The comedy fell away somewhere along the way...

Rating: 5/10 (20 December 2015)

While the story in "Run Fatboy Run" was good, then this was hardly one of Simon Pegg's best movies. Why? Well, because it just wasn't particularly funny.
I must admit that I had higher hopes for this movie, given it being a Simon Pegg movie. Just a shame that the movie was lacking more comedy and funny situations that would make the audience laugh.
The story is about Dennis (played by Simon Pegg) who is somewhat out of shape and who ran out on his pregnant wife to be on the day of their wedding. As a new man comes into his ex-fiancée's life, Dennis is forced to take a hard look at his life and himself. So he decides to compete in a marathon to prove his worth.
Granted, Simon Pegg did an alright job, he just didn't have any real comedy to work with in the script. But I will say that there is a good bunch of British comedians in the movie. If you enjoy British comedy you will get a kick out of seeing Dylan Moran, Stephen Merchant and David Walliams in this movie.
A shame that the movie lacked more laughs and funny moments, because it would have brought the movie out of the mediocre lane.