Date Movie
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: February 17, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
11
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
0
Negative:
17
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67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
In Date Movie, the hormones, anxiety, and princess jealousy that fuel the majority of Hollywood love stories are made so excessive that the romance itself is revealed to be...every bit as big a crock as it usually is. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeBobby Hankinson
Date Movie has enough laughs to make rambunctious dudes hoot and holler, but not nearly enough to ensure the happy ending it promises. Read full review
30
The New York TimesAnita Gates
Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg, who wrote the screenplay, have crammed dozens of movie parodies into this deliberately juvenile spoof of romantic comedies. Mr. Seltzer, who directed, has made very few of them funny. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
This anemic genre parody from two of the six writers of "Scary Movie" strives for the goofball precision of the brothers Zucker and, long before it reaches the end of its 70-odd minutes, gives you newfound respect for the comic genius of the brothers Wayans (two of the other writers of "Scary Movie"). Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Date Movie, alas, is here to remind us that slapstick can be just plain bad. These are sight gags best appreciated with a blindfold. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
A lame pastiche of Hollywood romances. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The choice is yours: Shell out 10 bucks for this dire spoof of recent romantic comedies a la "Scary Movie" and "Not Another Teen Movie", or toss your 12-year-old nephew a quarter and get him to act out scenes from his favorite movies for 80 minutes: The entertainment value will be about the same. Read full review
20
VarietyJoe Leydon
Arguably the lamest of all the free-wheeling genre parodies that have taken flight since "Airplane!," Date Movie is stupefyingly unfunny in its attempts to mock romantic comedies, celebrities, reality TV shows and anything else that pops into the heads of its creators. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
The only thing remotely resembling parody in this depressing waste of time and money is Jennifer Coolidge's sendup of Barbra Streisand as an over-the-top string of Jewish mother clichés. Read full review
20
EmpireAnna Smith
A lowest common denominator spoof. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
This crass drag of a dud at best manages to elicit just a couple of half-hearted chuckles over the course of its 80-minute allotment. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
"Comedy is hard," said Steve Martin. For the writers of Date Movie, it's apparently impossible. Read full review
0
New York PostKyle Smith
A collection of throwaway gags from other movies, a big blue recycling barrel of comedy waiting for the trash collector. It's rated PG-13 because 13 is the maximum age of those who might find it funny. Read full review
0
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Elapsed time before I walked out: 29 minutes Total laughs (in that period): 0 Read full review
0
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Date Movie is a good date movie in one sense: If you're still speaking to the person who brought you to see this, you just might have a future together. Read full review
0
Village VoiceBen Kenigsberg
Pre- credits, Date Movie runs a mere 70 minutes, which increasingly seems like seven minutes, repeated 10 times. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
It's kind of amazing that a joke-a-second comedy like Date Movie doesn't contain a single laugh. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Boasting that your film features "two of the six writers of Scary Movie," as this film's marketing campaign does, is like bragging that you came in second in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Bad Fiction Contest. Read full review
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