Forums: Run, Fatboy, Run!

From first-time director David Schwimmer and first-time writer Micheal Ian Black, come the slapstick comedy Run Fatboy, Run! starring Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). The teaser looks pretty funny:

http://trailers.picturehouse.com/runfatboyrun/trailer_640x360.mov

lol. I hope Schwimmer can pull it off.

Run, Fat Boy, Run is a funny little British chick flick with some signature American characters and themes. The film is well directed by David Schwimmer from Friends, who proves more than capable of delivering a steady stream of laughs without imposing any signature style.

A nicely balanced three act story about a lovable idiot named Dennis, (Simon Pegg of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), who abandons his fianc&#233 Libby, (Thandie Newton) at the altar, Run Fat Boy Run exposes the pain every man feels when they lose the respect of the woman they love. Simon Pegg shares a writing credit here, and has certainly brought some of his own humor to the project. His character, Dennis always hopes to win Libby back, but the quest becomes a high priority when Whit, a rich investment banker from Chicago (Hank Azaria) enters the picture, and plays father to his nine year old son.

Whit is an all-around swell guy; he's rich, successful and athletic, and he makes a real big deal about the fact that he's about to run the Nike River Run Marathon. When Libby says to Dennis, "you've never finished anything in your life", it stings. But is it enough to push a fat man to the very limits of his physical abilities? Will it make this oaf run 26 miles?

RATING 4/5 Consistently funny stuff with some truly memorable moments, and this film contains an easily digested message about commitment-phobia.

seeing it ages ago in england, i thought it was an excellent film!

Will he be chased by the Zombies he was running from in Shaun of the Dead?

I think this film looks hilarious.

How I miss Ross from Friends...