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Man Up

2015 • 1h 28m •
Romance Comedy
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 6.6/10
1,090 reviews
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Man Up

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 parents' 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.

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

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

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

R Reno Verified TMDB Critic
2015-12-14

> 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 tho...

P Peter McGinn Verified TMDB Critic
2022-07-26

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 ...