Date Night
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.
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- Cast:
- Steve Carell , Tina Fey , Mark Wahlberg , Taraji P. Henson , Jimmi Simpson , Common , William Fichtner
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To me, this movie is perfection.
Thanks for the memories!
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
A well developed comedy stirred up with some action and romance. A can't miss surefire comedic teaming of Steve Carrell and Tina Fey as the married couple The Fosters. A modern everyday American husband and wife who have fallen into the marriage rut of same day, same time, same everything, to routine. On the spur of the moment night they decide to hit the fanciest dinner spot in the city. No reservations, no problem, they improvise and steal some other couples reservation and enjoy an incredible dinner. Here is where the fun begins as they are mistaken for another couple and craziness ensues. The writing in this film is brilliant with one liners and zany dialogue between characters. A plethora of amazing cast ensemble with Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P. Henson, James Franco, William Fichtner, Mila Kunis, Ray Liotta, Common, Jimmi Simpson, Kristen Wiig, Gal Gadot, Olivia Munn and Mark Ruffalo. It is funny, laugh out loud comedic brilliance, great editing and direction.I firmly give this a 7 out of 10 as it was good, NOT great, funny, but NOT bust a gut laughable.
The movie starts out showing us Tina and Steve as a typical NJ couple with a boring life. Once a week they have a date night where they go out to the same restaurant and order the same food. For entertainment they "guess" what the story is, or mini-biography behind other couples eating at the restaurant. perhaps one of the better scenes with these two. They are also once-a-weekers in the bedroom. When their neighbors get divorced because they were in a similar rut, Steve re-examines their routine and decides to do something different by going to a different restaurant. Then, in a case of mistaken identity, they get hunted down by two rouge cops working for the mob.There are some great scenes such as the bit role by Mila Kunis, and the taxi cab scene. There are also some scenes that didn't play well such as serious scenes between Steve and Tina as they discuss their life. Neither Carell or Fey pull those scenes off very well.The comedy is good, but not constant. The attempt to make it into some kind of romantic comedy was bad.
Too much Wahlberg, not enough Ruffalo and Wiig. Too much Fey and Carrell, not enough Kunis and Franco. This works OK as a modern screwball comedy, but could have made better use of the rest of the ensemble cast. I'd have preferred to see much less of the wooden Wahlberg, and more of Wiig and Ruffalo, whose characters appeared only long enough to serve their sole narrative purpose. Kunis and Franco were similarly wasted, as were Liotta and Fichtner (although the latter made the most of his few minutes on screen, dishing up a nice serve of wacky).
The Fosters are a married couple who, in order to get away from their everyday lives, go out down town to a expensive and popular restaurant. However they can't get a table and so they get the reservation from a couple that doesn't show up. But that leads to a misunderstanding that leads to lethal men chasing them down. The movie is trying to be a comedy and an action film at the same time, but that doesn't comes out. The action is there and it is very entertaining, with many car scenes and running. But the comedy is not there at all. The duo Carel-Fey may have been a nice idea, however their chemistry is awful, the comedy material of the actors is like it's being forced out of them, and finally the dialogues weren't that helpful as well. The main idea of the movie is interesting, but the straggle of the couple to solve their marriage problems as well as the love philosophy doesn't mix well with the rest of the movie. So, because of all that, I give date night a 3 out of 10.