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Play trailer Poster for Man Up R Released Nov 13, 2015 1h 28m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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When a man (Simon Pegg) mistakes her for his blind date, a woman (Lake Bell) decides to play along to see what happens.
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Thanks to fine performances from Lake Bell and Simon Pegg, Man Up largely strikes the deceptively difficult balance between romance and comedy.

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Angie Han Slashfilm Man Up is a classic romantic comedy about two people who are too old, too wise, too jaded for classic romantic comedies, and that's precisely why it works. Jun 14, 2017 Full Review Nathan Rabin Globe and Mail Bell and Pegg are utterly defeated by a screenplay that favours plot over characterization to an almost surreal, parodic degree. Rated: 1.5/4 Nov 20, 2015 Full Review John DeFore Hollywood Reporter Both actors stay sharp through some pretty degrading moments, and if Palmer and screenwriter Tess Morris are bent on serious button-pushing in the closing scenes, at least they garnish it with playfulness and wit. Nov 19, 2015 Full Review Rachel Wagner Hallmarkies Podcast Underrated rom-com. Charming May 9, 2024 Full Review Nick Levine NME (New Musical Express) Entertaining performances from Pegg and the American Bell, who adopts a convincing English accent, help make Man Up a surprise delight. Rated: 3.5/5 Jun 2, 2021 Full Review David Brake One Room With A View There's nothing new here, but that's okay. Man Up is an unchallenging yet refreshingly nice and funny piece of cinema. Rated: 4/5 May 10, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I'm caught in the middle of thinking I wouldn't like it, liking it, and remembering it not being that great in the future. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/29/24 Full Review Audience Member Made me feel better on a Sunday afternoon when I was sick. Great movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Roger B Like most Simon Pegg films, over-rated. Kinda makes me wish I'd got into film at 18 rather than doing what I did, which, to be fair, was nothing. This is back-handedly aimed at the US market (e.g. the way he slams his cash down on the counter when buying the Red Stripes, you can see what he was trying to emulate) but it was the best we could do at the time and it 'passed'. 2/5. Could do better. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/04/24 Full Review Daniel W 6/10 - A goodish comedy that made me chuckle a few times and I would enjoy seeing it again. Meet Jack (Simon Pegg) a 40 year old newly single man whose going through a tough deforce, but is about to go on a blind date with a girl called Jessica (Ophelia Lovibond) right? Wrong, meet Nancy (Lake Bell) a girl who finds out about the blind date and in the spur of the moment decides to pretend to be Jessica and goes on a date with Jack. Overall I really enjoyed this film but I felt like it took a little while to get going, then Jessica and Jack go bowling and that's when I started chuckling. The film also gets better when Nancy bumps into her old highschool friend, Sean (Rory Kinnear), at the bowling alley amd he threatens to tell Jack the who Nancy really is. This then leads to a funny blackmailing scene between Nancy and Sean. But the funniest scene is at the end when Jack finds out Nancy's secret at a bar. But even though this does lead to the funniest bit of the film, it also leads to an argument which makes the film drag on for a bit. Then right at the end of the film, it gets funny again and overall I had a good time with this film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/24 Full Review Wildflower R An engaging rom com that succeeds in making you care about the characters and root for their (predictably) getting together in the end. It's the getting there that matters. There are a few crass moments (the sleazy "blackmail" restroom encounter is one--it would have been easy for Nancy to tell the high school acquaintance that she hadn't seen in years that she now went by "Jessica"--I had a HS friend who later decided to go by her middle name--and thus avoid the fuss), but I liked the film enough to purchase it. Lake Bell's British accent is amazing. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Dee F Fine example of the genre. Hits all the right notes with just enough quirk to make it feel fresh. Lovely to see Rory Kinnear being silly. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis When a man (Simon Pegg) mistakes her for his blind date, a woman (Lake Bell) decides to play along to see what happens.
Director
Ben Palmer
Producer
James Biddle, Nira Park, Rachael Prior
Screenwriter
Tess Morris
Distributor
Saban Films
Production Co
Big Talk
Rating
R (Sexual References|Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 13, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 2, 2016
Runtime
1h 28m
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