Brittany Runs A Marathon
Brittany (the brilliant Jillian Bell) is nearly 30, has a rubbish job, goes out every night, generally does things she shouldn't. After a reality check from her doctor, she enlists to run in the New York Marathon. Winner of the Audience Award at Sundance 2019.
2019Rating: M, Sex scenes, sexual references, drug references & offensive language103 minsUSA
ComedyDramaFestival & Independent
- Director:
- Paul Downs Colaizzo (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Paul Downs Colaizzo
- Cast:
- Jillian BellLilRel HoweryMichaela WatkinsUtkarsh AmbudkarMicah StockAlice Lee
Brittany Runs A Marathon | Reviews
88%187 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
All reviews on Rotten Tomatoes
Stuff
While it perhaps attempts to cover too many modern maladies and malaises, as well as shoehorning in traditional Hollywood rom-com tropes, it's hard not to like this transformative tale of self-empowerment.
Full review
Variety
This terrifically engaging debut feature by playwright Paul Downs Colaizzano is the best kind of "crowdpleaser": one that earns every emotional beat that might seem formulaic in four out of five similar enterprises.
Full review
Hollywood Reporter
Humor ends up being replaced by a cloying earnestness as the finish line comes into view. Do the self-deprecating remarks really need to vanish along with the weight? It's hard to imagine why.
Full review
Time Out
Colaizzo successfully walks a fine line between inspiration and caution, never presenting Brittany as a patronizing role model for weight loss, nor a clichéd case of inner beauty.
Full review
Rolling Stone
Jillian Bell is a comic force of nature with real dramatic chops in this hilarious and heartfelt tale...
Full review
The New York Times
Bell imbues Brittany with humanity and wit, but all too frequently she is working within the framework of a story that seems hellbent on robbing her character of joy.
Full review
Los Angeles Times
"Brittany" not only goes places you won't be expecting but it also manages to be simultaneously sympathetic and unsentimental, a picture with a laugh-out-loud sense of humor that can be as real as hell when it needs to be.
Full review
New Zealand Herald
Brittany is as uplifting as it is hilarious – to say it makes you laugh and cry feels like a cliché, but is perfectly apt for this finely balanced dramedy that, if there was any justice in Hollywood, would launch Bell into a plethora of leading roles.
Full review