'''''Big Fan''''' is a 2009 American [[dark]] [[comedy-drama]] film written and directed by [[Robert D. Siegel]], and starring [[Patton Oswalt]], [[Kevin Corrigan]], [[Marcia Jean Kurtz]], [[Michael Rapaport]], and [[Scott Ferrall]]. The story revolves around the bleak yet amiable life of the self-described "world’s biggest [[New York Giants]] fan",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.sundance.org/films/5668/big_fan |title=Big Fan |publisher=Sundance Institute |accessdate=26 September 2015}}</ref> Paul Aufiero (Oswalt). ''Big Fan'' garnered positive reviews at the [[2009 Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last1=Dargis|first1=Manohla|title=In the Snows of Sundance, a Marked Chill in the Air|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/movies/23sund.html?_r=0|accessdate=26 September 2015|work=New York Times|date=22 January 2009}}</ref> The film had a limited release in the United States beginning on August 28, 2009.
