
John Smith (Danny Dyer) has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie (Sarah Harding) in Finsbury and Michelle (Denise Van Outen) in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work. Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell Police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the ... (Full plot summary below)
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John Smith (Danny Dyer) has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie (Sarah Harding) in Finsbury and Michelle (Denise Van Outen) in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work. Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell Police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic twenty-four hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary Gardner (Neil Morrissey), rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the Police and prevent the two loving wives from coming face to face.
Leave your thoughts about Run For Your Wife.
| Radio TimesDavid AldridgeUnfortunately, there's no irony or retro self-awareness about this adaptation, which is played as if the last 30 years simply haven't happened. |
| Little White LiesAdam Lee DaviesA bizarre, ill-advised antediluvian folly. Like Jurassic Park. |
| ViewLondonJennifer TateRun for Your Wife is undoubtedly corny, thanks to a bad script, dreadful acting and lack of comic value, but this British comedy is surprisingly quite watchable. |
| Empire MagazineDamon WiseSomewhere out there is a Royal Variety show missing its line-up. |
| Ultra CultureCharlie LyneIt's hard to believe that the play could have warranted a 9-year theatrical run in 1983. I guess the past really is a foreign country. One populated exclusively by toddlers. |
| The ListMiles FielderSo poorly executed and the material so hopelessly dated that it traduces its (sort of) honourable origins as a theatrical farce to become nothing less than utterly farcical. |
| Digital SpySimon ReynoldsThe end result feels more like a museum relic than a zinging contemporary comedy. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawThe trouser-dropping 80s stage farce finally hits the big screen with Danny Dyer, to kill off any remaining British self-respect. |
| The Sun (UK)Grant RollingsI appreciate Run For Your Wife is supposed to be dumb, but rarely has a film aimed so low and missed its target so woefully. |
| Screen InternationalAllan HunterHopelessly dated, poorly executed material. |