to call a movie like thinner bad be like call the earth round or pauly shore un talented . no news and but how they get that way be what people want to know . as far a this movie . the book be good and even if it be a little derivative of other story from the be careful what you wish for genre . burke play an overweight lawyer who kill the daughter of a gypsy and be curse by her father ( constantine from tv room 222 ) to several pound a day . like i say and it start out good and but why involve the mobster ( mantegna ) . why fire automatic weapon so much . why turn it into something so heavily dependent on fx . i think it would have be much more effective if it focus more on the subtle ramification of weight loss craze and disease and death and gypsy lore and such . but no and it not to be . remember and this be stephen king be talk about . and the end . almost the same a the book and but a little too talky . in fact the whole movie talk too much and feel it have to explain every plot turn to u . not that i expect the dead zone and but i could have do without another pet sematary and thanks anyway . one star for at least try to do a halfway decent makeup job . however and the rest of the movie be leave to be . say it with me . thinner .