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This feeble premise limits the movie to perfunctory gags about the hero's sloth and some canned underdog drama.
Sure it's predictable. Sure it's a slight effort, but I still think it's pretty funny and charming.
One thing Schwimmer does do right is keep the story moving swiftly. You're in, you're out, no harm done -- unless you want that hour and a half back.
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.
Run, Fat Boy, Run is the directorial debut of actor David Schwimmer, who is much better behind the camera than in front of it. Here, he's taken material best suited to sketch comedy and turned it into a feature of no small heart and humour.
This is a romantic comedy light on romance but heavy on comedy, and it's well cast to skew in that direction.
Nothing to be embarrassed about here. Though the kick-in-the-balls scene does run on a bit.
Far from the gut-busting brilliance of Pegg's other, self-made starring vehicles.
There are any number of good laughs in the film, and I found myself smiling quite a bit. (Blu-ray Edition)
The film, like its flabby aspiring marathon runner protagonist, feels shapeless and exhausted from the sheer effort of trying to please audiences.
The film, like its flabby aspiring marathon runner protagonist, feels shapeless and exhausted from the sheer effort of trying to please audiences.
The picture manages to juggle both the silly and the sentimental without falling flat.
...cuter and sweeter than I expected, a mildly pleasant surprise.
Well enough crafted to keep you in stitches while on the edge of your seat for the duration, even if this laff-a-minute escape is more mindless than cerebral.
Schwimmer completely lacks what it takes to ever get this movie off the ground. The story is fairly formula and the actors are basically on mark, yet the jokes (most of which are so predictable they are telegraphed a mile in advance) land with a virtually
It's a Generation X movie in a way very few movies are any more; it is unseemly to admit that our generation is about as slackery as we had promised to become. Go with your ex and smile.
It's a good formalic romantic comedy. Nothing more.
Schwimmer offers generic rom-com conventions in his feature directorial debut.
[The protagonist is] a petty, unlikable loser.
(Run, Fat Boy, Run) is your nice, fun, romantic film that is not necessarily worth spending your money to see in theatres.
Em sua estréia na direção, Schwimmer atira para todos os lados: comédia física, escatologia, estereótipos, besteirol, e por aí afora, falhando consistentemente todas as vezes. E Pegg jamais esteve tão artificial, o que é uma surpresa desagradável.
Turn and run, no matter what size you are.
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