Park City, UT — Talented writer Robert’s first feature tells the story of Paul Aufiero, a lonesome thirty something guy whose fanatic loyalty to The New York Giants, suddenly comes into question when he gets beaten up by his favorite football player.

Paul Aufiero doesn’t have a lot going on in his life. In his mid-thirties, he still lives at home with his mom and works as a parking garage attendant. An enormous fan of The New York Giants and his favorite player Quantrell Bishop, Paul spends his time writing rants for a local call-in radio show called Sports Talk. Striving to out rant his nemesis Philadelphia Phil, Paul calls the show every night to talk up the Giants and to verbally beat down anyone who opposes them.

One evening, Paul and his best friend Sal see Quantrell Bishop at a near by gas station and they decide to follow him around. After making a quick stop, Bishop heads to Manhattan to a ritzy strip club. Paul and Sal follow him inside in hopes that they’ll be able to somehow talk to Bishop and ultimately hang out with him. After several failed attempts at a “chance” meeting, Paul and Sal decide to just walk up to Bishop’s table and introduce themselves. Everything starts out well but when it slips out that they followed Bishop from Staten Island, a fight breaks out leaving Paul in the hospital.

Paul recovers but is hopelessly depressed. Because of the incident, Bishop has been suspended and the Giants are on a losing streak. If that wasn’t enough, people won’t leave him alone about it, reporters and the district attorney are constantly calling, and his brother (an attorney) pressures Paul to sue. Even Philadelphia Phil gets in on the action insulting Paul, his beloved Giants and revealing Paul’s identity on air as “the guy who got beat up by Bishop”. But when Philadelphia Phil challenges Paul to meet him at a bar during the next Eagle game, Paul decides it’s time to take some action.

Big Fan is an entertaining film which hinges on the edge of a dark comedy. Patton Oswalt is nicely cast as the fanatical and somewhat creepy Paul Aufiero, and is backed up with the talented and edgy actors Kevin Corrigan and Michael Rapaport. The hand-held Red One Camera gives the film a gritty indie feel, but is clean enough to keep from distracting from the story. Overall it’s a fun film to watch as the turns unfold (particularly if you’re a football fan) and one that keeps viewers guessing up until the end.

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