{"id":1053,"date":"2008-03-28T11:35:26","date_gmt":"2008-03-28T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/movie-review-run-fat-boy-run\/"},"modified":"2008-03-28T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2008-03-28T17:35:26","slug":"movie-review-run-fat-boy-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=1053","title":{"rendered":"Movie review: Run, Fat Boy, Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY MAGGIE SCOTT<\/p>\n<p>   They say the race is to the swift.  But, for someone like Dennis, that means racing as fast as he can from the dreaded moment he can kiss carefree bachelorhood goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>   As Run, Fat Boy, Run opens, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just left his apoplectic and pregnant girlfriend Libby at the altar. <\/p>\n<p>    Five years later, Dennis (Simon Pegg) is a security guard at a woman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothing store.  He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a bit of a belly and a close relationship with his son, with whom Denny can feel free on their regularly scheduled outings to act like a kid.<\/p>\n<p>     It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s soon clear that not only does Denny love his boy, he still loves Libby (Thandie Newton).  Trouble is she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s moved on to a new relationship: Whit (Hank Azaria), a man who knows something about running.  As in, managing hedge funds and competing in charity marathons. <\/p>\n<p>    How does Denny compete with &#8220;Peter Perfect?&#8221;  Could the man who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never finished anything, according to Libby, make and keep a commitment to get himself into shape for, and finish, the 26-mile Nike River Run along London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Thames River?  He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got three weeks to get ready.<\/p>\n<p>      Unfortunately, jealousy isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough of a motivator to sustain the kind of inner fortitude a man like Denny is going to need to push through the &#8220;wall&#8221; every marathoner hits.  Denny has got to have an attitude adjustment to break through his own wall that lack of discipline and perseverance has built. <\/p>\n<p>    Helping with the adjustment are his dubious poker buddy, Gordon (Dylan Moran) and Mr. Ghoshdashtidar (Harish Patel), Denny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s long-suffering landlord. A blustering, but kind-hearted man who believes in the power of love, Mr. G. realizes that he just might see the unpaid rent if Denny gets a little moral support.  <\/p>\n<p>   So, with apologies to Rocky, Denny takes his pasty soft body out for some respiratory distress training, only to have a major relapse of character when he hears Libby say &#8220;yes&#8221; to Whit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposal of marriage. <\/p>\n<p>  Dropping out, Denny returns to slacker mode, faces eviction courtesy of Mr. G\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard-nosed daughter and gets a pummeling from Gordon, who placed a substantial bet on Dennis finishing the race. Is Denny doomed to watch life from the sidelines, or can he get his second wind and make his cold feet, clad in Mr. G\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gift of yellow Nike running shoes, take the first and last steps he needs to win back his self-esteem and the love of his life? <\/p>\n<p>    Pegg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s made a name for himself as the impish comedian actor\/ satirical screenwriter of such hits as Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead.  Under the relatively staid, first-time feature film direction of Friends almnus, David Schwimmer, Pegg plays it mostly endearingly straight, with mood-breaking moments of naughty or gross-out zaniness.  Race right out and see it, starting March 28.  <\/p>\n<p>A Picturehouse release, rated PG-13 for rude, sexual humor; partial nudity; language; smoking.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration:none\" href=\"\/where-to-buy-genuine-zerit\">.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY MAGGIE SCOTT They say the race is to the swift. 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