Big Fan (2009) NYT Critics' Pick

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Patton Oswalt, left, and Kevin Corrigan in "Big Fan," directed by Robert Siegel.
Giants Die-Hard Takes One for the Team
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: August 28, 2009

The little man at the center of the spasmodically funny and bleak love story “Big Fan” doesn’t come with a halo slung over his head. His speeches are written in ballpoint with a heavy hand and delivered with bleats and bellows on the radio. (The words are so deeply inscribed on the page you could read them by touch.) He doesn’t come with a fanfare and, to judge by the square, squat cut of his jib, he’s an unlikely contender. He’s a regular guy or as close to regular as any 35-year-old can possibly be who sleeps under a poster of his favorite football star while tucked under a coverlet imprinted with the names of N.F.L. teams. More