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Man Up (2015)

R 05/29/2015 Romance, Comedy 1h 28m
66%
User
Score
6.8/10
80%
69/100

If you can't get a date... just steal one!

Overview

A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget.

Ben Palmer

Director

Tess Morris

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

Jack

Lake Bell

Lake Bell

Nancy Patterson

Rory Kinnear

Rory Kinnear

Sean

Ken Stott

Ken Stott

Bert Patterson

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Fran Patterson

Sharon Horgan

Sharon Horgan

Elaine

Stephen Campbell Moore

Stephen Campbell Moore

Ed

Ophelia Lovibond

Ophelia Lovibond

Jessica

Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams

Hilary

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Media

‘Awkward First Date’ Clip

‘Awkward First Date’ Clip

Trailer

Trailer

Clip - Nancy and Jack Meet

Clip - Nancy and Jack Meet

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Reno

Written on December 14, 2015

> Sometimes the right thing comes from the wrong.

Another excellent Simon Pegg movie. This is his fourth movie I'm seeing inside a month and I enjoyed them all, especially 'Hector and Search for Happiness' was my favourite. This was a romantic-comedy that takes place in just one evening. A story about blind dating, boy meets girl, they spend a quality time by sharing the details and later turn against each other. So a recycled old theme that was very well crafted.

If you see the poster what does the tagline says, well, that's what I was looking for. I had 'Date Night' in my mind, and thought it might be an altered British version. Other than that I was truly not expecting anything special, but a normal comedy, maybe sloppy. And it does only until a certain stage of the story, but 30 ...

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A review by Peter McGinn

Written on July 26, 2022

This was okay overall. The leads seemed like an unlikely pair at the outset but they started to connect and feel more like a potential couple. The film seemed to contain scenes from the largely forgotten era of gross-out movies, the dialogue ay least, with too many blow job jokes and references. Once or twice and you might get a smile out of me, but after that it just gets tiresome. That and normalizing a guy who is a stalker and an all around perv. The story was a little too nice to him in the end.

But there was enough humor, wit and charm to keep me watching. I recognized a couple of the performers but wasn’t sure from where. Upon looking them up I found they had both been in Jane Austen-based movies over 20 years ago. One of the pleasures of watching British films and tv and seeing...

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