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Date Movie (2006)

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Reviews Counted:81

Fresh:5

Rotten:76

Average Rating:2.4/10

Consensus: In an attempt to parody rom-com cliches, Date Movie ultimately makes a mockery of itself, with juvenile toilet humor and empty pop culture references.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Feb 17, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $48,478,234

Synopsis: Seltzer and Friedberg tell the story of hopeless romantic Julia Jones, who has finally met the man of her dreams, the very British Grant Funkyerdoder. But before they can have their Big Fat Greek... Seltzer and Friedberg tell the story of hopeless romantic Julia Jones, who has finally met the man of her dreams, the very British Grant Funkyerdoder. But before they can have their Big Fat Greek Wedding, they'll have to Meet the Parents; hook-up with The Wedding Planner, and contend with Grant's friend Andy – a spectacularly beautiful woman who wants to put an end to her Best Friend's Wedding. For years, there have been comedies that poked fun at sports films, spy flicks and scary movies. But where, wondered Friedberg and Seltzer, was the romance? The duo sold their first "spoof" screenplay, Spy Hard, just out of college, and a few years later they contributed to the screenplay for the box-office smash Scary Movie. Now, they've set their sights on the romantic comedy genre. "We watched a lot of romantic comedies and thought it would be a genre we could have some fun with," says Aaron Seltzer. Friedberg lays out DATE MOVIE's classic template: "Homely girl next door becomes beautiful, meets a guy, brings him home, parents hate the guy and they go through all the required obstacles." As Seltzer tells it, "We selected memorable scenes from different romantic comedies and from that we created a story on which we could hang lots of spoofing." Their central character is Julia Jones. The moniker is a play on the names of superstar Julia Roberts and fictional character Bridget Jones, and it represents a blend of actor and character that audiences love to watch fall in love. Julia is the heart of DATE MOVIE. "The one thing we know about Julia is that no matter how hard you try to keep her down, you can't crush her spirit," says Seltzer. "She believes in true love, and that's the thing you hang your hat on." --© 20th Century Fox [More]

Starring: Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Eddie Griffin, Jennifer Coolidge

Starring: Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Eddie Griffin, Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard, Carmen Electra, Tony Cox, Lil Jon, Valery M. Ortiz, Meera Nara Simhan, Nick Steele

Director: Aaron Seltzer

Director: Aaron Seltzer
Screenwriter: Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg
Composer: David Kitay
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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It’s painful.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Everything’s reduced to an inane fart or ejaculation joke.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

There's not a single laugh to be had.

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
01/15/08
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

It's loud and obnoxious, but too full of itself to be interesting and not sober enough to be truly offensive. (Unrated)

Full Review Source: DVD Review | comment Comment
07/10/07
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
DVD Review

far less smart and often less funny than the films it ridicules.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
07/04/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film

There's nary a laugh to be found in this relentlessly idiotic parody of popular romantic comedies, which manages the difficult feat of seeming overlong at just 80 minutes.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International

Looting the key scenes and plot points of hit movies is the bread and butter of spoof comedies, but the script for Date Movie is about as funny as dry white toast.

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
01/28/07
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

More shocking than hilarious, this spoof of the teensploit genre offers just enough funny moments to earn this critic's seal of approval.

Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | comment 1 Comment
01/05/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine

[Mocks] movies that were much funnier than this one.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/26/06
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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...as terrible and slipshod a film as one could ever imagine...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
10/15/06
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Get it? It's just like that one scene you saw in that one movie, but with poop!

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/09/06
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

Um filme feito por idiotas com a esperança de que seus espectadores também sejam.

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06/11/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The kind of spoof that doesn't so much "poke fun" at its targets as it does "lazily reference" them.

Full Review Source: DVD Clinic | comment Comment
06/07/06
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
DVD Clinic

It’s a perfect storm of not funny.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment 2 Comments
05/12/06
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

While the premise of a gross-out spoof of such movies may sound like a good idea in theory, it doesn’t make a lot of sense in practice.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
05/06/06
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com

Date Movie still labours under the mistaken impression that exaggerated mimicry alone is enough to entertain.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine

Alyson Hannigan deserves better. In fact, we all deserve better than DATE MOVIE, a slow-witted assembly of every date movie joke we've already seen.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
03/04/06
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Lower your expectations or drink a lot before you watch it.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
03/03/06
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

There's no level of dumb a person can be that's too stupid for Date Movie.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
02/27/06
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
 
 
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