Big Fan (2009)

Editor's Note Staten Islander Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt) is a die-hard fan of the red and blue. But it?s not the United States of America that draws his devotion--it?s the New York Jets. Paul and his friend Sal (Kevin Corrigan) can?t believe their luck when they see a Giants player at a gas station. Following their hero takes them to a strip club in the city, where the unexpected happens, bringing Paul into the limelight. But regardless of the changes in Paul?s life, there?s always the late-season game with the Eagles--and a confrontation with arch enemy Philadelphia Phil (Michael Rapaport)--on the horizon. Also starring Marcia Jean Kurtz and Matt Servitto, BIG FAN marks the directorial debut of Robert Siegel, the screenwriter behind THE WRESTLER.

	Patton Oswalt
	Kevin Corrigan
	Michael Rapaport
	Marcia Jean Kurtz
	Matt Servitto
	Serafina Fiore
	Gino Cafarelli
	Jonathan Hamm
	Polly Humphreys
	Scott Ferrall
	Robert Siegel - Screenwriter
	Jean Kouremetis - Producer
	Elan Bogarin - Producer
	Jen Cohn - Executive Producer
	Michael Simmonds - Director of Photography
	Philip Watts - Composer
	Robert Siegel - Director

Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 4 -- "Comedian Patton Oswalt triumphantly nails every comic and dramatic nuance as Paul Aufiero, a New York Giants obsessive who has long ago moved from fan to fanatic." 09/03/2009

A.V. Club
"[T]he final 15 minutes or so of BIG FAN are white-knuckle....The movie concludes with a series of tense, unpredictable scenes." -- Grade: B 08/27/2009

New York Times
"[A] spasmodically funny and bleak love story....One of the pleasures of this agreeably low-key and modest film is that the writer and director Robert Siegel isn't selling a message or trying to wring a grand metaphor out of his humble material..." 08/28/2009

Box Office
3.5 stars out of 5 -- ?Siegel finds rich characterization, meaningful emotion and the highest of human stakes in vast and neglected worlds most films don?t even bother to notice...? 09/01/2009

Entertainment Weekly
"The movie is an unblinking look at the hidden (or perhaps not so hidden) pathology of American sports mania..." -- Grade: A- 09/04/2009

Chicago Sun-Times
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "A comedy with dark undertones....Patton Oswalt, best known as a stand-up comedian, brings a kind of brilliance to his performance." 09/30/2009

Entertainment Weekly
Included in Entertainment Weekly's "The Best Films Of The Year" -- "[T]he MVP is comedian Patton Oswalt in a powerhouse dramatic debut, inhabiting the role with nothing held back..." 12/25/2009