other people have almost always written exactly what you want to say about a movie you’ve just seen. commenter “strawdawg” from nine days ago:
I really liked Fat Girl up to the last scene. These were wonderful, complex characters that kept my attention throughout the film. The relationships between the family members were fantastic in the most dysfunctional way. The “shocking” ending was completely unnecessary in my opinion. To me it seemed as if Breillat ran out of ideas at the end. Or that she was rushed somehow and just threw that ending in without a lot of thought… There certainly are other ways to have just as powerful a message without the quick violent scene. I really hate to say it, but the ending is very Hollywoodish…