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- Release Date: March 28, 2008
- Starring Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria
- Running Time: 95 min.
- Spotlight Premiere: 2008 SXSW Film Festival
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Run Fat Boy Run is the directorial debut of actor and former Friends star David Schwimmer. The movie was written by Simon Pegg and Michael Ian Black.
Plot
Five years after leaving his pregnant girlfriend at the altar, an out of shape London security guard hopes to win back her affections by competing in a 26-mile marathon.Critical and Box Office Response
Run Fat Boy Run received mixed reviews from critics. The film scored a 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, an overall rating of 48 on Metacritic.The box office gross for the U.S. totaled $5,968,495 and $29,067,415 abroad for a total worldwide of $35,035,910. The production budget for the film was reported to be $10 million.
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Run Fat Boy Run Good Reviews
- USA Today: Romantically Funny Fat Boy is a Winner
- "A romantic comedy fused with an inspirational sports movie, Run Fat Boy Run is bolstered by its distinctive sense of humor, alternately broad and edgy, which makes both tired formulas seem refreshing."
- Variety: Run Fat Boy Run Review
- "There are no surprises here -- just broad, frequently slapstick gags that don't avoid but do tamp down a bit on the bodily-function school of yokkery."
- Rolling Stone (2.5/4): Run Fat Boy Run Review
- "...stays out of sitcom quicksand long enough to make you think that Schwimmer has a knack for this comedy-directing thing."
- The Hollywood Reporter: Run Fat Boy Run Review
- "(Simon) Pegg is really the reason to show up -- he and (Thandie) Newton have little chemistry, but she's lovely and he's funny, which suffices."
- The New York Times: Run Fat Boy Run Review
- "Fat Boy will never be mistaken for art. It's Rocky by way of There's Something About Mary, an inspirational fantasy with guy's-guy banter and gross-out humor...Yet it's effective and affecting..."
Run Fat Boy Run Bad Reviews
- EW.com (D): Run Fat Boy Run Review
- "(Simon Pegg's) got what it takes, but he's saddled himself with a script (co-written by Pegg and Michael Ian Black) that Adam Sandler wouldn't have pulled out of his bottom drawer."
- Chicago Tribune (2/4): Movie Review: Run Fat Boy Run
- "...strictly routine on the page. By the big race the romantic comedy cliches and the sports-movie cliches prove insurmountable."
- washingtonpost.com: Run Fat Boy Run Review
- "Run Fat Boy Run is hard to love, thanks to the tedious romantic-comedy cliches to which it subjects its characters -- and us."
- The A.V. Club (C+): Run Fat Boy Run Review
- "Run Fatboy Run...isn't particularly hilarious or moving, but it's got just enough humor and pathos to render its myriad flaws almost forgivable. Almost."
- Daily News (1.5/4): Run Fat Boy Run Logs Few Smiles
- "Every ounce of comedy is so forced and full-on ridiculous that when characters express even a smidgen of sentiment, it feels like a parody."
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