Starring:
Simon Pegg, Hank Azaria, Ameet Chana, Dylan Moran, Thandie Newton
Review:
Why in hell is queens-born David Schwimmer making his directing
debut with a British farce? Damned if I know. But the
Friends star has a welcome eye for laughs that sneak in
around familiar corners. It’s also a large comic boost that Simon
Pegg, the offbeat star of Shaun of the Dead and Hot
Fuzz, plays Dennis, a security guard in a lingerie shop. Five
years earlier, dumbass Dennis ditched his pregnant fiancée,
Libby (gorgeous Thandie Newton), at the altar. Now she’s about to
marry Whit (Hank Azaria), a rich American. Desperate to win Libby
back, Dennis competes against Whit in a London charity marathon to
prove he can man up. “I’m not fat,” Dennis insists, “I’m unfit.”
So’s the plot, which sparks only when Schwimmer spins knockabout
variations on it. The funniest scenes are…

Rating: 2 Stars