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Date
Night
features the teaming
up of Tina Fey with
Steve Carell and it
looks like an
amazing movie. After
all, the two actors
are two of the
funniest people in
entertainment right
now. And those two
together as a
couple… well that
should be hilarious.
Great ideas aren’t
always executed
perfectly and
sometimes potential
isn’t fulfilled;
we’ve all learned
that over the years.
Date
Night
had potential to be
hilarious and
although it had lots
of funny moments it
also had plenty of
dry and
disappointing
moments too.
Date
Night
follows the Fosters.
They’re a couple
that’s stuck in a
rut. They have the
same days and even
the same date night
every week where
they go out to
dinner and order the
same thing. They see
a couple similar to
them played by
Kristen Wiig and
Mark Ruffalo get
separated and it
gets them thinking
about their own
relationship. Phil
and Claire Foster
decide to change
things up and insert
some variety into
their life.
Phil
decides to take
Claire to Manhattan
to the new hot spot
of the city-
Claw.
It’s an amazing
restaurant where
only the A-List of
people in New York
are able to get in.
There’s a problem
though, the Fosters
try and get to the
joint early enough
to get a table but
they show up late
and are basically
out of luck. That’s
when the hostess
calls out the name
of Tripplehorn… and
Phil Foster gets
crazy and steals the
reservation. The two
get a table and have
an amazing time,
until karma bites
them back tenfold.
It turns out the
Tripplehorns are
actually a couple on
the run from some
very nasty people
for stealing a flash
drive. (Why is it
always a flash
drive?) They’re
confronted by two
crooked cops and
then the Fosters go
on a very crazy trip
to save their lives
and to get back to
the rut they were
trying to get out
of.
The
movie isn’t bad, I
like the premise of
it and there were
several very funny
moments. But it’s
not altogether
relatable. There are
several New York
jokes in the
beginning of the
movie that people
are only going to
get if they live or
have lived in New
York. Then there are
some other just
terrible jokes;
saying men would
listen to a GPS if
it had John Madden’s
voice? Not that
funny. Saying the
1…2…3… rule with
kids always works?
Definitely not true…
and not funny. Those
kinds of jokes made
Date
Night
disappointing and
Fey and Carell
unbelievable and not
relatable as a
couple. The movie
was funny as long as
there was action and
someone else on the
screen, but when it
was just the two on
screen… it was too
dry. There are funny
episodes of
30
Rock
and
The
Office.
Parts of this movie
felt like unfunny
episodes of those
shows. It’s not a
bad movie; it’s just
disappointing
because it could
have been a lot
funnier than it
turned out to be.
The
extras on this Blu-Ray
are decent. If
you’re viewing this
movie on an internet
connected Blu-Ray
player be warned
though… BD Live goes
haywire on the
release and you can
pop this in and get
a black screen for
several minutes
before you’re able
to watch the movie.
If PS3 owners are
experiencing the
problem, they should
quit playback,
delete the data
files out of the
data utility,
restart playback and
mess around with the
menu and pop-up menu
buttons and the
controls and you’ll
be able to play the
movie. I hope that
helps.
Playback issues
aside, the extras on
the movie are
decent. There’s a
very funny blooper
reel and even though
BD Live causes some
initial problems
with playback you
get a funny
interview between
Carell and Fey
exclusive to BD
Live.
Date
Night
should have been
better. The comedic
duo of Tina Fey and
Steve Carell ended
up having good
moments and bad
moments. On paper
and in promo the two
look like the
perfect pair for
comedy but their
styles are too
similar and they
didn’t play off of
each other very
well. The moments
where it was just
them on screen were
far too dry. The
premise of the movie
was good, the plot
is fun, and all of
the cameos added
some needed extra
laughs.
Date Night
isn’t what I thought
it was going to be
but it still ended
up being a decent
movie. There are two
rules before you
watch it though- 1)
Beware of BD Live on
the title and 2)
Watch with your
spouse or
significant other.
It’ll be a lot
funnier that way.
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