Animated character Fat Albert emerges from his TV universe into the real world, accompanied by his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Old Weird Harold and Dumb Donald. Though the gang is flabbergasted by the modern world, they make new friends, and Albert attempts to help young Doris become popular. But things get complicated when Albert falls for her older sister, Lauri, and must turn to creator Bill Cosby for advice.
Practical Effects
The cartoon-to-live-action transitions are genuinely impressive for 2004.
Costume
Every outfit looks like it was pulled from a dumpster behind a 1972 Sears.
Acting
Kenan Thompson commits so hard you almost forget the premise is unhinged.
Director
Joel Zwick
Kenan Thompson
Fat Albert
Kyla Pratt
Doris Robertson
Dania Ramirez
Lauri Robertson
Shedrack Anderson III
Rudolph "Rudy" Davis
Jermaine Williams
James "Mushmouth" Mush
Keith D. Robinson
William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr.
Marques Houston
"Dumb" Donald Parker
Aaron Frazier
"Old Weird" Harold Simmons
Bill Cosby
Self
Omarion
Reggie
Keri Lynn Pratt
Heather
Alice Greczyn
Becky
Dylan Cash
Emmitt
Alphonso McAuley
Bucky Miller
Aaron Carter
Teen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the final film released under Bill Cosby's production company before his legacy collapsed—making it an accidental time capsule of pre-scandal American wholesomeness.
The animated opening recreates the original 1972 'Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids' intro frame-for-frame, a detail absolutely no one asked for but they did anyway.
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