[identity profile] ontogenesis.livejournal.com 2008-12-14 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, when I watched it in America, I kept thinking, "Wow, I wonder if some people are kind of ticked off about this..." You could view the movie as making fun of overweight people, although I believe it was more about taking initiative and control of your own life (the obesity was a symptom rather than the illness itself).