
Flicks, Andreas Heinemann
Dennis (Simon Pegg of Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz fame) is just your average guy, slightly overweight and romantically inept. He’s also a bit of a bastard, having left his pregnant fiancée Libby (Thandie Newton) at the altar five years ago. Poor form Dennis. It is only when she becomes involved with a new man, the slick and charming Whit (Hank Azaria), that Dennis realizes just how big a mistake he made. To prove he has changed his slacker ways, Dennis vows to match Whit’s effort of running the London marathon to show his new found sense of personal commitment. Ah metaphors, the lifeblood of the industry.
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