Comments on: SXSW Movie Review: Run, Fat Boy, Run

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:24:49 +0000

Man running a marathon to win back his girl…. what more needs to be said?

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Living in Cinema - Movie news, reviews and opinion — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:06:03 +0000

[...] SlashFilm’s Mel Valentin says its mix of “raunch, silliness, slapstick, and sentimentality” amounts to “the perfect romantic comedy for people who don’t care for the genre.” [...]

By: Kofil

Kofil — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:34:33 +0000

Really enjoyed the film as labelled in the UK as sporty-rom-com, Dennis is great! I love the marathon scene; it was inspiring “tiny 9 more mile” :)

By: Jackie/B

Jackie/B — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:55:38 +0000

Simon is a fresh out of shape face to the perfect actor or actress that are in every movie, playing every part(10,000 B.C.). So more sloppy fat people in movies to make myself feel better!!!!

By: ciji

ciji — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:33:24 +0000

As Dennis looks on, Libby and Whit get closer, Whit begins to take an active interest in Jake (Matthew Fenton).

I’m going to assume that Jake is Dennis and Libby’s son, not some random guy Whit decides to switch teams for. ;-)

By: redandjonny

redandjonny — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:07:57 +0000

Yeh… I saw( torrented) this film months ago.. It was just sad to see Pegg wasted in such a way. There’s maybe 3 good laughs in the film…and the premise is just retarded.
” I left my pregger wife at the alter…So I’ll win her back by running a marathon.” Nice Plot, Ross.
Pegg must have really needed the money…or its the first sign that he cannot deliver without Frost & Wright.

By: AshDraven

AshDraven — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:15:49 +0000

One of the worst films I have watched in the last decade. For two very big reasons. One, it’s a perfectly good waste of Simon Pegg (who I’ve loved in everything else he’s done, including Spaced). Two, because it uses every romantic comedy cliche’ that exists in the genre and telegraphs the usage of them five minutes before they show up in the movie. It’s a shameful waste of acting talent and waste of time to watch.

By: The Jezzus

The Jezzus — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:02:30 +0000

Yuck.

Romance in comedies is cool. But i swear, this world woul dbe a much better place if they got rid of this genre altogether. I mean there are a few exceptions but 99% of the time they suck and I will never get my life back.

Simon Pegg is walking a fine line here. I liked Hot Fuzz and Shaun OTD though. Great movies.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:01:18 +0000

I’m with Andy - this film was just so formulaic and forgettable. 7/10 is absurdly generous.

By: corey

corey — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:56:30 +0000

it’s Dylan Moran, not morgan.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:49:26 +0000

Pegg was funnier in Top Gear’s segment: “Star in a reasonably priced car.”

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:34:38 +0000

I absolutely detested this film, it was bland, poorly shot, edited, utterly conventional and just not funny at all.