Run Fatboy Run (2008)

The plot should be familiar to anyone who's watched more than a few romantic comedies: Shlubby loser (in this case, Simon Pegg) blows it with the perfect girl (Thandie Newton) and tries to woo her back before she winds up with Mr. Right (Hank Azaria) who is, secretly, a real ass.

I do wish they'd made Azaria's character a little less despicable. Wouldn't it be nice if the girl would, for once, simply choose the good-hearted loser based on love rather than being PUSHED back to him by a loathsome jerk? Eh, I guess then it'd just be predictable in a different way.

Nothing new here, but somehow manages to squeeze out some charm nonetheless.

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