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Date Movie
Directed by: Aaron Seltzer
Starring: Alyson Hannigan
Genre:
Comedy
Run Time: 85 min.
Release Date:
February 2006
On The Web:
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Site
Teaser:
Movie Trailer
Reviewed by
Byron Merritt |
It's always risky going to
the movies. You never know (for sure) what to expect. I've heard
horrible reviews about films I found enjoyable and vice versa, so
relying on professional and/or amateur film reviewers is rarely the best
way for me to gauge whether or not I want to see a flick.
I knew that DATE MOVIE was directed by a couple of the guys who
did the SCARY MOVIE series', and my kids (17-year-olds, mind you)
love them. I'd sat through the first SCARY MOVIE and found it relatively funny at
times, if a bit crude. But there was some care taken with the filming of
it (the homage paid to THE EXORCIST was actually quite well done) so I
thought maybe I'd find something similar here.
No such luck....
Like Scary Movie, Date Movie takes its jabs at a film genre, only this
time, instead of horror, it's romance movies of the past fifty years
(all the way back to THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH which starred Marilyn Monroe).
But, unlike Scary Movie, Date Movie doesn't pay much homage in a very
artistic or funny/flattering way to those wonderful films. The jokes are
just thrown in — without rhyme or reason — and shot without regard for
the surrounding environment (most teenagers probably won't give a flying whoopty-doo about that but others most certainly will). Bathroom humor
rules the roost here as we see the infamous cat from MEET THE PARENTS
taking a raucously loud dump in a toilet with full sound effects (yes, I
did laugh here, but it was about the only place) and extremely,
extremely, extremely forced sexual connotations are smeared in the
audiences face by the beautiful Carmen Electra.
Pulling skits from NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, JERRY MAGUIRE, and
WHEN HARRY MET
SALLY (among dozens of others), the film tried too hard to use the
comedy it could've easily pulled off with a less heavy-handed effort.
Alyson Hannigan, as the main character Julia Jones, gives the shallowest
performance of her career. Adam Campbell as her love interest, Mr. Grant
Funkyerdoder, was entertaining but obviously trying to make more out of
the script than was possible.
The supporting cast was equally terrible, unable to get any truly
laugh-out-loud moments across to the audience.
I think the race for Worst Film of the Year has officially begun.
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Newsworthy:
According to the cast
commentary, the woman pictured in the ad for the reality show that Julia
goes onto is Allison Hannigan's stunt double.
Movie Quote: "Yo
fellas! Time to pimp her out!"
Other Actors/Actresses
from Date Movie
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