Instant Favorite.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

I think a test of whether a film is 'good' or 'bad' is to ask the question - would you be happy to watch again or several times?Run Fat Boy Run is a film I have happily watched several times over the years. It is a charming comedy where the good guy does, eventually, triumph through adversity. The old fashioned ending, where they do live happily ever after. Pegg jilted his girlfriend (Newton) at the alter because he was scared, thus ending the relationship. However, they do have a son. A few years later, he's working as a looser security guard, she is dating a rich American playboy. Pegg does start to get jealous. Particularly as the relationship looks to be serious and may mean she and will marry the American and go to live in the USA taking their son with her.Trying to outdo the playboy (who is a keen runner) Pegg talks himself into running the London marathon (against the American) The story is a light hearted comedy as Pegg tries to win back his family. The marathon becomes 'the wall' he must overcome to achieve this. 7.5/10

Is this anything new? No it is not. We have seen this kind of movie before. Estranged father wants to win his family back by doing something stupid.Is this well directed? No not really. Is this well acted? No not really. Has this a good story? No not really.But.... and yes there is a but, at least for me. This movie actually made me laugh out loud a couple of times. Not many movies can say that. No this is not a great movie, like i said above.I still think it is a quirky movie that is worth watching. Don't expect to much and just watch it

Run Fatboy Run (2007): Dir: David Schwimmer / Cast: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria, Dylan Moran, Harish Patel: Hilarious comedy about encouragement yet the title also symbolizes fear of commitment as well. Simon Pegg stars as Dennis Doyle who flees from the alter leaving his pregnant fiancé behind. Five years later he is an out of shape security guard threatened when someone else takes his place. He decides to run in a marathon in hopes of proving himself. Director David Schwimmer does a decent job at getting viewers pumped up and behind Pegg as he embarks upon this challenge. Simon Pegg shines as a deadbeat just as he did in Shaun of the Dead. Here he realizes his mistake and sets out to correct it by correcting himself. Thandie Newton plays his forgiving ex-fiancée, Libby who has moved on to another relationship. Hank Azaria plays her new boyfriend who puts on a fake front and tries to call out Pegg. He is successful and looks down upon Pegg all the more for not being so. Finally Dylan Moran plays Libby's cousin Gordon who is also Pegg's best friend. Moran steals moments particularly when betting on Pegg with this marathon thus adding more pressure. Harish Patel plays his landlord who takes up the task of training him and uses odd methods to do so. Wonderful inspiring comedy about self worth that should have viewers cheering. Score: 10 / 10

Dennis Doyle (Simon Pegg) is a lazy scared loser. He leaves his pregnant fiancée Libby (Thandie Newton) in a case of runaway groom. Five years later, he's a store security guard still trying to get back together with Libby. They have a kid Jake. She has a new successful boyfriend Whit (Hank Azaria). Dennis is still unreliable. Whit tells him that he's doing the Nike River run. Dennis decides to do the run to prove something to Libby. The problem is that he's horribly unfit.This is marginally likable only because of Simon Pegg. The problem is that director David Schwimmer and writers Michael Ian Black and Simon Pegg fail to get anywhere particularly funny. Sure it has Hank Azaria flashing Pegg. But Schwimmer can't quite make it funny. Pegg probably misses Nick Frost as his sidekick. He needs a buddy for a buddy comedy. There are some cute training scenes. The crude American humor is too obvious. Pegg seems to struggle with those. Considering the talent, this should be much better.