Hilarious and uplifting

Rating: 7/10 (1 December 2012)

Simon Pegg ditches his pregnant fiancée(Thandie Newton) on their wedding day and runs away. 5 years pass. Now he is working as a security guard. Newton starts seeing Azaria, a successful businessman who is also good looking.She has Pegg's son, Jed. Azaria is obsessed with running and is about to participate in the London river marathon. Peggwants to win back the respect of Newton. He decides to run. The movie moves at a fairly good pace and the script is laced with very funny punch lines by Pegg who is excellent as the cigarette smoking, lazy guy who tries for an overhaul. Newton looks stunning but as usual cannot act even if her life depended on it. There are lots of quirky characters who help Pegg. The one notable mention is our own Harish Patel who plays Pegg's Indian landlord with an unpronounceable name. This ends up being uplifting aside from being hilarious. 3.5 out of 5.