Run, Fatboy, Run
2008 ‘Run Fatboy Run’ Directed by David Schwimmer
Synopsis
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
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Or as I'd like to call it:
Three comedy geniuses working really hard at making this bland material work and actually succeeding at it.......and Thandie Newton....
who is so bad she ruins the whole thing. Her succubus-like awfulness sucks the life out of this film and my star rating. -
Not everyone's cup of tea but there is a lot to smile about. The relationship between Peggster and Dylan Moran is all good stuff. Their fight is especially comical. Whenever I watch this movie the final scene with Pegg, his son Jake and Mr. Goshdashtidar playing football always leaves me with a warm satisfied feeling. Overall a highly decent watch!
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Simon Pegg is just wonderful I do not think I have seen anything he has done that I do not like. At the start I really disliked his character and wondered how on earth he could do anything to recover what his character did it the start. And I was concerned that at the end it would finish where I just hated it but no they pull it around for me and they keep some reality to the situation and this is a film that I will recommend if you enjoy a good British comedy there are worse films you could see.
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I am a sucker for a film with Simon Pegg.
But even if I wasn't this would still be a good British comedy.
Its the age old tale of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy wants girl back so decides to train for a marathon in 3 weeks. I'm sure this one has been around for centuries.
On top of this it has a cracking cast of comedians from Dylan Moran to Stephen Merchant and even David Walliams. Oh and the voice of Moe Syzlack turns up.
Predictable but worth a watch.
And when we have finished we can come back here and have a threesome.
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I would enjoy this film more if the woman Simon Pegg was trying to win wasn't so sinfully dull. I wouldn't run a meter for her let alone a marathon.
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This movie was actually pretty funny. It’s mostly because of the efforts of Simon Pegg and Hank Azaria. Guy loses chick, becomes loser, chick meets new fancy pants guy, ex has to now impress chick and expose fancy pants guy as the tool that he really is. Yeah, I know, we’ve seen that formula over and over but it works again here because of the actors. It really was much better than I expected.
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Simon Pegg is just wonderful I do not think I have seen anything he has done that I do not like. At the start I really disliked his character and wondered how on earth he could do anything to recover what his character did it the start. And I was concerned that at the end it would finish where I just hated it but no they pull it around for me and they keep some reality to the situation and this is a film that I will recommend if you enjoy a good British comedy there are worse films you could see.
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I must admit that the plot isn't very new or extraordinary. Nevertheless I've had a lot of fun with this rom-com. I've laughed a lot and was emotionally attached to the characters especially due to Simon Pegg amazing simonpeggness.
And seriously: A movie with "Lord of the Rings"-scenes and a "Team America" poster in it couldn't be really bad.
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It's not the beefiest of scripts in the world but as always I enjoy the presence of Simon Pegg in a film. It's humorous with a side of love story.
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I am a sucker for a film with Simon Pegg.
But even if I wasn't this would still be a good British comedy.
Its the age old tale of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy wants girl back so decides to train for a marathon in 3 weeks. I'm sure this one has been around for centuries.
On top of this it has a cracking cast of comedians from Dylan Moran to Stephen Merchant and even David Walliams. Oh and the voice of Moe Syzlack turns up.
Predictable but worth a watch.
And when we have finished we can come back here and have a threesome.
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Every time I watch this movie, I forget how much I love it. I always laugh and I always crey, despite knowing what's going to happen. My least favourite part of the film is the fact that it's directed by David Schwimmer.
It's a cliche ridden story, but it's fantastic leads from some of The UK's finest makes it all worth while. Simon Pegg and Dylan Moran are a perfect duo, while Hank Azaria is the perfect ass. These guys adds to an emotionally engaging stormy with plenty of laughs and quotable lines along the way.
Easily one of my favourite movies, Run Fatboy Run is a film I highly recommend!
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Likable Brit com about love and marathon running and directed by David Schwimmer of all people.Full of the great characters that you only find in British movies.
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Not everyone's cup of tea but there is a lot to smile about. The relationship between Peggster and Dylan Moran is all good stuff. Their fight is especially comical. Whenever I watch this movie the final scene with Pegg, his son Jake and Mr. Goshdashtidar playing football always leaves me with a warm satisfied feeling. Overall a highly decent watch!
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I love Simon Pegg but I wasn't prepared for how good this movie is. David Schwimmer managed to take a really goofy, contrived-sounding plot and turn it into a touching, hilarious, and inspirational film.
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I would enjoy this film more if the woman Simon Pegg was trying to win wasn't so sinfully dull. I wouldn't run a meter for her let alone a marathon.