Big Fan
Comedy, Drama
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2009
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Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking-garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan". One night, Paul and his best friend Sal spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop at a gas station and decide to follow him. At a strip club Paul cautiously decides to approach him but the chance encounter brings Paul's world crashing down around him.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
7 Feb 2009
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$250,000
Revenue:
$232,732
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
First-time director Siegel shows promise. His script is solid, and although the last act feels somewhat awkward, the idea is clever.
– Linda Barnard,
Toronto Star,
29 Nov 2009
fresh:
Writer-director Robert D. Siegel grew up listening to callers like Paul on The FAN, New York City's all-sports radio, and he gives us a bizarrely sympathetic portrait of a guy who is as devout and as obsessive as any religious fanatic.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
22 Nov 2009
fresh:
It's a classic situation, transplanted to a small, petty arena. When I think of this movie, I think of Oswalt, how his anguish feels real (whether we understand it or not) and how his face unaccountably becomes an offbeat locus of dignity.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
23 Oct 2009
fresh:
Though the movie isn't much to look at, he gets a credibly dark and pathetic performance from the typically comic Oswalt.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
2 Oct 2009
fresh:
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 you think?
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Oct 2009