MAN UP (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Simon Pegg (The World’s End), Lake Bell (Million Dollar Arm), Olivia Williams (Rushmore), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Stephen Campbell Moore (The History Boys), Sharon Horgan (Pulling), Harriet Walter (The Young Victoria), Ken Stott (The Hobbit), Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones), Ophelia Lovibond (Guardians of the Galaxy)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ben Palmer (The Inbetweeners Movie), director; Tess Morris (The Love Punch), writer; James Biddle (Cuban Fury), Nira Park (Attack the Block) and Rachael Prior (film debut), producers; Dickon Hinchliffe (Keeping Mum), composer; Andrew Dunn (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), cinematographer; Paul Machliss (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Nancy (Bell), a single 34-year-old woman, travels to London to celebrate her parents’ wedding anniversary, but at the train station she bumps into 40-year-old Jack (Pegg) who mistakes her for his 24-year-old blind date. Deciding to go along with the charade, Nancy accompanies Jack on a wild first date that soon gets out of control…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Man Up is an honest romantic-comedy about taking second chances at life and finding out how you can impress by just being yourself, armed with winning lead performances by Simon Pegg and Lake Bell.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH MAY 2015

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