Comedies involving Simon Pegg
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This section is for comedies involving Simon Pegg as an actor, director or writer. By default the movies are presented starting with those ranking highest on the laugh-o-meter, but you can also sort them by year, title or IMDB rating.
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Simon Pegg is said to have been born on Saturday 14 February 1970, which would make him 54 years, 2 months and 4 days old (if this date is accurate and he is alive today).
Titles involving Simon Pegg sorted by Laugh-o-meter (descending)
Simon Pegg was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
38 years old.
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 |
U.K. | Laughs: 7.5 (Laugh Out Loud) |
imdb: 6.4
wikipedia |
dmoz |
who was involved?
Hired to write gossip pieces for a New York glam mag, an Englishman gets the idea that his job is to expose the celebrity baloney and soon rubs most of his workmates the wrong way. This was the funniest British movie I had seen in a long time. There were no long hard laughs but lots of short ones. I'd be happy to watch it again soon.
(Last viewed: October 2015)
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Simon Pegg was credited as
writer and
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
37 years old.
Hot Fuzz
2007 |
U.K. | Laughs: 5.0 (Watch Once) |
imdb: 7.8
wikipedia |
who was involved?
A London supercop gets sent to a small village, where gruesome accidents seem to take place at an alarming frequency. On the good side, it was fun to see the "baddies" be ordinary white folk for once instead of dark-skinned foreigners. On the bad side, the sound was terrible—this is one of these movies where they amplify every little sound (such as the turn of a door knob) in order to add texture. The shoot-them-up action scene at the never-ending end (did it take a quarter of the movie?) was also tiresome.
(Last viewed: November 2012)
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Simon Pegg was credited as
writer and
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
43 years old.
The World's End
2013 |
U.K. | Laughs: 4.0 (Don't Bother) |
imdb: 7.0
wikipedia |
who was involved?
Returning to their home town for a pub crawl, five friends realize that it has been taken over by robots. This is a zombie movie in disguise. Zombie movies have never been my cup of tea. The best thing about this movie's zombie factor is that the gore has been minimized—the zombies look good and their blood is blue. But there is a lot of chasing and fighting that distracts from the main reason I sat down to watch the film: comedy. On the comedy side, the film has some good moments, but it is never a roaring laugh. The lead character is overly theatrical for my taste, and the humor is as tepid as the zombie-robots' blue blood. Overall, an easy skip.
(Last viewed: December 2013)
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Simon Pegg was credited as
writer and
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
37 years old.
Run, Fatboy, Run
2007 |
U.K. | Laughs: 4.0 (Watch Once) |
imdb: 6.6
wikipedia |
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who was involved?
Five years after leaving his fiancee at the altar, a man enters a marathon to win back her heart. This may not sound like much of a plot, and it isn't. But the movie has a lot of smiles, and as the romantic comedy genre goes it's just about watchable, especially if you're a fan of Simon Pegg. (Dylan Moran from
Black Books.) On the other hand, if you've never heard of Simon, you'd be better off watching
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.
(Last viewed: October 2015)
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Simon Pegg was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
45 years old.
Man Up
2015 |
U.K. | Laughs: 3.8 (Watch Once) |
imdb: 6.8
wikipedia |
who was involved?
A woman standing under a clock at a train station gets accosted by a man who mistakes her for his blind date. Since she has been harassed by her sister to "get out there" and meet men, she goes along with the stranger's mistake.
This was a good premise and it is an okay watch as romantic comedies go, but I can't recall laughing. Some will also dispute the authenticity of the lead actress's English accent.
(Last viewed: September 2015)
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Simon Pegg was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
36 years old.
Big Nothing
2006 |
U.K. | Laughs: 2.5 (Don't Bother) |
imdb: 6.8
wikipedia |
who was involved?
A call center employee gets approached by a con man to extort money from a perverted clergyman for a good cause. Everything goes wrong (would you have guessed it?) and dead bodies soon pile up.
After twenty minutes, I almost gave up on the movie as it felt like it was going to be painfully predictable. However, the script took a couple of left turns and the rest of the film was entertaining enough to keep watching, with a couple of chuckles here and there. That being said, if you skip it you won't have missed much.
(Last viewed: October 2015)
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Simon Pegg was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
45 years old.
Absolutely Anything
2015 |
U.K. | Laughs: 1.5 (Don't Bother) |
imdb: 6.0
wikipedia |
who was involved?
Thanks to an alien power, an ordinary man suddenly receives the gift of making any of his wishes come true. I warmly recommend you watch
absolutely anything in which Simon Pegg or Eddie Izzard they appear—except for this film, which is a waste of their talents. The voices of the Pythons used for the aliens are not a redeeming feature. For a similar premise that has a chance of actually making you laugh, try
Bruce Almighty.
(Last viewed: May 2017)
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