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Simon Pegg is clearly, right now, someone who can do little wrong at the box office. Run Fatboy Run follows hot on the heels of Hot Fuzz, and again finds its star delivering a quality comedy turn, in a film that boasts a good few laughs too.
Directed by Friends star David Schwimmer, Run Fatboy Run casts Pegg as a security guard fed up of being outrun by the people he’s supposed to catch. He’s also determined to try and prove to his ex-fiancee (Thandie Newton) that he’s a changed man, and thus decides to take on the London Marathon, where he’ll be up against the new man in her life (Hank Azaria).
Pegg is on good form in Run Fatboy Run, and genuinely delivers a character you want to root for. Yet it’s the supporting players who walk off with the plaudits too. Dylan Moran in particular is in great form, as is Harish Patel, while the likes of Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria and David Walliams also turn in good work.
Cleverly knowing not to outstay its welcome, and only occasionally stuttering under the weight of some laboured work behind the camera from Schwimmer, Run Fatboy Run is an easy, quite funny and light on the brain comedy, that helps cement Pegg’s growing status as a quality leading actor. Worth checking out. --Jon Foster
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Simon Pegg, Hank Azaria, Thandie Newton, Dylan Moran, Ameet ChanaDirector: David Schwimmer
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Run Fatboy Run is a funny movie, but it's predictable. It's a low brow romantic comedy that has two of the funniest comics working in showbiz today. While Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, and Hot Fuzz are riddled with intuitive humor and cultural gags, Run Fatboy Run hits the low road with slapstick humor. That's not a bad thing - not always anyway.
Simon Pegg plays a man who we see leave his bride to be at the altar - pregnant. Years later, the out of shape Pegg is working as a security guard, sharing visits of his son with his ex, played by Thandie Newton. Pegg finds that his ex is seeing Hank Azaria, a high achieving American who runs marathons. To prove he can rise to the challenge, Pegg tries out for the marathon.
Run Fatboy Run is a fairly formulaic comedy yarn. Most of the comedy in the film comes from interactiong between Pegg and Dylan Moran, who plays Pegg's down and out friend. Moran tries to prep Pegg for the marathon. There is often a lot of physical slapstick humor, such as the now infamous blister gag. It's not as sharp witted as were used to seeing from Pegg. The reason it often works is because of the comedic timing of the two talented comedians' delivery.
Not to be outdone is Hank Azaria, of Simpsons fame. He has fun with his role, especially as he starts to drill into Pegg's character, trying to disgrace him. He's fun to watch, especially as he gets a little physical with Pegg.
The highlight of the film maybe the marathon itself. Having endured Pegg's trials throughout the film, you can't help but root him on. This is the core of the film, even if it some of it seems predictable. I felt somewhat unfulfilled at the end, maybe because of my expectations for Pegg. Take it for what it is, though. It's fun and cute. The characters aren't nearly as interesting as they could be and the humor's on the low side, but Run Fatboy Run is definitely worth at least one watch, but don't expect the returns you get from Hot Fuzz or Shaun of the Dead.
Simon Pegg plays a man who we see leave his bride to be at the altar - pregnant. Years later, the out of shape Pegg is working as a security guard, sharing visits of his son with his ex, played by Thandie Newton. Pegg finds that his ex is seeing Hank Azaria, a high achieving American who runs marathons. To prove he can rise to the challenge, Pegg tries out for the marathon.
Run Fatboy Run is a fairly formulaic comedy yarn. Most of the comedy in the film comes from interactiong between Pegg and Dylan Moran, who plays Pegg's down and out friend. Moran tries to prep Pegg for the marathon. There is often a lot of physical slapstick humor, such as the now infamous blister gag. It's not as sharp witted as were used to seeing from Pegg. The reason it often works is because of the comedic timing of the two talented comedians' delivery.
Not to be outdone is Hank Azaria, of Simpsons fame. He has fun with his role, especially as he starts to drill into Pegg's character, trying to disgrace him. He's fun to watch, especially as he gets a little physical with Pegg.
The highlight of the film maybe the marathon itself. Having endured Pegg's trials throughout the film, you can't help but root him on. This is the core of the film, even if it some of it seems predictable. I felt somewhat unfulfilled at the end, maybe because of my expectations for Pegg. Take it for what it is, though. It's fun and cute. The characters aren't nearly as interesting as they could be and the humor's on the low side, but Run Fatboy Run is definitely worth at least one watch, but don't expect the returns you get from Hot Fuzz or Shaun of the Dead.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Because of Simon Pegg's name, this film is often bracketed with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, both of them descendants of Spaced, the 1999 sci-com that made Pegg a name to conjure with. But it doesn't belong in that bracket at all. It's just a Hollywood movie following Hollywood rules. Loser redeems himself and wins through against all odds, getting the girl with a sprint finish - that's it, that's the film. Hurrah! It makes Pegg the 73rd British comic actor since John Cleese to wake up one day and find himself famous in America, and then immediately go there, either mentally or physically. At that point they become instantly less funny, make loads of formulaic movies, and end up playing butlers. Gervais is already lost, and Pegg is probably lost, because it seems they never learn from their forebears. Nothing kills a British comic more effectively than being a household name in America.
But nothing with Dylan Moran in it could be complete rubbish, and the scenes with him and Pegg are funny. There is also at least one funny line. Having abandoned his marathon training, and his diet, the Pegg character is pigging out in a caff, where he's arguing with the girl he will eventually win: "Don't come down here, when I'm eating my full English breakfast, with extra breakfast, and expect me to..." That one at least is worthy of Spaced. There might be others that I missed while my mind was switched off, which it was most of the time. The DVD might be worth renting just for a few moments like that, but don't buy it.
But nothing with Dylan Moran in it could be complete rubbish, and the scenes with him and Pegg are funny. There is also at least one funny line. Having abandoned his marathon training, and his diet, the Pegg character is pigging out in a caff, where he's arguing with the girl he will eventually win: "Don't come down here, when I'm eating my full English breakfast, with extra breakfast, and expect me to..." That one at least is worthy of Spaced. There might be others that I missed while my mind was switched off, which it was most of the time. The DVD might be worth renting just for a few moments like that, but don't buy it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I watched this on a long plane flight, and not being one to be normally captured long enough to watch movies, I enjoyed this from start to finish.
Light hearted, funny and easy watching comedy with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. Why compare to other movies? Just enjoy this for what it is.... boyish humour with a twist of love interest!
Great!
Light hearted, funny and easy watching comedy with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. Why compare to other movies? Just enjoy this for what it is.... boyish humour with a twist of love interest!
Great!
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Banal.
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