Daft Night!

The trailer of Date Night just looked so daft that it would be so hilarious to watch but unfortunately I hardly found the film funny at all. The only good qualities about this I felt was that it was well filmed. Personally, I don't think that the story went that well and I just felt that it wasn't really very interesting from about half way through till the end. There were a few moments I did like and they were some of the action scenes like with the silver car and the taxi that were stuck together. That made me chuckle a few times.


Claire and Phil Foster (Tina Fey and Steve Carell) are a typical suburban couple whose lives – including their weekly date nights of dinner and a movie – have become routine. To reignite the marital spark, they visit a trendy Manhattan bistro where a case of mistaken identity turns their evening into the ultimate date night-gone-awry. But as Claire and Phil take their unexpected walk on the wild side, they begin to remember what made them so special together. Steve Carell has always been an actor who always goes for the same kind of characters in almost the exact same genre which is what he does best and respect him for. However in this film, I surprisingly didn't quite think he fitted that well in this film. I mean, the name 'Phil' just doesn't suit him at all even as a character. Tina Fey is one lousy actress, enough said! Yeah, she may be quite hot but her acting in this film was just CRAP!


Most people recognize Shawn Levy as director of both Night At The Museum films, the 2006 remake of The Pink Panther and 2003 remake of Cheaper By The Dozen aka as an overall bad director but I have to say despite that Date Night isn't a good film, I don't think Levy did a bad job as director. There were good moments like the action scenes with the cars and the scene in the club but disappointing in other parts of the film.


Overall, Date Night is a mindless film that some would find entertaining. I think it is a Saturday night film but unfortunately didn't satisfy my expectations. Not one of the worst of 2010 but nowhere near one of the best.

5/10