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Big Fan (2009)
Directed by Robert D. Siegel
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 91 minutes
Actors
Patton Oswalt | Kevin Corrigan | Michael Rapaport | Marcia Jean Kurtz | Serafina Fiore | Gino Cafarelli | Jonathan Hamm | Matt Servitto | Joe Garden | Polly Humphreys | Scott Ferrall | Sidné Anderson | Julian Lane | Caroline Gallo | Maya Louise Dispenza | Cookie Bradshaw | Malik Jacobs | Jason Hardee | Ronnie Amadi | Angel Estrada | Billy Parker | Farouk Adelekan | Mifit Hodzic | Michael Mederrick | Miranda Rhyne | Nicole Mcgee | Latawnya Haynes | Dan Dinenberg | Sebastian Elliott | Christiane Figueiredo | Carla Carvalho | Natasha | Makenzie | Christine Elizabeth | Chyna | Nick Stevens | Wilson Hall | Alan P. Cross | Nick Gallo | Ginny Sisti | Paul Sisti | Jordan Cohn | Daniella Tineo-Cohn | Joe Caniano | Debbie Sutin | Robert D. Siegel | Yori Tondrowski | Tom Epstein | Cabbie | Josh Trank
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/16/2010 | N/A | DVD | Rented | 4 stars |
| (Average) 4 stars |
Viewing Notes
Patton Oswalt fucking shines in Big Fan. I don’t know what it is about comedians who can come in and play these amazing serious roles, but he’s continuing the tradition that Adam Sandler (Punch Drunk Love) and Robin Williams (One Hour Photo/World’s Greatest Dad) have set the bar on.
What’s great about Big Fan is that it felt so real and instead of taking this guy’s love of football and the drama of him dealing with his family and playing it over the top is that there’s a quiet anger to Oswalt’s character. It’s like he knows his life sucks to everyone else, but he has his thing, his love of the NY Giants and that fuels everything else. Even if his shithead brother and sister-in-law or his mother, who he lives with, think he’s a fucking loser, he doesn’t care because he has one thing on his mind, the Giants.
Pairing Patton with Kevin Corrigan is also a bit of casting genius. They play off each other with a comfort that belies a long time friendship, further adding to the believability of the characters.
I loved Big Fan quite a bit. It was not only one of the better 2009 movies (and deserved of the praise I hear it got) but also one of the better performances. I’d put it up there with Tom Hardy’s role in Bronson.
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