Man Up (2015) R

34 and single, Nancy (Lake Bell) is mistaken for a 40 year old (Simon Pegg) divorced man's blind date.  Smitten after his awkward and verbose introduction, she decides to play along and goes on the date.  The resulting evening is not what either of them were expecting.

Honestly more romantic comedies should be like this one.  It has everything one could want... wild sex theories, setting your ex's new boyfriend on fire, grand gestures, and crying (and tastefully shagging) in the toilets.

This was Simon Pegg at his most attractive, with all of his geeky-ness intact.  This is my second experience with Lake Bell's work, and she's still utterly genuine and charming.  If there is a single imperfection to this film's entire experience, it is the overly grotesque actions of Nancy's stalker from High School, though his character sets it up for a hilarious plot kink at the end.

Five hilarious laugh out loud moments, for which the count probably should have been higher but they all started snowballing together at one point into one, non-stop laugh.  Two holy crap moments, and you'll know them when you see them.  I didn't knit at all for the last half hour, mostly because I forgot (!) I was knitting, I was so caught up in the story.  I even cried at the very end.  Aw...

If you like the occasional rom-com, set this one up in your queue.  If you're a big fan of rom-coms, and like to keep a collection on hand for movie night, then add this one to your collection.  You will enjoy.  Just hang onto your scarves.