Simon Pegg's 'Run, Fatboy, Run' Engaging, Despite Lacking 'Soulfulness and Honesty'
Link4/12/2008
"Simon Pegg's latest turn as an improbable leading man, Dennis, finds
him having abandoned his pregnant fiancée - played by the improbably
fabulous Thandie Newton - at the altar and living a sad little
existence after the fact. In the film's opening scene, he appears to
be a policeman - a nod to his 2007 parody "Hot Fuzz" - chasing down a
thieving drag queen. When he finally and laboriously recovers the
stolen goods, it becomes clear that he is not living the glamorous
life of a real crime-fighter; he's a security guard for a swanky
women's clothing store. The sad part is he's not even good at his job.
He plunks down the lacy pair of pilfered panties on his boss's desk
only to be confronted with her angry retort, "What about the bra?"
Here Pegg's character's distinguishing feature is revealed, as he
tries to get out of chasing the drag queen a second time: "I'm not
fat," he whines indignantly to the ladies in the shop, "I'm unfit!"
