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20 Dates (1998)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:0
Rotten:9
Average Rating:3.1/10
Synopsis: Myles Berkowitz went searching for the perfect woman...and scored with the perfect romantic comedy. This "ingeniously conceived, laugh-out-loud hunt for a girlfriend" (Los Angeles Times) depicts... Myles Berkowitz went searching for the perfect woman...and scored with the perfect romantic comedy. This "ingeniously conceived, laugh-out-loud hunt for a girlfriend" (Los Angeles Times) depicts one man's heartfelt and hilarious quest for love, including a scandalous tryst with actress Tia Carrere and a Playboy playmate! [More]
Starring: Tia Carrere, Stacy Sanches, Signy Coleman, Elie Samaha
Starring: Tia Carrere, Stacy Sanches, Signy Coleman, Elie Samaha
Director: Myles Berkowitz
Director: Myles Berkowitz
Producer: Jason Villard, Mark McGarry
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Reviews for 20 Dates
A chronicle of how aspiring American filmmaker Myles Berkowitz finally came up with an idea for selling a film: He'd combine his two areas of failure in life -- trying to break into movies and trying to find a girlfriend -- into one problem.
Berkowitz went to great trouble to stage, edit, and control certain aspects of his film so that it has a formulaic dramatic structure; one wonders why he didn't make the effort to present himself as a likable human being.
Whenever 20 Dates begins to establish a playful mood, it's liable to do something to make you squirm.
20 Dates may be unpleasant to watch, but despite Berkowitz's icky manners and unwinning calculations, he does find true love.
Like an obnoxious four-year-old who believes everything he does is fascinating and adorable, filmmaker Myles Berkowitz likes to announce, at the very start of a first date, that certain foods cause him to suffer from diarrhea or constipation.
One of the downsides of living in a free society is that every so often someone like Myles Berkowitz gets hold of a camera.
What's so disagreeable about Berkowitz is that he seems to think that his natural tendency towards egotistical self-promotion is an adorable quirk, something that you should be completely taken with even as it makes your skin crawl.
The film has the obnoxious tone of a boring home movie narrated by a guy shouting in your ear.
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