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  • Big Fan
  • Opened August 28, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 25 min.
  • R
    language and some sexuality
  • Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt), a 35-year-old parking garage attendant, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan." He lives at home with his mother (Marcia Jean Kurtz), spending his off hours calling in to local sports-radio station Read More
  • Cast: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Michael Rapaport, Matt Servitto
  • Director: Robert Siegel
  • Genres: Psychological Drama, Drama

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  • Patton Oswalt as Paul and Kevin Corrigan as Sal in "Big Fan."
  • Patton Oswalt as Paul in "Big Fan."
  • Patton Oswalt as Paul in "Big Fan."
  • Patton Oswalt as Paul and Marcia Jean Kurtz as Paul's mother in "Big Fan."
  • Patton Oswalt in "Big Fan."
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  • So-so

    Good, but...

    by ULTRADELUXEBLAHBLAH

    Patton Oswalt can do no wrong. He's the only living stand up comedian, other than Louis CK, worth paying attention to. All the others (Hicks, Pryor, Kinison, Hedberg, Carlin, etc) are dead. So to Patton and Louis, please don't die.

    Now BIG FAN... (shpoilers ahead)

    BIG FAN is a standard boilerplate indie film. The story feels like Gallo's Buffalo 66 meets Mangold's Heavy. It does not promise much, but delivers exactly on what it does promise. And for that it is commendable. Patton is solid and should act.

    The main flaw, however, is that Paul (Patton) has no arc. None. After getting to know Paul it would be nice to see him a tad closer to what he needs (like Billy and Vincent respectively in the above exs.) I understand that the film's statement is probably "some people don't change; some fight for the equilibrium they want, not the one that they need". Ok. Got it. But do WE need to be told this? Why?

    So Paul "wins", Patton wins, and the filmmaker wins. Does the viewer?

  • So-so

    The King of Buffalo

    by spamtrap

    "Big Fan" is a fairly good comic drama by itself... but it reminds me too much of other films for me to be impressed with it. It's pretty much a combination of "King of Comedy" and "Buffalo 66" with a bit of "Bad LIeutenant" thrown in. One of the actors (Kevin Corrigan) was even in Buffalo 66 (he played Billy Brown's (Vincent Gallo's) best friend Rocky / Goon). It's more of a drama than a comedy. The film does a great job capturing the "east coast attitude", has an interesting story line, and a surprise ending that isn't corny or silly. I rate it a bit higher than "so so" but lower than "go".

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  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    The movie is an unblinking look at the hidden (or perhaps not so hidden)...

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Starring an ideally cast Patton Oswalt in the title role, Big Fan is a...

  • 88
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    A bleakly funny character study of a very particular species of urban fauna -...

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    One of the more thought-provoking sports movies I've seen.

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