Dumbed-Down, seen it 10 times before bland

Rating: 4/10 (9 May 2009)

Run Fatboy Run doesn't have much going for it. It is completely unoriginal and pandering. It tries to mix in a bit of drama with mostly comedy and pretty much fails on most levels. A few of the comic moments are chuckles, but they don't come close to enough to make up for the utter cliché and by-the-numbers acting by everyone involved. Running gags too are not funny just weak. And then there's the old MTV syndrome of mixing in music for 3 min song beats instead of trying to run exposition - a crutch and shameful bale of a lot of directors these days. For any director reading, once again, MUSIC IS MEANT TO ENHANCE not stand for picture-time! So is this movie absolutely horrible, no, but it doesn't offer anything new, nor does the performances and storyline. Rent it when it goes off the new release section or better yet, check it out at the library.