Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Though the title could use some trimming too, the movie pulls off that delicate balancing act between creating a sympathetic big guy with a huge eating disorder, while keeping the fat jokes tastefully funny.

| Apr 7, 2008

The more James groans to an unsympathetic ear, "Why would they remake Marty--it's timeless?" we wonder why Garlin didn't take his own advice

| Original Score: D | Feb 22, 2008

You have to like James and his outlook on life. It may not be glamorous, but it's one that eventually allows James a higher lever of satisfaction.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 7, 2007

Offbeat indie romantic comedy for teens and up.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 22, 2007

It's a nice little movie.

Full Review | Oct 22, 2007

Cheese is such a small, endearing and well-observed piece -- sort of Curb Your Enthusiasm without the excruciating bits.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 12, 2007

Garlin wrote, directed, and stars in this endearing schlub-in-Chicago movie, which is based on his solo stage show of the same title.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 6, 2007

Garlin's directing has little pacing, and many of the borderline gags could have been salvaged with some sharper editing. And there's a shocking amount of jokes and situations that just don't work.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 5, 2007

Some of James' adventures go nowhere, but his encounters with females ... are loaded with humor and warmth.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 5, 2007

It celebrates its modesty, it becomes our friend, we're surprisingly touched by it even though it doesn't rock us. If there is such a thing as a must-see three-star movie, here it is.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 5, 2007

The cameos and local details, and even some of the gags, keep it perky.

| Oct 5, 2007

..about as small as movies get, yet often, unexpectedly, as moving.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 5, 2007

It may not exactly conform to what many people might expect to see from a current-day romantic comedy, it is one of the more satisfying examples of the genre to come along in recent months.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 4, 2007

This is a film that can't quite decide if it wants to be a show-business spoof, a romantic comedy or an embarrassment comedy along the lines of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 4, 2007

The movie has a strange tone... but there's a lot to admire here.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 4, 2007

I've no clue how the world will take to I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With. For Chicago, it's a scrumptious, four-star banquet.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 4, 2007

Garlin's clearly inspired by his own experiences living as someone who's fat and funny, but being honest isn't the same thing as being perceptive.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 4, 2007

Somehow Garlin maintains a buoyant, humanistic tone throughout the parade of lonely humiliations. It's an endearing little movie with a great big heart.

Full Review | Sep 26, 2007