20 Dates
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: February 26, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
7

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Film ThreatChris Gore
Hilarious and a must-see. Read full review
70
VarietyLeonard Klady
Blurring the lines between cinema verite and fiction, writer-director Myles Berkowitz has created a winning entertainment. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesEric Harrison
A laugh-out-loud chronicle of the struggling filmmaker's hunt for a girlfriend. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Bizarre, trenchant, and unexpectedly hilarious, this is one regular guy's foray into the lonely world of love. Were that all budding relationships came out this well. Read full review
63
USA TodayMike Clark
More amusing than a lot of expensive Hollywood comedies [26 February 1999, Life, p.5E]
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Would probably have been more enjoyable if Berkowitz was less irritating. As a character, his only redeeming quality is his self-deprecating humor. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJoshua Klein
Fact or fiction, it's still fun, if never really compelling. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
It doesn't take a foolish romantic to hope that Myles and Elisabeth live happily ever after. The world just isn't ready for 20 More Dates. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderBill Stamets
In 20 Dates Myles Berkowitz strings together one embarrassing moment after another and triumphs in a culture characterized by actorly artifice. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The picture is intriguing and obnoxious in equal measure; even Berkowitz gets tired of the game before it's over, but there are some laughs and surprises along the way. Read full review
50
NewsweekAndrea C. Basora
Provides some great laughs, but founders when it tries to tackle more serious issues. Entitled "10 Dates," it might have been a much better film. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Raging ego aside, the penny-ante hucksterism of his I'm-going-on-dates-to-get-famous-making-a-movie-about-dates approach is too cloying and opportunistic to bear. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineSandra Contreras
The film's most consistently entertaining element is Berkowitz's backer, a shady character named Elie Samaha who never appears on camera. Samaha's expletive-laden harangues, in which he orders Berkowitz to beef up the movie's T&A factor, are priceless. Read full review
30
Village VoiceJustine Elias
The movie's best observations come from its sinister, unseen producer, who sneers at Berkowitz, "You're making a cartoon piece of shit . . . that ends with you jerking off by yourself." Read full review
25
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
About a moron - oxy and otherwise. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
It must be said that Berkowitz's shamelessness and persistence aren't inevitably irresistible. Read full review
20
SlateDavid Edelstein
I wouldn't exactly call it entertainment; I found myself wanting to apologize on behalf of obnoxious heterosexual Jewish men the world over. Read full review
12
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The film has the obnoxious tone of a boring home movie narrated by a guy shouting in your ear. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
One of the downsides of living in a free society is that every so often someone like Myles Berkowitz gets hold of a camera. Read full review
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