Funny in places and worth a look but not pure comedy gold

james_norman1981

I watched this movie with a friend who described it as the funniest thing she'd ever seen. Naturally I approached it with some scepticism and was fairly underwhelmed considering her huge endorsement of it. That's not to say that Run Ronnie Run isn't funny. Like many low budget films of its sort it has some utterly hysterical moments: the malfunctioning blender for one, or Ronnie endeavouring to make his girlfriend Tammy jealous being another.

However, some of the jokes are overworked and some of the characters are more annoying than funny. For example: David Koechner (who you may recognise as Champ from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) as Clay manages to be both overworked and less than amusing as the narrator, his voice slow and dreary rather than comedic, and as the victim of Ronnie's more outlandish stunts. His 'It's not your fault...' line really isn't that funny the first time, let alone the third.

So this is a film that's worth seeing once or twice but probably wasn't worth a cinematic release. Certainly it's not something I'll be rushing out to buy any time soon, though after a few pints it's exactly the sort of movie to make you think 'Why not?'

score 6/10

james_norman1981 23 February 2006

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