Nancy (Bell), who hasn’t had luck in the love department, gets put into an unexpected situation when her identity is mistaken by a man (Pegg) who believes she is the woman he was supposed to meet for a blind date. The entire film revolves around their night together, him dealing with the truth about who she is, and more (I don’t want to give it all away).
– IMDb
Man Up
Starring
Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear
Directed by Ben Palmer
Box Office: $2,950,880
Review
I went into this film expecting to laugh quite a bit. Ever since I saw Run Fatboy Run, Shaun of the Dead, and Hot Fuzz, I began to like Simon Pegg more and more. I find him hilarious. However, I was also not delusional in expecting a movie that was anything more than a very predictable romantic comedy.
It was everything I expected; predictable, but still quite good. I did laugh but I surprisingly teared up a bit towards the end (excuse me for assuming a comedy wouldn’t make me cry).
I enjoy how it all came together, and the chemistry between Pegg and Bell was decent. They both do a great job individually, but I just couldn’t see them actually having that chemistry in real life. I didn’t want that to affect my views of the movie; it unfortunately did. My favorite parts of the film were the ones that included Nancy’s Mother and Father. She has Balin from The Hobbit (Scott) as a Dad- how cool is that?
The storyline is simple and it’s a good movie if you just want to relax with a very easy-going film.
Overall, I’d say it would get a 7/10… I suppose. I’m not great at rating rom-coms since they’re all just so similar. It’s hard for me to give Pegg a rating of anything less than a 7 on any film. I just really appreciate him as an actor. In fact, he’s the only reason why I could get through watching MI: Rogue Nation.
Many more reviews to come! In the meantime, let me know what YOU thought about Man Up!