Funny Average

Rating: 7/10 (27 February 2008)

This is probably one of funniest films I've seen at the cinema for a long time, and plus it's British (I think) and that's always a good sign. It stars Simon Pegg (star of Hot Fuzz and the cult classic Shaun of the Dead) who does another flawless performance playing a guy called Dennis, who has run away from all the difficult decisions in his life, this ends up with him running the marathon to win back his ex-fiancé, Libby (Thandie Newton), who is going out with a fit, rich American bloke celled Whit (Hank Azaria, voices of loads of the Simpsons characters). Most of the film is Dennis training, but that's the best part so it doesn't matter. There are a lot of great and memorable moments, like when Dennis and Gordon (Dylan Moran) his best friend have a hilarious fight, which leads to both of them in a lot of pain. You maybe thinking how I gave it 3 stars with all these good comments, well the fact is that it is an average film, average humour and average romance. The best feature of the film is the cast defiantly, Dylan Moran doing a brilliant performance as Gordon, Simon Pegg doing same as always and Hank Azaria doing a great job acting like an average American rich snob, this film also contains some little scenes with David Walliams and Stephen Merchant.