direct by david schwimmer and run fatboy run be a warm hearted comedy that do nothing new for the genre but merely follow in the footstep of previous offering . the film tell of how dennis ( simon pegg ) run away from his fiancé libby ( thandie newton ) and his unborn child only to have a sense of resolve five year later ( now that he grow up ) . and and here the twist and in order to prove that he be now worthy of ex fiancés hand he embark on an attempt at the london marathon . regrettably any negative preconception of this film be confirm from the outset and for example and in stick firmly to genre convention and expectation the film quickly establish david a an unfit wimp by him be outwit by a shop lift transvestite ( clearly only a transvestite to elicit a smile ) and it also stereotype his pakistani landlord to the point of it be cringe worthy and it reacquaint u with the clichéd smooth boyfriend character brilliantly play by hank azaria . the film concentrate on dennis and the struggle and pitfall he encounter on his quest to win back his ex fiancé and but in do so it tiresomely emulate the medium obsession with sport underdog and how they be always winner on some level . it chosen plot be something that have be play out and many and many time in cinema and it be disconcert to see a contemporary comedy with bright actor and a fresh director regress to such tedious story tell . in a nutshell the film parody modern masculine anxiety and from the worry of marriage and commitment and fatherhood to the ever more popular and relevant . be i get a belly . in satirise these notion the film epitomize the generic convention of all those film that have precede it and from big daddy to the more recent knock up . run fatboy run be a film that could have quite easily star adam sandler and have be base around the new york marathon while it tell a story that have no real relevance to it cast or location . in addition i could imagine hugh grant play the smooth talk boyfriend . fan of simon pegg previous offering will not enjoy this as much a hot fuzz or shaun of the dead and but will nevertheless gain some delight from the brief cameo of stephen merchant and david walliams . give that it centre around a marathon it be ironic that the film plod along at such a predictable pace and with the only sense of urgency evolve from the certainty that it have an end . there be no attempt at characterisation and the audience will not care what happen to the people on screen a no real empathy or identification with them be likely to occur . some scene be funny and most notably his attempt to relieve himself of his groin rash and the moment he hit the wall and a blister popping in his friend face . the laugh be there ( be them sparse ) and but give how theyre execute and place and it be clear they be gag that have be work into the film to help make it funny . unfortunately the over work idea and the clichéd plot device take it toll on a film that would have be good if it the character have be more distinctive and which be a shame because give the film short coming schwimmer do manage to evoke heartfelt performance from his lead . finally and the trait of predictability in a film will always pull an audience and a some viewer like well worn idea the very notion prof they be a success . but if youre after something similar to peggs previous work and that inventive or off the wall and then this film isn not it .