I just finished the movie ‘Big Fan’ starring Patton Oswalt. I enjoy the man’s comedy (when it’s not in an animated movie or sitcom), and I knew going into this that it wasn’t a comedy thanks to this NPR interview. It’s a tragedy about a guy named Paul (Oswalt) who lives with his mother, works as a parking a garage attendant and lives and breathes for NY Giants football. I couldn’t care less about football, this isn’t a sports movie. As is mentioned in the NPR interview, it’s a bit like ‘Taxi Driver’.
Big Fan
If you wanted to you could find plenty to laugh about in this movie. It just depends on how you take it. It borders on being a black comedy, but is really just sad. It’s a weird combination that only this writer/director, Robert Siegel, would probably pull off. He used to write/edit for The Onion and then came and wrote ‘The Wrestler’ which is also a tragedy with some humor to be derived rom it.
It’s on Netflix Instant. Go watch it.
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