never been so great! Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner and Lucille Ball must be screaming with glee, knowing that this 21st century writer, actress and filmmaker has all the goods - as does her all-star, perfect-pitched cast!
Jeri D. Johnson "Muffin Top: A Love Story" is a a hilarious movie! I highly recommend watching it. Invite your girlfriends over to watch it too!I appreciated the story line about how we as women often feel we are never enough no matter what we look like or what we do.--It was absolutely refreshing to see a movie with real women having dialog about what real women often go through in regards to living in our society with all its stereotypes.Muffin Top is a laugh out loud movie that had me rooting for Suzanne as she navigates and fumbles through her personal life and relationships. It had me shaking my head thinking about my own life and what I had personally put myself through over the years before realizing "I am fine and I am enough just the way I am". Cathryn Michon is truly a Grrl Genius! I certainly hope Michon will continue to make more movies.
Melinda J Hoffbauer This movie was officially released yesterday and I've already seen it twice: once at the Dayton premiere, and once via Video on Demand through iTunes. I'm not sure what I loved most about this film. The cast was fantastic. It was so funny that everyone in the theatre was howling with laughter. There were so many tender moments, both with the romance as well as the main character's strong bonds with her girlfriends. And the message that so many women need to hear, to love themselves now, not five pounds from now, comes through loudly and clearly without being didactic. I can't believe this was an independent film. It blows all my perceptions about indies out of the water. I can't recommend this movie highly enough.