Poster: Big Fan

Cinematical has the poster for Big Fan starring Patton Oswalt and written and directed by The Wrestler screenwriter Robert Siegel.

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The comic tale of a group of intense New York Giants fans made some big waves when it played Sundance and it’s screening Saturday night at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Click through to read some ravings.

Todd McCarthy, Variety

“Directing debut by The Wrestler screenwriter Robert Siegel stands as something of a companion piece to Darren Aronofsky’s film by virtue of the intense focus it trains on an antisocial man, its grubby near-New York working class setting, the sports milieu and overall extreme behavior stemming from obsession. It’s a small, peculiar film, one unlikely to appeal much to women, non-sports fans and mainstreamers, but its uncomfortable comic insights should win it a loyal following in limited theatrical play and down the line when accompanied at home by beer and pizza.”

Devin Faraci, CHUD

“Holy shit, Big Fan. I’ve been running around calling it the Taxi Driver of sports comedies, which doesn’t really do it justice, for while the film is funny it’s not actually a comedy. In fact Big Fan is one of the most tense, nerve-wracking and nail-biting films I’ve seen in quite some time. An examination of everyday insanity and obsession, it’s a movie that is on the surface about hardcore sports fans but really talks about all the ways in which we prostrate ourselves before our objects of adoration as well as project ourselves onto them.”

Erik Davis, Cinematical

“This isn’t a comedy about the goofy football fan who gets off on chanting and screaming his team’s name; it’s instead a cold, lonely drama (with brief moments of awkward humor) about the neurotic football fan who’d give up everything (and I mean everything) to see his team make the playoffs.”

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Tags: Big Fan, LAFF, Los Angeles Film Festival, Patton Oswalt, Robert Siegel