Run, Fatboy, Run

Last night I took my free movie pass and borrowed my friend's boyfriend and went to a preview showing of Run, Fatboy, Run. I was very excited for the movie because of Simon Pegg (and once I realized he was in it, Dylan Moran). Once I found out the director was David Schwimmer I became a bit less excited, although I shouldn't let the fact that I hated his character on Friends colour how I view him as a director.

This was a basic paint-by-numbers Hollywood underdog romantic comedy. Basically - boy leaves pregnant fiancee at alter, spends next five years regretting it, girl meets new man who is perfect and runs marathons, boy decides to run marathon to prove his love to girl and win her back. I'll let you figure out what happens in the end - it's not a surprise. Not as sharp or witty as Shaun of the Dead (admittedly hard to top) or even Hot Fuzz. We were talking about it after the show and the best we could come up with was "cute". A pleasant way to spend a few hours but ultimately forgettable. The best lines came from Dylan Moran (not a surprise) and Thandie Newton spent the movie looking pretty and concerned. Simon Pegg was Simon Pegg - I'd watch him read a phone book, so I enjoyed him in this, even though his character was pretty two dimensional.

In a weird sponsorship deal, the promo people from Wired 96.5 were there before the show giving out Run, Fatboy, Run water bottles and sweatbands and tons of radio station freebies. Not quite sure why a "Hits and Hip-Hop station" was sponsoring this movie, but I did get lots of free swag (which I will promptly try to unload on other people).