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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyDavid Schwimmer's first bigscreen directing effort reveals something very different: a thoroughly competent mainstream craftsman who imposes no individual character on formulaic material.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoicePegg has staked out a peculiar slant on genre material that ventures beyond irony toward rehabilitation--and nobody plays blithe humiliation with more style.
- 63Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversRun, Fat Boy, Run stays out of sitcom quicksand long enough to make you think that Schwimmer has a knack for this comedy-directing thing.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe pic benefits from a loveable-loser turn by Simon Pegg, but the "Shaun of the Dead" star's presence may also lead to disappointment for those familiar with his work.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe result is tepid humor and a less-than-compelling feel-good story of redemption and re-kindled romance.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinI wouldn’t believe that Run, Fat Boy, Run was co-written by Simon Pegg (of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) if he weren’t up there on the screen in teeny briefs and with his gut stuck out, trying to endear himself to the American audience in material maybe a notch above Rob Schneider’s.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsOne of the problems with the new comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run is that it’s not English enough, even though its antagonist is a thoroughly detestable American go-getter.
- 40Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesThis British rom-com is all soft and plodgy, a by-the-numbers redemption tale that careens uncomfortably from sentimentality to stomach-turning sight gags.
- 38PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyThe heretofore nothing-but-delightful Simon Pegg stumbles in the long-anticipated feature film directorial debut of -- ta-da! -- David Schwimmer, who takes the sow's ear of a script given him by Pegg and Michael Ian Black and deep-fries it into a burnt pork rind of a movie.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSimon Pegg has what it takes, but he's saddled himself with a script (co-written by Pegg and Michael Ian Black) that Adam Sandler wouldn't have pulled out of his bottom drawer.