A single woman takes the place of a stranger's blind date, which leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend.A single woman takes the place of a stranger's blind date, which leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend.A single woman takes the place of a stranger's blind date, which leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend.
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6.8/10
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Storyline
A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling up to London to toast another 10 years of her parent's 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. There is drinking, truths, an old stalker class mate with a long standing crush, lost divorce papers, lost hopes, competitive indoor sports and yeah Jack finding out the truth that Nancy isn't his blind date. 'Man Up' a romantic comedy about taking chances, finding about being yourself, making decisions and rolling with the consequences. —Samuel Prongs
- Taglines
- Right time, right place, wrong date.
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language and sexual references
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Did you know
- TriviaSimon Pegg revealed that American actress Lake Bell stayed in character with her English accent during filming, even when not before the camera. It wasn't until photography was done and she thanked the assembled crew that they realized she wasn't English.
- GoofsWhen they return to Waterloo, it is meant to be 10pm. The access to the Underground was closed, it must have been filmed in the middle of the night.
- SoundtracksCool Like Me
Written by Benjamin Garrett
Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Performed by Fryars
Courtesy of Polydor Records UK Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Top review
Nancy!
Nancy (Lake Bell) is a 34 year old single and tired of being set up. She's on the train to her parents' anniversary party when she encounters 24 year old relentlessly optimistic Jessica (Ophelia Lovibond). Jessica is a devotee of a self-help book on her way to a blind date with divorcée Jack (Simon Pegg). Jessica leaves her book with Nancy. Unwilling to take it, Nancy races to return it back to Jessica only to be intercepted by Jack who mistakes her for Jessica. Nancy is intrigued and steals the blind date.
The premise is unusual. It comes with some potential pitfalls but the script handles each one with fun. It eventually follows the try-and-true rom-com formula but it also has a few surprises. Lake Bell is delightful even with her fake accent. Simon Pegg hits exactly the right notes at the right times. They are delightfully fun together and I love "Nancy!". I laughed whenever they yelled it. Each turn delivers touching fun and these two are a superb duo.
The premise is unusual. It comes with some potential pitfalls but the script handles each one with fun. It eventually follows the try-and-true rom-com formula but it also has a few surprises. Lake Bell is delightful even with her fake accent. Simon Pegg hits exactly the right notes at the right times. They are delightfully fun together and I love "Nancy!". I laughed whenever they yelled it. Each turn delivers touching fun and these two are a superb duo.
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- Apr 2, 2016
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $2,950,880
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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