Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

For his pedigree as a big theatrical director, it's funny that David Schwimmer's one directorial debut is an innocent popcorn comedy. Then again he's best known for a sitcom role, but it would have been nice to see Schwimmer try to escape that reputation.Nonetheless, "Run Fatboy Run" is a pretty watchable popcorn comedy about an aimless man in arrested development (Simon Pegg) who runs a marathon as a hail mary pass to win back his ersatz ex-wife/baby mama (Thandie Newton) who he left at the altar on their wedding night out of fear. It sets up a rather obvious but serviceable character arc: The man's a loser because he's a commitment-phobe so finishing the race will represent his ability to commit. The film is set in London with a certain British whimsy in terms of many of the side characters including Harish Patel as a quirky yet sweet downstairs neighbor, Dylan Moran as the opportunistic best friend, and Nevan Finegan as a sexy no-nonsense landlady. The film can be firmly divided into two halves: Before Simon Pegg's character runs a marathon, and the marathon itself. In the first act, it's pretty typical with obvious foreshadowing and comedy that seems a little overly reliant on grotesque physical in a manner reminiscent of the "Three Stooges" (or what I'd imagine the Three Stooges to be): In one scene, Pegg's character gets a nail in his toe in an effort to pop a blister; in another, he and Moran's character get into a fight that's played for humor based on the pain they must be in).What really elevates the film is when he starts running the marathon and the subplots merge into more of a kinetic frenzy. The humor of bodily pain starts to segue into the tropes of a feel-good movie.This is one of the few wide-release running films and there's a lot of relatable stuff here in how annoying other runners can be, how some of the good running tips don't make sense until you're on the track, how will power will only take you so far without practice, and how running a long-distance race is often about the light at the end of the tunnel.

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

I love Simon Pegg; from Spaced to Hot Fuzz, Paul to Shawn of the Dead, so was expecting to love this too. Whilst I didn't love it, at least not on first watching, I did 'like a lot' this Brit-comedy with a lot going for it. Simon Pegg is clever, self-effacing and eminently watchable. He's not so up his own backside that he can't make fun of himself and in this - as with a lot of his films - he doesn't paint himself well, but comes good at the end.Dennis (Pegg) is a bit of a loser, a "nearly man" and someone who never sees something through including marrying love of his life and mother of his child Libby (the beautiful Thandie Newton), leaving her 'at the altar' so to speak. Five years on and he's in a dead end job, and seeing Libby get it together with good-looking, rich, fit American hedge-fund manager Whit (Hank Azaria) who has the best of everything, and so the competition begins for both the favour of Libby and the attention of their son, Jake. The competition between the two is padded out by funny interactions between him and his landlord (Harish Patel) and Libby's cousin/his friend played by the timing-genius Dylan Moran. Spot Stephen Merchant, David Walliams and Floella Benjamin to name a few familiar faces dotted through the film.Whilst there's nothing particularly outstanding in Run Fat Boy Run there are some great comedic moments (the lingerie shoplifter and the spin-class portion were particular hoots), some heart and the take home message about how the underdog can win if they work hard. It's predictable to a certain extent but it's just a nice film typical of Simon Pegg's oftentimes cringeworthy sort of humour; always well executed and cleverly written. Sadly no Nick Frost in this one!

Simon Pegg tries to act. Thandie Newton??(if that is a name) cannot act and to be fair doesn't embarrass herself by even trying unlike like Pegg.Surely its enough that she looks pretty and does those cosmetic adverts as well.The plot is par for the course for Pegg ,an allegedly "likeable" oaf/complete loser(played by Pegg)must over come the odds and the obstacles that everyone else in life seem to overcome with ease in order to get the girl and ya ya ya yawn. So he starts running to prove he'll be a great husband and a dad because that's really all you need to make your life partner happy and successfully raise a happy well balanced child =running skills