Run, Fatboy, Run

Name: Run, Fatboy, Run
Genre: Sport, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 28, 2008
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Hank Azaria, Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton

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Picturehouse Entertainment | Release Date: March 28, 2008

Starring: Hank Azaria, Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton

Summary: Dennis is an ordinary guy. He's a little overweight and he smokes, but he's nice, charming, and unassuming. But five years ago, Dennis did something that wasn't so nice. On his wedding day to his pregnant fiancée, Libby, Dennis did a runner. He just couldn't go through with it. Now, Dennis realizes he made a big mistake. He's still in loveDennis is an ordinary guy. He's a little overweight and he smokes, but he's nice, charming, and unassuming. But five years ago, Dennis did something that wasn't so nice. On his wedding day to his pregnant fiancée, Libby, Dennis did a runner. He just couldn't go through with it. Now, Dennis realizes he made a big mistake. He's still in love with Libby. He still sees her all the time because of Jake, their son, but all romantic ties have been severed. Libby's now seeing Whit, a charming professional from the city, and Dennis immediately dislikes him. Whit is casual, easygoing, successful, and good with Jake, much to Dennis' annoyance. 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? (Picturehouse)
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Director: David Schwimmer

Genre(s): Sport, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 100 min

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USA Today - Claudia Puig

Amiable, consistently amusing and surprisingly affecting, it has the flavor of a Nick Hornby novel, with its focus on an overgrown boy struggling to grow up and be a man. Read full review

Variety - Dennis Harvey

David Schwimmer's first bigscreen directing effort reveals something very different: a thoroughly competent mainstream craftsman who imposes no individual character on formulaic material. Read full review

Rolling Stone - Peter Travers

Run, Fat Boy, Run stays out of sitcom quicksand long enough to make you think that Schwimmer has a knack for this comedy-directing thing. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Phillips

One of the problems with the new comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run is that it’s not English enough, even though its antagonist is a thoroughly detestable American go-getter. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Maitland McDonagh

The film's bright spot is Irish comedian Dylan Moran, who plays Libby's charmingly dissolute cousin and who also happens to be Dennis' best friend. He's fresh, unpredictable and genuinely funny -- everything the film isn't. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Gene Seymour

Snarkiness and sentiment are in constant battle for supremacy throughout Run, Fat Boy, Run with no chance of a comfortable draw. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

Simon Pegg has what it takes, but he's saddled himself with a script (co-written by Pegg and Michael Ian Black) that Adam Sandler wouldn't have pulled out of his bottom drawer. Read full review

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thecurber

Feb 5, 2011

Run, fatboy,Run is entertainment. It has a perfect balance of humor, grossout gags and a big heart.What more do you want?It is a film where beneath all the idiocy and goofiness lies a film that has a lesson to it and humor, which most movies don't possess

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KenH.

Apr 5, 2008

Great movie to watch with a girlfriend. It's funny and lighthearted all the way through. Simon Pegg is awesome.

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AndrewH.

Mar 26, 2008

Saw this movie in england. Very funny! It isn't simon pegg's best but it is very good. Good acting and a okay story. Im not sure if American audiences are ready for the diffrent comedy style. A little slower and drier witt. David schwimmer does americanize it somewhat.

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NickP

Apr 27, 2008

Not as bad as the "critics" suggest, it is heart warming and funny; what more do you want?

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Meth-dude

Feb 19, 2017

It was funny, entertaining, the acting was good and the cinematography was pretty good. It was a little bit too predictable and the characters were all pretty cliché, but it was still a fun movie to watch.

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ERG1008

Sep 17, 2010

Well it has some funny moments but the story is so ridiculous it's untrue. A few nice cameos here & there but nowhere near as good as Pegg's other work. Dylan Moran plays himself yet again as well.

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TomL.

Mar 27, 2008

A poor movie. Insipid in every way.

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