Nancy is done with dating. 10 times bitten, 100 times shy, she's exhausted by the circus. So when Jack blindly mistakes her for his date, no one is more surprised than her when she does the unthinkable and just... goes with it. It's going to take a night of pretending to be someone else for Nancy to finally man up and be her painfully honest, awesomely unconventional self... but will Jack also man up, and be able to get over her duplicity? Best just to let the evening unfold, roll with the consequences, and see if one crazy, unpredictable, complicated night can bring these two messy souls together.
24 March 1979, New York City, New York, USA
1977, Glamorganshire, Wales, UK
25 August 1973, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK
30 November 1979, London, England, UK
19 February 1986, London, England, UK
31 July 1964, Messina, Sicily, Italy
24 September 1950, London, England, UK
26 July 1968, Camden Town, London, England, UK
November 22, 2016
Pegg and Bell click, and that's enough to carry the picture.
November 19, 2015
Man Up has a couple of bits that don't quite work and the ending is just silly, but for the most part, Pegg and Bell carry this thing through sheer force of personality.
November 19, 2015
Aside from the silly title and disappointingly pat ending, even the rom-com-averse will find something to love about Man Up.
November 20, 2015
Bell and Pegg are utterly defeated by a screenplay that favours plot over characterization to an almost surreal, parodic degree.
November 19, 2015
Bell and Pegg, both terrific comic actors, mine small gestures and reactions for laughs. But they're at their best when they're talking, and they talk a lot in "Man Up."
May 11, 2016
Genuinely appealing.
March 24, 2016
For all the rom-com conventions of the film (and there many...), it has a low-key charm and an adult take on expectations, disappointments, and missed opportunities...
July 05, 2016
A ruthless rom-com for the Tinder age, Ben Palmer's London-set love match is speedy, amusing and utterly, utterly heartless.
July 19, 2016
So many modern romantic comedies are the equivalent of a date that pukes on your shoes and steals your wallet; at least Man Up wants to be friends.
February 26, 2016
It's all very gener ic and predictable, but not in an entirely bad way. Man Up has its charms and it'll raise a smile, perhaps even a chuckle or two, if you're looking for a no-frills romcom.
November 19, 2015
Both actors stay sharp through some pretty degrading moments, and if Palmer and screenwriter Tess Morris are bent on serious button-pushing in the closing scenes, at least they garnish it with playfulness and wit.
November 13, 2015
There are enough twists, turns and strange little bumps in the road to make this well-traveled journey to romantic comedy bliss surprisingly worthwhile.
