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(1 - 29) of 29 OFCS Rating: 31% Rotten Page   1   2.5/5 "For all its faults however, this is a romantic comedy that works - if just barely."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B "Schwimmer is wise to keep his camera trained on Pegg at all times, as the actor can make any sequence worthwhile with his unexpected, jittery retorts and reactions."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 1.5/5 "ends up feeling like a boring limerick told over and over again."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin C+ ""Run, Fat Boy, Run" is a cut-and-dried formula comedy slightly elevated by its more than competent cast."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 2/4 "...a mess of sentimental cliches..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "Amiable. Bland. Cute. Formulaic. Inconsequential. Run Fatboy Run goes down with ease, but it's awfully slight."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "Could a better combination of collaborators have produced something greater? Definitely. But this cheerful mix of juvenility and grown-up-relationship angst goes down smoothly enough to be worth watching."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C- "Depends on the charm of its leading man. But that proves a commodity which, in Pegg's case, proves to be not only in short supply but positively out of stock."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "This is yet another parody that falls victim to the desire to become what it's intending to satirize."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "When Schwimmer managed to get Pegg on board, his good fortune became ours."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 2.5/4 "Predictable losers-are-people-too jesting raised a notch by the quality work of consummate professionals."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth C+ "It looks like British writers Simon Pegg and Michael Ian Black have been studying the romantic comedies of Adam Sandler."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/4 "Formulaic and thoroughly conventional."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh C "The jokes land softly, but Run Fatboy Run moves at a sitcom-like clip that keeps it watchable even when it isn't especially funny."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "[Star/writer Pegg] ladles a deeper understanding of why men screw up into Dennis than we usually see in romantic comedies..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson C "An overlong over-conventional under-funny romantic comedy. To put it in its own terms, it might make it as a 100-yard-dash, but does not have the stamina for a marathon."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow "Run, Fatboy, Run is the type of romantic comedy apt to be described as "nice" or "sweet," both of which are codewords for "unexceptional" and "useless.""   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "Outside of a couple of moments of self-conscious shock humor, the most surprising thing about the film is how square it really is."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "It's not hysterically funny, but this British comedy is sharp enough to keep us chuckling right to the predictably sappy conclusion."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C "It ambles along pleasantly, produces a few chuckles, and is forgotten by the time you pass the popcorn counter on the way out of the theater."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "Predictable and clichéd as Run Fatboy Run is, it is an entertaining romedy that, unfortunately, doesn't have much staying power after credits roll."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 5/10 "A hackneyed slacker scenario reduces this film from an entertainment marathon to a plot treading water. The feel-good message comes around, but there is too much packaging for the product."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 3.5/5 "An unapologetic throwback to the days when comedies didn't have to be all that original -- just as long as they were funny."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg C "... lacks the invention of [Simon] Pegg's comedies with Edgar Wright, which buzz and crackle with ideas and energy. This one simply plods through..."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 1.5/4 "Turn and run, no matter what size you are."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "Deserves credit for not working us over the way so many modern comedies too. It brings us to the finish line with energy to spare, instead of leaving us feeling sapped."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 5/10 "Using conventional slapstick gags and inventive crosscutting, David Schwimmer scores as a creditable, if not memorable, director...but the innocuous script is totally predictable."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 5/10 "A fine work of craftspeople both in front of the camera and behind...whose chief mistake is that every one of them appears to have forgotten that it was in fact a comedy."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 29) of 29 OFCS Rating: 31% Rotten Page   1