Run Fatboy Run
RUN FATBOY RUN (12)
D: David Schwimmer
New Line/Picturehouse (Robert Jones & Sarah
Curtis)
UK/US 2007
100 mins
Comedy
W: Michael Ian Black & Simon Pegg
DP: Richard Greatrex
Ed: Michael Parker
Mus: Alex Wurman
Simon Pegg (Dennis Doyle), Thandie Newton (Libby Odell),
Hank Azaria (Whit Bloom), Dylan Moran (Gordon), Harish Patel (Mr. Ghoshdastidar), Matthew Fenton (Jake)
In an attempt to win back an old flame and mother of his
son, a slobby layabout trains up to participate in the London Marathon partly in rivalry against her new love interest, a suave American.
Easy-to-watch comedy, partially suffering from a
formulaic, predictable plot and some colour-by-numbers direction, but no fault can lie with the likeable performance from writer-star Simon Pegg.
6/10
