Фильм рассказывает о жизни таксиста Фила, его жены Пенни и их детей. Дети страдают ожирением и от того видимо несчастны. Впрочем, несчастны и их родители, которым жизнь подкидывает суровые испытания. Пройти сквозь все невзгоды и сохранить семью — вот непростая задача, которая стоит перед Филом и Пенни.
Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams. With the rent unpaid, the bailiffs at the door and Ken's dreams in tatters, Daisy sets out to bring home the bacon and gets a job in the local factory. There she meets Marlene and half a dozen other large women who are all united in a secret passion - Sumo wrestling! Ken doesn't know what's hit him.
Desperate to find her perfect man Justine goes to a technology fair with her nerdy classmate Chas. It's not really her thing but is eventually persuaded to try a virtual reality makeover machine and discovers that she can create her perfect man even if it is only an electronic facsimile. The power surge from a freakish accident causes a part of her psyche to be copied into her virtual perfect man.
