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Date Movie

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This movie is almost too easy a target, and I don't want to spend much time on it as the essence of this film has been captured effectively by many, many other reviewers. At heart, "Date Movie" is just a bit of silliness--it has no ambition, no goals other than to showcase its preposterous spoofs. Truth be told, I usually don't mind silly escapist fun--as long as a picture knows it's not very good, you can't really hold anything else against it. My issue with "Date Movie," thus, is more complex. Movies like "Scary Movie" or "Airplane!" have done a great job skewering other films and pop culture icons--but the primary difference between those films and "Date Movie" is that they frame their spoofs and gags around an actual plot.

My irritation with "Date Movie" comes from its absolute laziness in not even attempting to tell a story. Heck, it doesn't even fake it. No, apparently the sheer delight at seeing someone in a fat suit is supposed to carry us through an entire film. The gags are so random--and don't get me wrong, you might chuckle occasionally--they end up making no sense whatsoever. Have we gotten so jaded that we don't even expect a rudimentary storyline? It's sight gag, after sight gag, after sight gag--with a sound gag thrown in for variety. And it's not even as if these jokes are clever. By shooting at the easiest pop culture targets and liberally adding unnecessary bodily function humor--it's as if the filmmakers expected us to lap all their "hilarious" antics up.

There are talented people in the cast. Surely Alyson Hannigan (a star of the small screen) deserves better. But at least she, and the others, are game and throw themselves into the proceedings--but to little affect. If I wanted to see sketches and skits with no connection, however, I'd watch SNL or MadTV (which might actually be more entertaining). "Date Movie" misadvertises itself in the title--there is no movie here! Normally, like I said, I wouldn't judge an inoffensive bit of nonsense like this so harshly--but this negative review goes out to all the creative screenwriters who couldn't get decent projects greenlit due to this example of filmmaking by committee. KGHarris, 02/07.

In the same vein as the over-populated `Scary Movie' franchise, `Date Movie' throws everything (including the kitchen sink) at the viewer with reckless abandon. Sadly, there is nothing remotely funny about this film (unless you find the overly gross interpretation of Robert De Niro's toilet trained cat halfway hysterical, as I did). Instead of delivering solid comic timing and well thought out laughs, `Date Movie' just tosses everything it can think of at you. Nothing sticks. There is no focus here, no developed plot; nothing but a hodgepodge of very unfunny sequences that don't mesh well at all. This is an incoherent mess.

This is one of the worst movies I've seen in a while. The trailer is pretty hilarious but it's a film (and I use the word "film" in its broadest sense) that just doesn't work.

The concept is very funny (mock some of the most popular "Date" movies of the year: Bridget Jones, Meet the Fockers, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Hitch) but mostly I found myself staring blankly at the screen.

I even said aloud (more than once): "Let's just stop watching it, please."

But since we *rented* it I suppose we felt obliged to "get our money's worth".

Seriously though, it was a waste of two hours. Watch the trailer and chuckle. But save yourself and refrain from watching the entire film.

If you're looking for something funny try Monty Python.

This film is a spoof of a lot of other films in the same tradition as Not Another Teen Movie and Scary Movie. Only those films have redeeming qualities while the entire existence of this film is one big goof.

Eddie Griffin does a pretty good job considering the bad material he was given; but this movie is just ridiculous.

I only chuckled 4 times:
1. One scene involving a Britney and K-Fed spoof.
2. An Eddie Griffin line when he's spoofing Robert DeNiro from Meet the Parents.
3. When the main male character (I don't even care enough to remember or look up their character names) is parodying Brad Pitt from Mr. and Mrs. Smith during the psychiatry session.
4. During the Hitch spoof, the midget guy is pointing to pictures of all of the celebrity couples he's responsible for putting together even though they are no longer together. e.g. Tom and Nicole, Ben and Jen, Brad and Jen, Matt and Ben, Anne and Ellen, etc.

Bottom Line: Pass; unless you want a movie to laugh AT instead of WITH. But you'll probably be more disgusted than anything.

The writers of this movie thought that referencing dozens of different movies would make a comedy. No. There has to be jokes, funny jokes. There needs to be something humorously said about the original films to make it a satire. I have seen many of the films this movie "spoofs" including Napoleon Dynamite, When Harry Met Sally, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Hitch, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Wedding Planner, Jerry Maguire, Sleepless in Seattle, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and ALL of them are funnier than Date Movie. It really is pointless to spoof comedies. The writers don't even reference date movies all the time. They reference King Kong, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and it doesn't work. Even the so-so Scary Movie films have something to say about the films they are spoofing. Not only was it terribly unfunny, it was sick. I like Monty Python and American Pie but when a cat starts humping a decayed human torso I draw the line.
The writers of this film also made Epic Movie. I saw Date Movie on DVD. I will not see Epic Movie ever or any other film made by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. It is a sad time in our world and an extremely small part of that sadness is the fact that movies like these are made and make millions at the box office.

I was eagerly awaiting the release of this film, but was disappointed that it wasn't up to the standards of the "Scary Movie" series, and more importantly that it wasn't much of a date movie.

Some of the spoofs worked and some didn't, but they addressed all aspects of pop culture (e.g., Jennifer Lopez's derriere, television shows, and a variety of non-date movies including Napoleon Dynamite). This would have been acceptable if the actual storyline for "Date Movie" followed the usual date movie progression. But although some obstacles (mainly a gorgeous former fiancee) block their path to happiness, the movie is mainly just a caricature of date movie (and other film) clichés, with the romance between the two leads completely lacking chemistry and believability.

If the film had been titled differently, then I might not have gone with such high hopes. A title other than "Date Movie" would have better addressed the movie's far-reaching comic content. On the bright side, there were some very funny, laugh-out-loud moments scattered throughout the otherwise average movie.

Leslie Halpern, author of Reel Romance: The Lovers' Guide to the 100 Best Date Movies and Dreams on Film: The Cinematic Struggle Between Art and Science.

I read some other reviews on this movie and decided to buy it for my PSP any ways since I love the scary movie franchise. I found that it was just outright HILARIOUS, one of the best movies I've seen; the plot is simple and the jokes are stale about 10% of the time, but I still think you'd find this movie just as funny!

okay so date movie isnt airplane but its much better than their latest fodder such as meet the spartans or disaster movie or even epic movie.but what makes date movie likable is that some jokes actually make me laugh.out of all the actors i think sophie monks fares the best.some scenes such as the seen with the house keeper made me laugh so it shows that i like stupid movies.but if you want to know the truth scary movie,and airplane are much better.

THIS WAS A VERY FUNNY MOVIE, IT KEPT YOU CHUCKLING ALL THE WAY TILL THE END. GOOD SHOW............!!!!!!!!!!!

I wasn't expecting much at all but this is surprisingly one of the better of the recent parody movies. Alyson Hannigan shows she has some real comedic talent. I love her as Lily in How I met Your Mother but she doesn't get to show just how funny she is, especially with physical comedy such as wearing the fat suit in this one. She's long been the sidekick in movies and other TV shows as well such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer but shows with this she can play the leading role. I hope she keeps making How I Met Your Mother but I hope she gets more opportunities like this to be the leading comedy actor in future projects as she has talent I'd never realised she had before.

Some of the films this movie parodies scenes from are, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Pretty Woman, When Harry Met Sally, What Women Want, Kill Bill, Dodge Ball, Hitch, Shallow Hal, Book of Fate, Jerry Mcguire, Wedding Crashers, Mr and Mrs Smith, Lord of the Rings and King Kong.

The parody character of Jinx the cat (from Meet the Parents) steals this movie though, watch it for his appearances alone.