YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

indianature I watched Run Fatboy Run on TV this afternoon. I thought it may not hold the interest but there was nothing else to do so I watched. I was so glad I did.This is a beautiful movie. It is about ordinary lives that can rise to extraordinary challenges when the circumstances warrant.Simon Pegg was superb in his portrayal of Dennis, an ordinary unambitious security guard who stood up his pregnant bride Thandie Newton at the altar.Thandie Newton was charming as the stood up bride who moves on with her life.The child actor Dylan did a brilliant job as did Hank Azaria as the typical sophisticated American expat yuppie.The supporting cast of Dylan's friends and the Indian landlord were equally brilliant in the portrayal of their respective characters.At the end of the day, this is a feel good movie with a healthy dose of the human factor that all of us can well relate to.For those who have not seen this already, please do if you get a chance to. It is a must watch.

HelenMary 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!

Sandcooler Underdog stories usually tend to be a bit formulaic, but this movie mocks the whole underdog cliché by just going completely over the top. Everything about this movie is retardedly implausible, and that's pretty much where all its charm seems to come from. Well, not all its charm, because Simon Pegg definitely deserves some credit as well. He does the same schtick he already did in "Shaun Of The Dead" (even the love subplot is eerily similar), but there's nothing wrong with not changing a winning team. A good underdog movie always has you cheering for the anti-hero, and this one drags out its finale so long that the obligatory corny euphoric moment lasts for roughly twenty minutes. Just picture the decisive homerun from "Major League" or the winning touchdown from "Remember the Titans", this movie's entire third act feels like that. Not the definitive sports comedy, but undoubtebly one of the funniest.

schf 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