If you like Steve Carell and Tina Fey, you’ll like Date Night. Carell and Fey play a married couple mired in tedium. They decide to break out of their mundane existence by going to an exclusive Manhattan restaurant for dinner. However, they find that without a reservation, their hopes of being seated are about zilch. Fate enters the picture at this moment as the hostess calls for “The Triplehorns” and no one responds. Steve Carell finally speaks up and says, “We are the Triplehorns.” Carell and Fey get seated, have a wonderful meal, drink too much, and find themselves accosted by two toughs who are looking for the Triplehorns and a zip-drive full of revealing photos. From this moment on, the movie becomes a screwball comedy with chase scenes and random violence, plenty of shooting and silly plot devices. It’s an entertaining choice for your own date night. GRADE: B
I know it got rather mixed reviews, but with the two of them it has to be worth a viewing, right?
I love Tina Fey, Jeff, so I’ll see her in anything she does. Tina is very funny in the bloopers!
I’ll probably see it too-liking the two of them as I do.
Steve and Tina are given plenty of chances to improvise in this movie, Patti. Sometimes, it’s pretty funny, other times it’s pretty lame.
I like Fey, Carell not so much. Might put this on the Netflix queue, but it would drop in at about #130, so who knows when – or if – I’d really see it.
DATE NIGHT is silly fun, Rick. Glad you like Tina Fey. Great minds think alike.
Word is that Mila Kunis and James Franco steal the show.
Mila Kunis and James Franco play two scammers who stole sensitive information from a local crime boss, Drongo. They’re only in the movie for a few minutes, but they certainly steal the scene they’re in.
Since I rarely go to the theater I’ll add it to my Netflix queue when it’s available.
You’ll love the scene in the brothel, Bob.
Saw it on your recommendation–THANKS!
DATE NIGHT is fluff, but fun fluff, Dan.