Name: Man Up
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2014
Duration: T1H28M
Cast: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Olivia Williams, Ken Stott

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Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) and Lake Bell (In a World…) star in this London-set rom-com from the director of The Inbetweeners Movie, following a woman who is mistaken for a blind date which accidentally leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend.

"Perpetually single Nancy (Bell) has given up on ever finding Mr. Right. When a mix-up involving a fad self-help book leads to Jack (Pegg) - a charming stranger - falsely identifying her as his blind date, Nancy lets her guard down to see where this unexpected opportunity takes her. At first Jack seems like he might be The One, but soon both parties realise there might be more to the other than they first let on." (Tribeca Film Festival)

2014Rating: M, Sexual references and coarse language88 minsUK

ComedyRomance

All Reviews (15)

Director:: Ben Palmer ('The Inbetweeners Movie')
Writer:: Tess Morris
Cast:: Simon PeggLake BellOlivia WilliamsKen Stott

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Flicks, Matt Glasby

We've all come across good-enough films before. Not bad per se, not memorable either, but if caught in the right middling mood – or on a plane – good enough. Ben (The Inbetweeners Movie) Palmer's London-set rom-com pairs American indie queen Lake Bell with British nerd king Simon Pegg and is, for the most part, good enough. Funny, if not especially romantic, it's steeped in cynicism so deep even a climactic flash mob can't sweeten things. Ironically, Nick Frost's overlooked Cuban Fury worked much more deftly at getting this balance right.

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Variety

For viewers still waiting for the indefinitely delayed third Bridget Jones film, Ben Palmer's easy, breezy romantic comedy Man Up offers a pleasant sense of deja vu.

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Total Film

Not up there with key US influences Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally and Jerry Maguire, but a romcom Brits can be proud of. Make a date of it.

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Time Out

Lake Bell is so goofy and likeable, I found myself willing the film to keep up with her.

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The Guardian

It gets progressively soapier and clumsier as it nears its destination, but along the way Tess Morris's script maps out a modern dating landscape strewn with anxiety, deceit, emotional baggage and drunken meltdowns ...

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Little White Lies

Isn't perfect, but that's a minor detail when you're dealing with major talent. It could be love, actually.

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Hollywood Reporter

A satisfying rom-com that's significantly more likable than its title.

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Empire Magazine

If it could decide whether it was a cute romcom or a dirty one, Man Up would be a real gem, but as charming as it is, it falls between two stools and never manages to, ahem, Man Up.

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