Run, Fat Boy, Run DVD

Advantages: Great British humour
Disadvantages: None for me

When Dennis Doyle fled from Libby, his pregnant wife-to-be, on their wedding day, he thought that he was doing them both a favour. Five years later, Dennis has had plenty of time to reflect on that day, and he is sure of one thing - he wants Libby back. The only problem is that Libby now has a new man in her life - a good-looking, successful American called Whit, who is planning to run the London Marathon and is slowly gaining a place in Dennis' ...
...friends that he is not the loser that they all believe he is, Dennis decides to run the marathon himself. Will he be able to turn himself from couch potato to marathon runner? Or is he doomed to fail yet again? Simon Pegg is Dennis Doyle. This is not a difficult role for him to take on - in fact, he plays pretty much the same character in Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead and Spaced - but there is something about his character that strikes a chord with ... Read review

Advantages: fun to watch
Disadvantages: none

...was very keen to watch Run, Fat Boy, Run on DVD and it turned out to be a bit daft in places but nevertheless an enjoyable film. It's the sort of film that is classed as comedy but with a bit of pathos thrown in for good measure. The basic storyline sort of reminded me of The Full Monty - the good guy has hit rock bottom, tends to be a lousy father, whilst former wife or girlfriend has a smarmy new guy in tow! Our hero has to do something drastic ...
...- in the Full Monty Robert Carlyle took his clothes off, in this film Simon Pegg sets out to run a marathon! Simon Pegg plays Dennis who five years ago left a heavily pregnant Libby (Thandie Newton)on their wedding day. Five years later he has a bit of a dead end job as a security guard and Libby has a new boyfriend Whit (Hank Azaria) who seems to be tryng to take over the role of Dad to five year old Jake. Whit also is a marathon runner and in ... Read review

Advantages: Competent direction and affable performances.
Disadvantages: Some sloppy editing and predictable writing.

Dennis makes the biggest mistake of his life when he runs out on his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day. Five years later he realises the error of his ways and decides to win her back. The only problem is that she's found someone else. Whit is the archetypal tall, dark, handsome stranger, plus he's rich, handsome and runs marathons for fun. So Dennis resolves to get fit and then take on his opponent in a local run. With the help of his best mate ...
...puts everything on the line to win back the love of his life and his son. From the critical mauling this movie got on release, I expected it to be the worst film I'd ever seen. But it's far from it. Most of the complaints in the press seemed to be about the inappropriate title, as Simon Pegg is far from fat. Though I can see their point, it hardly feels like a good reason to condemn the film out of hand. The directorial debut of former "Friends" ... Read review

Advantages: Simon pegg for me makes the film!
Disadvantages: story line is a little predictable

After seeing Hot fuzz i soon became a huge fan of simon pegg's films, i love his sense of humor so when Run fat boy run came out i thought ive got to see that!. As a huge fan of Freinds i was happy to find out that David Schwimmer (who played ross in friends) was the Director and with another friendly face from friends Hank Azaria (who played pheobes on/off love interest david) i thought great a comedy show i love has a part in this and with simon ...
...it was brilliant in my opinion not quite as good as Hot fuzz but still funny in its own right there where bits that made you giggle and bits that made you laugh out loud and bits that made you go "aww" what made the film for me was simon pegg and the fact that as you watch him you laugh because its so real,because its something you or someone you know would do. The plot for the film is a little predictible but still a good story to follow. Plot~ ... Read review

Advantages: Hilarious, for all the right reasons.
Disadvantages: None to speak of

Just to prove I can do a positive review..... This is, without a doubt, the funniest film I have seen in so long I can't remember what (if anything) was funnier! Simon Pegg is absolutely perfect as the titular Fat Boy (not his prefered description...), Thandie Newton is a (very) yummy Mummy and Hank Azaria is perfect as the pompous American ass. The supporting cast are all superb too - take a look at IMDB for them. I must admit that I was a little ...
...'Friends' Schwimmer was the director. But I needn't have worried - he shows a very deft touch with the material, especially as some of it is very unique to British humour. The story is not complex and I won't go into it for fear of spoilling. Suffice to say that even though you can see some of the jokes coming a mile off (or should that be 26 miles off...) it is still very, very, funny. The minor characters contribute enormously to the whole thing ... Read review