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Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 135 Fresh: 65  Rotten:70 Average Rating: 5.5/10
 
Consensus: Run, Fat Boy, Run features sporadic laughs, but is ultimately too formulaic and predictable.
 

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Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for some rude and sexual humor, nudity, language and smoking

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Theatrical Release: 07-09-2007

Synopsis: DENNIS (Simon Pegg) is an ordinary guy. He's a little overweight and he smokes, but he's nice, charming and unassuming. However, five years ago, Dennis did something that wasn't so nice. On his wedding day to his pregnant fiancé LIBBY (Thandie Newton), Dennis did a runner. He just couldn't go... DENNIS (Simon Pegg) is an ordinary guy. He's a little overweight and he smokes, but he's nice, charming and unassuming. However, five years ago, Dennis did something that wasn't so nice. On his wedding day to his pregnant fiancé LIBBY (Thandie Newton), Dennis did a runner. He just couldn't go through with it. He didn't think he was good enough for Libby, so instead of ruining her life, he ruined her big day. Now, five years later, Dennis realizes he made a big mistake. He's still in love with Libby. He still sees her all the time because of JAKE (Matthew Fenton), their five-year-old son, but all romantic ties have been severed. Libby's now seeing WHIT (Hank Azaria), a charming professional from the City, and Dennis takes an immediate dislike to him. Whit is casual, easy-going, successful and good with Jake; much to Dennis's annoyance. How can Dennis compete with him? In direct contrast to Whit's sleek lifestyle in the City, Dennis is a mere security guard for a ladies retail store. He doesn't earn much money and he's well behind on his rent, something which his landlord, MR GHOSHDASHTIDAR (Harish Patel), doesn't take lightly. Mr G's daughter MAYA (India de Beaufort) is particularly intent on evicting Dennis and replacing him with a much more reliable tenant. Compared to Whit's effortless abilities, everything Dennis attempts seems to end in disaster. Even when he wants to take Jake to see "Lord of the Rings: The Musical," he finds himself in trouble with the police for trying to buy from a ticket tout. There is no help forthcoming from Dennis' feckless best friend GORDON (Dylan Moran), whose life is just as much of a mismatch. Gordon's main sources of interest are the poker games held at the back of a piano store with a bunch of misfits: GROVER, CLAUDINE and MICKEY, overseen by the imperious VINCENT (Simon Day). Dennis feels demoralized and overwhelmed by Whit's long list of achievements. In a last-ditch effort to prove to Libby that he's changed his ways, Dennis impulsively announces at her birthday party that he will run in the same London Marathon that Whit has been training for. But does Dennis have the stuff to trade his cold feet for running shoes? RUN, FAT BOY, RUN is a romantic comedy that affirms that true love isn't a sprint, it's a marathon. --© Picturehouse [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Dylan Moran, Hank Azaria, Ameet Chana

Director: David Schwimmer
Screenwriter: Michael Ian Black, Simon Pegg
Story: Michael Ian Black
Producer: Robert Jones, Sarah Curtis
Composer: Alex Wurman

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3/5

It's not hysterically funny, but this British comedy is sharp enough to keep us chuckling right to the predictably sappy conclusion.

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10/11/07
Rich Cline
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09/22/07
Screen International
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Predictable and conventionally anti-American.

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09/15/07
Philip French
Observer [UK]
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2/5

...excessive product-placement has turned the film into one enormous ad for Nike, with all the chilling humourlessness that this implies.

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09/08/07
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Pegg exudes his usual air of faint self-congratulation playing an unlikeable prat whom nobody in their right mind would prefer to the high- flying Azariah or indeed to anyone.

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09/07/07
Martin Hoyle
Financial Times
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3/5

An enjoyable if patchy and predictable ride, but Simon Pegg shows he's more than capable of going the distance.

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09/07/07
Leigh Singer
Channel 4 Film
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You’ll laugh a bit, but not much, while your interest in the storyline will hover between mild interest and vague indifference. Needless to say, all memories of this movie will evaporate on contact with daylight.

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09/07/07
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
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3/5

Schwimmer often resists an easy laugh in favour of a poignant moment and thereby heightens the sense of urgency during Dennis' last dash for glory.

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09/07/07
Stella Papamichael
BBC
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3/5

Pegg proves agreeable company in a lightweight Britcom whose biggest laughs emanate from its supporting cast.

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09/07/07
Total Film
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Friends star David Schwimmer proves that nothing wins over a crowd like a barking underdog and bags of below-the-belt humour - his directing debut is a wheeze.

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09/07/07
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3/6

What should be dreadfully synthetic actually plays as a pleasant time-passer, thanks to a goodly supply of one-liners, and Pegg and Newton’s facility for investing a string of hokey plot devices with genuine warmth. Formulaic, yet disarmingly enjoyable.

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09/07/07
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
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3/5

Pegg pitched Shaun of the Dead as "Richard Curtis shot through the head." Run, Fat Boy, Run comes on more like "Richard Curtis kicked in the nuts" - a refreshingly honest Britcom that never really threatens the ribs but which is amiable company throughout

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09/07/07
Empire Magazine
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4/5

Enjoyable, sharply written and frequently hilarious comedy with strong comic performances from its cast. This should strike a chord with slightly overweight men everywhere.

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09/06/07
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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4/5

It's a Generation X movie in a way very few movies are any more; it is unseemly to admit that our generation is about as slackery as we had promised to become. Go with your ex and smile.

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07/17/08
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
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It's a good formalic romantic comedy. Nothing more.

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06/18/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine
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Schwimmer offers generic rom-com conventions in his feature directorial debut.

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06/12/08
Todd Gilchrist
IGN Movies
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[The protagonist is] a petty, unlikable loser.

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06/04/08
Michael Dance
The Cinema Source
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3/5

(Run, Fat Boy, Run) is your nice, fun, romantic film that is not necessarily worth spending your money to see in theatres.

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05/24/08
Kevin McCarthy
WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)
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1/5

Em sua estréia na direção, Schwimmer atira para todos os lados: comédia física, escatologia, estereótipos, besteirol, e por aí afora, falhando consistentemente todas as vezes. E Pegg jamais esteve tão artificial, o que é uma surpresa desagradável.

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05/02/08
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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1.5/4

Turn and run, no matter what size you are.

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05/02/08
Sean O'Connell
Charlotte Weekly
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