Date Movie [2006]

See Larger Image	List Price: £19.99 Our Price: £8.97 Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Starring: Alyson Hannigan, Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard, Adam Campbell, Eddie Griffin Directed By: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Average Customer Rating:


Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 5039036026819 Format: PAL Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Region Code: 2 Release Date: 2006-07-17 Running Time: 83 Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Editorial Reviews: Sophomoric is too weak a word by at least half to describe the utter silliness Date Movie revels in at every turn. But that's exactly the point of this effort in lowbrow slapstick that proudly proclaims it was created by two of the six writers of the Scary Movie franchise. Adhering to the same spoof formula of those movie romps, Date Movie lampoons countless other current movie characters and plot themes, plus a few that might be a little old for the core audience of youngsters to remember. Date Movie isn't quite as successful in keeping the gags at the same pace they came in the Scary Movies, but it will certainly satisfy those with a taste for tasteless humor. The wisp of a story involves fat girl Julia Jones, played by Alyson Hannigan, who quickly becomes as thin and pretty as she was in the American Pie movies and on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You'll lose count how many movie references writer/directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer throw in her path as she searches for true love in a world gone mad. Hitch, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Meet the Fockers, King Kong, Lord of the Rings, When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, Bridget Jones' Diary, and Kill Bill, are just a few of the movies that get unkindly homage. There's also plenty of flatulence, mild sexual ribaldry, and the kind of bad taste humor that will utterly delight the pubescent and teenage audience this movie was made for. --Ted Fry
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The pits Comment: Absolute rubbish, very badly done. How on earth did some pretty decent actors ever get involved in this mess? I had been led to believe it was an Airplane type film, instead it is like a film student's first year attempt. Don't bother! Customer Rating: Summary: One star is too good for this film Comment: Easily the worst film in my DVD collection anyone thinking about purchasing this just simply shouldn't. If you are one of the people that are looking for a waste of time comedy i would recoment 'The Shining' before this film! APPALLING! Customer Rating: Summary: In general the jokes in Date Movie don't work Comment: There are one or two very funny moments in this film but on the whole it fails to deliver humour and tries to do so by being over crude and unoriginal.This is like an American Pie movie but the pie has been overcooked. Customer Rating: Summary: fun Comment: some of this film had me in stitches. The constant references to other hollywood movies are perfect to keep you on your toes and have you remembering films you havent seen for so long!!i'd recommend it, but only to rent, not to buy! Customer Rating: Summary: The worst film I have ever seen. Ever. Bar none Comment: Well, you get the idea from some of the other reviews, but if anyone is considering seeing this, the only possible justification is to see what might be the worst film of all time. The trouble is that it's supposed to be a comedy. Seeing a horror film or a melodrama that is unintentionally funny is one thing. That can be enjoyable. Seeing a comedy that isn't funny AT ALL is something different. There is no pleasure whatsoever that can be gained from watching this, unless you are the sort of person who giggles watching paint dry. Don't get the idea that I don't enjoy spoofs. Airplane!, Young Frankenstein, The Naked Gun, even the original Scary Movie (some of whose writers - though obviously not the more talented ones - came up with this dross) were all great. This, however, isn't. Having someone look like Owen Wilson or Napoleon Dynamite is not in itself funny...you have to go further and actually have them DO something comical: that's what a spoof is supposed to be. As for the film's one potentially good gag - redoing a well-known romantic comedy scene with the male and female roles reversed - well, that could work once. Here, the writers try it several million times. Humour is a very individual thing, but anyone finding this funny should let psychologists run a few experiments on them: they are clearly deeply unusual people. That said, I hear Epic Movie is even worse. More Reviews