Run for this comedy

Rating: 7/10 (27 June 2010)

"Run, Fatboy, Run" is a comedy, sure there is a romantic subplot, but it's a comedy, and it's funny!
The humour isn't highbrow, and there's a lot of sexual innuendo jokes, but the laughs keep coming. Simon Pegg (yes, that is the guy from "Shaun of the Dead") plays our hero, Dennis. Dennis makes a lot of really bad decisions, but don't we all? We are easily able to laugh at him and cheer him on. As his best friend says to Dennis, "You left her at the altar when she was pregnant." Dennis: "But that was ages ago." Gordon: "Women tend to remember that stuff." We do. It's comedy though when it happens to somebody else. The always funny Hank Azaria plays Libby's new beau, Whit. Azaria is the type of great actor that when we need to root for Dennis, he makes it okay for us to hate Whit.
This is a fairly typical comedic romance - not a romantic comedy since its comedy first and slightly more male-oriented. You will know exactly how the movie is going to play out, but it's so funny that the jokes distract you from the fairly lame plot.
For those turned off by the title, the writers do know that Simon Pegg isn't exactly fat. As Dennis says, "I'm not fat, I'm just unfit". "Run, Unfit-boy, Run" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
"Run, Fatboy, Run" is a good comedy, and it really is appropriate for most ages (a PG-13 rating in most countries).