Date Night
2010 Directed by Shawn Levy
Synopsis
One ordinary couple. One little white lie.
The mild-mannered married couple Phil and Claire fear that their relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, they impetuously steal a dinner reservation, which leads to a case of mistaken identity. Turns out the reservation was for a pair of thieves, and now a number of unsavory characters want Phil and Claire killed.
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I am a huge Tina Fey fan, and when i saw she was partnering up with another comedy genius in Steve Carell, I was all for it. And i was pretty pleased, this film was really funny in some parts and I thought that the two leads had great chemistry. The story was funny and kept me interested throughout the film even though there were some lulls. I just liked it.
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Entertainingly good, improves the mood, and can't get bored while watching; it makes you stop thinking and completely forget everything about yourself.
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Although I chuckled at a few of the outtakes during the credits, I didn't laugh once during the actual film. This says a lot about Steve Carell, Tina Fey, and its director. Date Night is far too formulaic and doesn't honour the rhythm of the two lead acting talents.
It's as tedious as a boring married couple.
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I have been watching so many serious films lately that I thought I would give myself a break with a no-brainer film, so I watched Date Night. I expected it to be dumb, but I found myself laughing at many of the jokes. The humor in the film is for a certain age. I think that you have to be at least 30 years old to get half of the jokes.
Steve Carrell and Tina Fey have strong, believable chemistry together as a couple who get mistaken for blackmailers when they steal a restaurant reservation. What ensues is typical of mistaken identity comedies: bad cops chasing and threatening them at gunpoint, getting stuck in awkward locations without money, etc. There…
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This isn't actually that bad on rewatch. Sure, it's never going to be one of the greats, but it's still a pretty entertaining film, with a couple of decent main performances by Carell and Fey. At times, it can seem a bit cliched and flawed but that doesn't really affect the film as much as it could do.
So yeah, all in all, this is probably one I'd recommend.Plus, Mila Kunis.
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Date Night was pretty funny, but most of the time it just feels like a bunch of interconnected SNL skits. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it does give the presentation a certain vibe.
Steve Carell and Tina Fey are their usual funny selves, but the real treat is the supporting cast and how many random cameos there are.
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Not bad.
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This was a wreck. There were a few brief moments of comedy, and I really have no idea what the rest of this mess was. The plot was incomprehensibly stupid. Like, really, really stupid. Frustratingly stupid. I was too caught up being annoyed about how dumb these characters were to enjoy anything. It's a bad action movie, its a bad comedy and it's a really bad movie.
The only bright spot was a cameo by two talented actors about mid-way through, which I will leave unspoiled just in case you do want to subject yourself to this movie. I might as well let you have that moment.
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Not as bad as people said it was and not as good as it should have been.
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I went to HMV on the weekend and picked up a few easy watching light comedies for when I wasn't particularly in the mood for concentrating. Date Night was one of these movies and it was distinctly average. The set up to the film is actually quite interesting, and for the first twenty or so minutes I thought this would be a pleasant comedy that was going to probe into a bored married couple's relationship and follow them reigniting that spark. It's not quite that film and for some reason the story jarringly changes tone quite early on and it feels like director Shawn Levy doesn't exactly know what he's doing. However, Steve Carrell and Tina Fey (who are both…
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Date Night aspires for the chaotic charm of old school comedy-of-errors classics, premised on a case of mistaken identity that finds the lead couple the accidental targets of a pair of hitmen after they steal someone else's dinner reservation in an attempt to spice up their married life. And, while it never quite reaches the zany heights of something like Bringing Up Baby, it is a fun caper comedy that soars on the comedic chemistry between its two leads, Steve Carell and Tina Fey, who here nail flawlessly the mundanity of married routine. The film is at its best when Fey and Carrell are playing off each other -- some of the best lines are likely ad libbed -- and the consistency of the laughs easily overshadow the film's more ridiculous moments -- and it spirals into increasing incredulity as it goes toward its end. When planning your own low-key date night, you could do worse than this movie.
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A lot weirder than I remembered (in a good way). Silly and ridiculous nonsense and yet I find it so funny. Steve Carell and Tina Fey are obviously responsible for how enjoyable the movie is and the revolving door of celebrity cameos makes for some amusing times and keeps it interesting.
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Didn't think was funny. Had medium hopes but only ended up liking Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. James Franco was annoying and didn't laugh at what seemed to be the time when they were trying/
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I have been watching so many serious films lately that I thought I would give myself a break with a no-brainer film, so I watched Date Night. I expected it to be dumb, but I found myself laughing at many of the jokes. The humor in the film is for a certain age. I think that you have to be at least 30 years old to get half of the jokes.
Steve Carrell and Tina Fey have strong, believable chemistry together as a couple who get mistaken for blackmailers when they steal a restaurant reservation. What ensues is typical of mistaken identity comedies: bad cops chasing and threatening them at gunpoint, getting stuck in awkward locations without money, etc. There…