Paul Aufiero, a hardcore New York Giants football fan, struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.
Big Fan reveals a character who we might be familiar with, either in life or in the movies. In the former... well, you know who you are, perhaps, with the (possible?) loser who is in his thirties with a s*** job living with his mother and with no ambition except an unwavering passion for sports or something like it (probably, if you're a suburbanite slob, it's sports). The latter, one may be reminded of the King of Comedy (the trailer might make you think of Taxi Driver, but the only connection is with the letter writing), as it's about Paul, played by Patton Oswalt in a revelatory performance, who calls in at around 11:30 to a sports talk radio show with a hand-written letter to read off as if it was just coming off the top of his head about his thoughts on the upcoming game or players or (naturally as a Giants fan) resentment against the Philadelphia Eagles. This happens, naturally, at the nagging from Paul's mother, to which Paul tries to quiet his voice. He might as well be talking to himself for all she knows or cares.
This is a movie where the character's own sense of self-worth is that of the ultimate fan, to the point that if a quarterback were a real-life superhero he'd do anything for him/her as if the hero were protecting his psyche. The way the story unfolds for Paul, and how he's revealed as a very interesting, flawed and weak creature, is that one night he and his friend (Kevin Corrigan) happen to see their favorite Giants QB at a gas station with his posse, they follow them all the way to midtown Manhattan and go inside a strip club. Paul and his buddy might just be eager fans, sure, but when Paul reveals that they've been following this typical big-shot sports guy he gets beat up badly by his one true hero. How this unfolds is the interesting part; he won't go after him to press charges or sue, since, naturally, it would mean his hero would be out of play for the season.
Big Fan reveals a character who we might be familiar with, either in life or in the movies. In the former... well, you know who you are, perhaps, with the (possible?) loser who is in his thirties with a s*** job living with his mother and with no ambition except an unwavering passion for sports or something like it (probably, if you're a suburbanite slob, it's sports). The latter, one may be reminded of the King of Comedy (the trailer might make you think of Taxi Driver, but the only connection is with the letter writing), as it's about Paul, played by Patton Oswalt in a revelatory performance, who calls in at around 11:30 to a sports talk radio show with a hand-written letter to read off as if it was just coming off the top of his head about his thoughts on the upcoming game or players or (naturally as a Giants fan) resentment against the Philadelphia Eagles. This happens, naturally, at the nagging from Paul's mother, to which Paul tries to quiet his voice. He might as well be talking to himself for all she knows or cares.
This is a movie where the character's own sense of self-worth is that of the ultimate fan, to the point that if a quarterback were a real-life superhero he'd do anything for him/her as if the hero were protecting his psyche. The way the story unfolds for Paul, and how he's revealed as a very interesting, flawed and weak creature, is that one night he and his friend (Kevin Corrigan) happen to see their favorite Giants QB at a gas station with his posse, they follow them all the way to midtown Manhattan and go inside a strip club. Paul and his buddy might just be eager fans, sure, but when Paul reveals that they've been following this typical big-shot sports guy he gets beat up badly by his one true hero. How this unfolds is the interesting part; he won't go after him to press charges or sue, since, naturally, it would mean his hero would be out of play for the season.
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