Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport
Paul Aufiero, a hardcore New York Giants football fan, struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.
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Big Fan is a great example of the quintessential dark comedy: bleak in its depiction of humor; satirical in its commentary and sardonically irreverent and unapologetic in its execution and portrayals.
Patton Oswalt delivers a knock-out performance as a more-than-dedicated and lo...( read more)
Paul: Let's get our seats.
A little indie drama/dark comedy that reminded me of Scorsese's The King of Comedy mixed with Tony Scott's The Fan. While both of those films starred Robert De Niro, this film features comedian Patton Oswalt in the lead, flexing his acting chops and ...( read more)
I think people will appreciate the ups and downs of this movie. Kevin Corrigan had such a great best friend quality about em'. I'm also a big fan of Michael Rapaport I'm glad to see him in a movie again. The tone of this movie is great also. And that concludes my report.
the best part of this movie is Patton Oswalt's acting. He makes it good and worth viewing. Remove him and i think you might be left with a film of sub-mediocrity
A less sentimental and more unpredictable version of The Wrestler, axing most of that film's script flaws but keeping the fantastic ensemble.
It will be sad for some and darkly funny for others, plus don't forget a great homage to Taxi Driver towards the end.
This is a film of EPIC Proportions. It is an uncanny look at the inside of America's So called biggest "Giant's" fan, and what happens when you get too close tour fascination.
A comedy with dark undertones, it asks: What kind of a man listens to and calls sports talk radio compulsively, even at 2 a.m.? Even out of season? Even on, say, Thanksgiving? He should get a life, do... full review
A bleakly funny character study of a very particular species of urban fauna -- the sports radio call-in fanatic -- Big Fan is compulsively watchable. full review
It's a modest, drab little drama about a psychologically unstable guy living in a sad little corner of America. full review
Superb Noo Yawk attitude, dialogue and performances keep the movie lively and tart, but it also turns out to have a surprising plot with a few twists you won't see coming. full review
Big Fan shares a nutty kinship with the obsessive-loner pictures of Martin Scorsese, namely Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy. And while Oswalt is no De Niro, the stand-up comic brings a schlumpy pat... full review
Robert Siegel makes a potent directing debut with a scrappy movie that refuses to sentimentalize or ridicule its besieged hero worshipper. full review
It acutely illustrates how excessive sports fanaticism functions as a strain of insanity that, as posited by the "happy" coda, recommences with every new season. full review
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