20 Dates (1998)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:12
Rotten:18
Average Rating:4.8/10
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... [More]
Starring: Tia Carrere, Stacy Sanches, Signy Coleman, Elie Samaha
Director: Myles Berkowitz
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Reviews for 20 Dates
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Berkowitz is a rather annoying person. Full Review |
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C- |
An intermittently hilarious, often painful and too frequently self indulgent documentary. Full Review |
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1/5 |
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0/5 |
Myles Berkowitz may be the most annoying human being alive.
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3.5/5 |
Hilarious and a must-see. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Had the filmmaker gone the path of the true, entertaining, and unpretentious faux-documentary, the audience would have cheered our love-starved hero along his entire journey rather than restlessly waiting for a date to strangle him with a camera cable. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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. Full Review |
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I haven't laughed so much at a movie in ages. Full Review |
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C- |
There's plenty of spunk, but the high-concept low comedy drags on like the awkward dates it lampoons. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Documentary... mockumentary... it's hard to tell exactly what 20 Dates is, but I know one thing: It's hysterical. Full Review |
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72/100 |
A promising directorial debut by Myles Berkowitz. Full Review |
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3/4 |
An often funny, always engaging romantic comedy filmed in a documentary format. Full Review |
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9/10 |
Early on, Berkowitz tells us that he has just two failings: his personal life and his professional career. By the conclusion of the movie, Myles has apparently remedied both. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
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. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
Whenever 20 Dates begins to establish a playful mood, it's liable to do something to make you squirm. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
It doesn't help that the film eventually loses its focus and has to fumble back to the real storyline at the very end. Full Review |
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2/4 |
20 Dates may be unpleasant to watch, but despite Berkowitz's icky manners and unwinning calculations, he does find true love. Full Review |
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