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DATE NIGHT

 ABOUT THE MOVIE

Genre: Comedy
Starring: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Taraji P. Henson, Common, Jimmi Simpson, Kristen Wiig, Leighton Meester, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Ray Liotta, William Fichtner
Director: Shawn Levy
Rating: NC-16 (Some Coarse Language And Sexual References)
Year Made: 2010

 


 SPECIAL FEATURES

- Alt City
- Directing 301
- Directing Off Camera
- Gag Reel


 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Languages: English
Subtitles: English/Chinese/Malay/
Bahasa Indonesia/Korean/Thai/
Vietnamese
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Running Time: 1 hr 41mins
Region Code: 3
Distributor: Alliance Entertainment



 

 

SYNOPSIS: 

Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off a n outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters’ “date night” turns into a wild ride they’ll never forget!

MOVIE REVIEW:

Steven Carell and Tina Fey are two of the more successful comedians on today’s television network. One is toplining "The Office" while the other is a series regular and writer on "30 Rock". Thus it doesn’t take a genius to pair both of them together in a movie feature.

Directed by Shawn Levy (Night At The Museum) and written by Josh Klausner (Shrek Forever After), "Date Night" tells the story of a married couple, the Fosters who accidentally got themselves tangled into a case of wrong identity and find themselves in a whole lot of trouble liked being chased after by corrupt cops, mob boss and a district attorney who has a thing for kinky sex club.

The premise is simple and at the end of the day, it’s not the crime that you care about. It’s more about the fumbling of this pair of boring, routine suburban couple and their date that turned into more of an adventure. Carell and Fey are perfect in their roles as the Fosters. Their comic-timing is impeccable and their chemistry effortless. You could watch the two of them playing off one another the whole night not realizing Levy’s direction is not exactly that inspiring and Klausner’s script is formulaic.

The casting overall is perfect and besides Carell and Fey, there’s a running gag that involves a shirtless Mark Wahlberg who turns up in a cameo as a security expert. And wait there’s even James Franco (Spiderman) once again channeling his stoner character from "Pineapple Express", Mila Kunis (The Book Of Eli) as his partner, resident baddies Ray Liotta and William Fichtner and rapper Common (Wanted).

We can’t really sure how much material here is ad-libbed and improvised on the spot by the cast but some of the sequences indeed earned a few chuckles followed by laugh-out-loud moments take for examples the restaurant scene and the pole-dancing segment. Perhaps Fox is gunning for a PG rating or else given in the hands of people liked Judd Apatow or Todd Philips, "Date Night" will likely turns out to be far more dynamic.

The script is definitely banal; the car chase seems totally absurd but Shawn Levy has his wonderful cast to thank for especially the presence of Carell and Fey to make the movie such a success. It’s actually not a bad choice for a "Date Night".

SPECIAL FEATURES :

Alt City is just another fancy word for alternate takes, some of them you might find even funnier than the final cut.

Directing 301 – An interesting 21 minutes feature that takes you on a day with director Shawn Levy on set in New York City.

Directing Off Camera – Shawn Levy finds it a thrill to shout instructions at his cast off-camera although I find it quite a turn-off.

Gag Reel – 5 minutes of outtakes to round up the extras.

AUDIO/VISUAL:

Shot using a HD camera, there are sequences in the movie that look unnaturally dull and distracting. With the exception of a car chase and ambient sound effects, the audio fares like a typical rom-com offering little excitement and thrills.

MOVIE RATING:



DVD RATING :

Review by Linus Tee

Posted on 6 September 2010

 
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