Recently discovered this one here in France under the title "Une Fille à Croquer". This is a light-hearted reassuring and at times funny film with lots of tenderness. True, the ending is a little contrived and over accelerated. Also, Ricki is a damned side more attractive than the boy's fiancée ( awful woman!! ) so the final choice for him was pretty obvious. Still it's always a pleasure seeing someone making a film going against Western stereotypes ( ie that fat is bad and thin is good ). In Africa, as far as I know, its just the opposite, the men ADORE fat women and wouldn't give thin ones the time of day. There are other films on this them like Shallow Hal but the best is a German one called "Die Hässlich" ( see my comments on IMDb ). This is a far more emotional affair and does not end well, but not for the reasons you might imagine - Kleenex is definitely essential. Babycakes is more light hearted and although Grace is plumpish, she is damned good looking but more important has a sincere and warm character, which is why the metro driver has no problem coming to his final choice !!
Review of Babycakes
Babycakes
(1989 TV Movie)
Entertaining, but other films have dealt with this better
15 September 2007
Warning: Spoilers