“Phat Girlz” is one of those films that had real potential; it’s underlying message is important – especially to women who covet the unattainable American image of beauty, producing what one of the film’s key characters described as a “hopelessly insecure and incurably unhappy” generation of young people. Unfortunately, the film was also laden with nudity, harsh language, and sex, preventing it from receiving Dove’s approval.