Fat Kid Rules the World (2012)

Though I didn't much care for the the audiobook, I couldn’t help but be seduced by Lillard’s enthusiastic reading. His passion for the material was so apparent that I had to see how he’d bring it to the screen.

The movie is definitely an improvement over the book -- gone are the Fat Kid's CONSTANT self-deprecating internal monologues in which he refers to himself as “fat kid,” though the sexual fantasy life remains, unfortunately, intact. And Billy Campbell is great as the stern single father who’s got more going on emotionally than he wants to show.

I am slightly bemused by Lillard’s love for this story. It’s just not that interesting.

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