screwball comedy --2008 style, I loved it.

Rating: 9/10 (1 November 2008)

David Schwimmer in his directorial debut,proves he is as good a director as he is an actor (Friends). Micheal Ian Black & Simon Pegg wrote the screenplay which is basically a screwball comedy.This is no where like the screwball comic farces of the 1930's, It is however a screwball comedy 2008 style.
This was a 2008 release in the USA.
Please do not expect a plausible, realistic story line, Screwball comedies are never plausible or realistic, They are just funny & silly.
Run, Fatboy,Run is a is both funny & silly & at all times enjoyable. At no times is it supposed to be taken seriously, Just sit back & enjoy these talented actors having fun.
The talented actors are Simon Pegg, he is a physical comic whose facial expressions,make his somewhat unlikable character seem real. Very few can do this well, Simon Pegg does this superbly.
Thandie Newton, what a beauty & what an actress, she can handle comedy as well as she does dramas.
Hank Azaria can do roles where he can switch to being a villain very easily, here he does it perfectly. Hank & Simon have locker room scene that is a quiet laugh riot.
These are the 3 main members of the cast, I must mention others as they sure add to the fun.Dylan Moran an Irish comic who was in a few other Simon Pegg films & is quietly very humorous.
Haresh Patel an actor from South Asia is very good & he know how to use a spatula for other things than cooking.
Mathew Fenton a lad about 5 is perfect Thandie & Simons son.
Much of the movie was filmed in beautiful North London,with fantastic scenes of London in the background. The last part of the movie is a Marathon race, with both Simon & Hank participating, they both love Thandie. Which one will get her, Will one of them win the marathon, Hank is fit enough to win anything, Simon however (he is not fat, just not in shape.) I will not tell you the ending. This is a screwball comedy, & not reality, & thats what made it so enjoyable for me,
Ratings: ***1/2 (out of 10)95 points (out of 100) IMDb 9 (out of 10)