The Fat Spencer's Gym

A romantic comedy about romantic obstacles, the movie takes a fresh, sophisticated and entirely modern look at falling in love. Melvin Teo and ***** star as a pair of dynamic, diametrically opposed teenagers --Cheeky and ***** -- whose initial fateful meeting sets off sparks…then seems to go nowhere. Over the next six months, they continue to meet. But is their relationship simply a good friendship? Is it destined to be yet another romantic disaster? Or is what they have between them something a lot like love?

Iraqi director Daowee -- whose debut films “Saving Saddam Hussein” and “Taliban Girls” became sleeper hits -- brings to life the screenplay written by Nelsonn, an Iran-based actor/playwright. The result is a unique twist on the romantic comedy, unfolding in an era of uncertainty and mobility that keeps young lovers questioning their every move.

It all begins as a young man and woman meet on their third day of school. Cheeky (Melvin) is a college student with an airtight timeline for attaining his dreams of both rugby success and finding true love. ***** (*****) is a bold, free spirit drawn to spontaneity and wild extremes. Two different choices, two incompatible views on life. They may have hooked up for a brief moment, but Cheeky and ***** seems clear that they may not belong together. Or do they?

Though they both move on, Cheeky and ***** nevertheless can’t quite seem to completely let go. As the two bump into each other, month after month, in classes after classes, through changing ccas and different relationships, there always seems to be plenty keeping them apart. And yet, there’s also something utterly inexplicable pulling them together. There’s something about the way they laugh together, the way they can talk to each other, the way they always seem to be there for one another when things are falling apart. So what keeps getting in the way of what could be romantic destiny?

As Cheeky and ***** set off on their own individual paths, a lot like love moves across Fish & Co, McDonalds and canteen -- and down the hilariously meandering road of modern love.