Enjoyable Comedy

Rating: 7/10 (4 September 2017)

I think a test of whether a film is 'good' or 'bad' is to ask the question - would you be happy to watch again or several times?
Run Fat Boy Run is a film I have happily watched several times over the years.
It is a charming comedy where the good guy does, eventually, triumph through adversity. The old fashioned ending, where they do live happily ever after.
Pegg jilted his girlfriend (Newton) at the alter because he was scared, thus ending the relationship. However, they do have a son.
A few years later, he's working as a looser security guard, she is dating a rich American playboy. Pegg does start to get jealous. Particularly as the relationship looks to be serious and may mean she and will marry the American and go to live in the USA taking their son with her.
Trying to outdo the playboy (who is a keen runner) Pegg talks himself into running the London marathon (against the American)
The story is a light hearted comedy as Pegg tries to win back his family. The marathon becomes 'the wall' he must overcome to achieve this.
7.5/10