
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 2015
- Starring
- Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Sharon Horgan, Rory Kinnear, Ken Stott, Harriet Walter, Olivia Williams, Ophelia Lovibond and others
- Writer
- Tess Morris
- Director
- Ben Palmer
- Producers
- James Biddle, Rachael Prior and Nira Park
Meet Nancy: 34, single (still), hungover (again), and exhausted by the endless futile set ups foisted upon her by well - meaning but clueless friends. As she travels across London to toast another 10 years of her parent's blissfully happy marriage, 40 year old, freshly-hatched divorcee Jack mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. In a moment of uncharacteristic optimism (or insanity?), Nancy decides to just go with it... What follows is a chaotic, unconventional, hilarious night neither of them will ever forget.
There will be drinking, there will be home truths, there will be an old classmate with a long - standing crush and stalker tendencies. There will be lost divorce papers, lost hopes, competitive indoor sports and an epic venue - to - venue urban triathlon.
Oh, and the small matter of Jack finding out that Nancy isn't actually his real blind date.
Man Up is a romantic comedy about being yourself... or perhaps not being yourself. It's about taking chances, making decisions and rolling with the consequences.
One night, two people, on a first date like no other.
- UK certificate
- 15
- Duration
- 92 minutes
- Release date
- Friday 29th May 2015
- Produced
- 2014
- Distributors
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- Last repeat
- Sunday 27th December 2020 at 12:50am on BBC1
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