From watching the trailer you get the opinion that Man Up is probably a bit ruder but they maybe can’t show that footage at the moment. Most rom-coms don’t really get a red band trailer released and because of that, this trailer falls a little short. I can see the potential in this film of being something a little different from your standard rom-coms but there are moments that do fall into clichés, for example we can already tell how this film is going to end. But the advantages Man Up has going for it is the cast and the director. This is Ben Palmer’s first big film post Inbetweeners and has been given the opportunity to work with some great British talent including Pegg, Rory Kinnear and Sharon Horgan.
Whether Man Up is the film to finally launch Lake Bell’s career is unknown but in the end Man Up will either be considered another great British rom-com or another forgettable British rom-com.