the course of two months in North Carolina at 2 separate camps, Camp Pinnacle and Camp Ton-A-Wandah. Filming started on March 28, 1994 and finished on May 25, 1994. Soundtrack The film's original score was composed by J.A.C. Redford. A soundtrack was not released, but the film featured eleven songs: Reception Heavyweights received mixed reviews from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 29% based on 7 reviews, with an average score of 4.80/10. On Metacritic, the film received a score of 42 based on 16 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "A−" on scale of A to F. According to Stephen Holden of The New York Times, "Heavyweights is really two movies in one, and they don't mesh. One movie is a no-holds-barred spoof of a Tony Little- or Susan Powter-style fitness merchant [...] The other movie is a conventional family comedy that pokes lighthearted fun at the chubby young campers." In 2012, on the release of the Blu-ray, critic Brian Ordorff gave the film a grade "B" and wrote: "Time has been kind to the discarded fat camp movie, finding Heavyweights more digestible these days, after years spent processing the askew sense of humor shared by Apatow and Company." Box office The film made $17.6 million at box office and was not successful theatrically, though the film has garnered a cult following. Home media Heavyweights was released on VHS on August 15, 1995, LaserDisc on February 20, 1996, and released on DVD on March 4, 2003. Heavyweights was released on Blu-ray on December 11, 2012. It was also included on Disney+ in November 2019. References External links 1995 films 1990s children's comedy films 1990s buddy comedy films American children's comedy films Caravan Pictures films Films directed by Steven Brill Films produced by Joe Roth Films produced by Roger Birnbaum Films with screenplays by Steven Brill Films shot in North Carolina Films with screenplays by Judd Apatow Films scored by J. A. C. Redford Films about summer camps Walt Disney Pictures films Films about obesity Films produced by Judd Apatow 1995 directorial debut films 1995 comedy films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films