Date Movie (2006)

Director:

Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

17 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Everyone wants a happy ending.

Plot:

Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man (Campbell), his crush (Hannigan), his parents (Coolidge, Willard), and her father (Griffin).

Plot Keywords:

Wedding Planner | Overweight | Spoof | Greek | Fantasy Sequence

Awards:

1 win

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alyson Hannigan	...	Julia Jones
Adam Campbell	...	Grant Funkyerdoder
Sophie Monk	...	Andy
Eddie Griffin	...	Frank Jones
Meera Simhan	...	Linda Jones
Fred Willard	...	Bernie Funkyerdoder
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Roz Funkyerdoder
Marie Matiko	...	Betty
Judah Friedlander	...	Nicky
Carmen Electra	...	Anne
Tony Cox	...	Hitch
Mauricio Sanchez	...	Eduardo / Housekeeper
Beverly Polcyn	...	Old Cat Woman
Valery M. Ortiz	...	Jell-O (as Valery Ortiz)
Charlie Dell	...	Justice of the Peace (as Charles Dell)

Also Known As:

Untitled Aaron Seltzer/Jason Friedberg Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language.

Runtime:

83 min | 85 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Sweden:7 | Philippines:R-18 | Malaysia:18PL | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42128) | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | USA:Unrated (DVD) | Germany:12 | Hungary:16 | Norway:11 | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | UK:15 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Germany:12 (unrated version) | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Trivia:

According to the cast commentary, the woman pictured in the ad for the reality show that Julia goes onto is Alyson Hannigan's stunt double.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Andy is talking to Grant and has just met Julia, they go to sit down and she takes her whole bikini off. But as she sits down you can make out the strap of a flesh-colored thong, even though she is supposed to be fully naked.

Quotes:

Old Cat Woman: [watching through the window] She was faking it, but I wasn't.

Movie Connections:

References "The New Price Is Right" (1972)

Soundtrack:

Good Life

Not even Alyson Hannigan can pardon this turkey

I'd imagine that the main reason that people are paying to watch this is because it stars Alyson Hannigan. Well, she's in it, and she makes the most of a thoroughly unchallenging role, but unless you're a total completist, that shouldn't be enough of a reason to waste even 80 minutes of your life on this appalling waste of talent.

What the writer/directors seem to have missed is that if you're going to parody or satirise a scene from a decent movie, you actually have to add something. It's not sufficient to just throw a bunch of stolen scenes together in the hope that the conjunction will generate humour by itself. I honestly could not see one - not ONE - original thought or idea or line in the script or direction. That in itself is something of an achievement. The whole thing plays like it was scripted by teenagers, and not teenagers from the top end of the grade curve.

In fact, I have to wonder if this films is deliberately aimed at the lowest common denominator. If so, it missed by several yards to the south.