I like Simon Pegg's movies. This time he and his cohorts take on the romantic comedy. Pegg plays a loser security guard who leaves his impossibly hot, charming, loving and very pregnant girlfriend at the altar.
Fast forward a few years, and he's got a cute son he obviously adores, a mad crush on the now ex-girlfriend, and still doesn't have a life. When ex-girl gets a rich, handsome, seemingly perfect American suitor, loser's gotta step up and prove himself.
It's a vanilla story, but it works well. The cast is funny and the script is packed with lots of good bits. The kid is cute without being annoying. Hank Azaria *is* annoying as the American, Whit, but I think he was supposed to be.
Pegg does these nerd turned hero movies well. And it plays into a little wish-fulfillment for a lot of his fans. Seriously, if I could take on zombies with a cricket bat once, I'd so do it.
Not as slapsticky as Shawn of the Dead or Hot Fuzz, but well worth the evening price I paid to go.
Classic British comedy.
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