Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day,
out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back (www.imdb.com).
Director: David Schwimmer (Trust)
Starring: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria, Dylan Moran
Simon Pegg shows the world that he's a capable man in a lead role. He's an ordinary, down-to-earth kind of guy, someone you'd love to have as a friend. His character, Dennis, starts off the opposite. He runs out of his fiancee Libby (Newton) on their wedding day, whilst she has a bun in the oven! How are we to relate to someone as distasteful as he? Surprisingly he pulls it off just by being himself. 5 years on, Dennis tries to win back Libby's affection by taking part in a marathon, and competing with her new man, Whit (Azaria). Director David Schwimmer (yes, Ross from Friends!) has spent time developing Dennis, but no one else. Whit has all the appealing traits (money, power, mysterious man from another country), but not the personality. He's the cocky American all us Brits are destined to hate. Newton and Azaria are underdeveloped characters. Schwimmer's potential gets bogged down by laughs and the cameos which don't quite hit the spot they're aiming for. Pegg is brilliant, and his best friend in-role Dylan Moran's on par. R,FB,R is fun, guaranteed to crack a few smiles. No matter how it ends, Pegg is still the winner.
3/5
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