Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Excellent, a Must See

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Take two funny actors, and desperately find a plot to put them in that allows them to be as funny as possible. That seems to have been the brief for the folks at 20th Century Fox.And it sort of works. Just. However you wonder just how much of the film's limited success is down to just the natural comedic ability of Carell and Fey, who surely are able to make even the weakest line shine.It's nice to see Director Shawn Levy try something different, having been in the chair for the first Pink Panther reboot film and Cheaper by the Dozen.I would like to see another pairing of these actors. One that is a little stronger than this film.

I really do like both Steve Carell and Tina Fey, but I just couldn't get on board and like this movie. I think there are several issues with this movie that caused it to fail. One is just poor writing and lame jokes, I don't remember laughing even once during this movie, which is very strange give that it was a Steve Carell and Tina Fey film. They are both very talented comical actors, I adored Steve in the office and I loved Tina Fey on SNL, who could've played Sarah Palin better? But it takes a lot more than just two talented comedians to make a comedy movie work, you've got to give the actor something to work with, aka good writing. This movie tried to be funny, it really did, but it simply wasn't. The jokes were stale and at times awkward. Also the movie itself was just kind of boring, to me I didn't even feel like it was giving an effort to keep my attention the whole way through. I just felt like I was watching Tina Fey and Steve Carell try to make this bad writing funny, but no one could've done that because it was just so bad. I'll still watch Tina Fey and Steve Carell movies in the future in hopes that they will be better. I've seen ones like baby mama and crazy stupid love that are so good, and it's material like that that lets me know that they really are talented, all actors make mistakes and do bad movies, and I'm afraid for Fey and carrel this was one of them. 1/10

Despite an all-star cast, that reads like a who's who of comedians, the much anticipated, Date Night, from Night At The Museum Director, Shawn Levy, failed to deliver in a big way. Of course there is that old saying about too many cooks in the kitchen, but that wasn't the problem here, as individually, the performances were pretty good. What I didn't like about the film, was a lazy story that hasn't only been done before, but seemed to just run around in circles. The Foster family is going through your typical dry spell as a married couple with kids, and the news of a recent friends divorce has them worried about their own relationship, so they decide to start having a regular date night again. Not wanting to wait at a fancy restaurant without a reservation, they claim to be someone else, who are very late arriving to their reserved table. The Foster's think they're just stealing a reservation, instead they are stepping into the lives of two people who are wanted by many different people for many different things, leading to the wildest night of their lives. This story had some great potential, but once again, if these writers would stop worrying about PG-13 vs. R, in regards to who will go see their films, and just let the story take off in whatever direction it's going, the film could have been so much better. Instead, the writers hold back, because they don't want a raunchy comedy, they want a date movie, and the result is a mediocre comedy that should have been so much better than it was. Date Night is good for a chuckle here and there, but otherwise, the story goes in circles, it's predictable, and it wastes the talent of a terrific cast.

The Fosters are a married couple who, in order to get away from their everyday lives, go out down town to a expensive and popular restaurant. However they can't get a table and so they get the reservation from a couple that doesn't show up. But that leads to a misunderstanding that leads to lethal men chasing them down. The movie is trying to be a comedy and an action film at the same time, but that doesn't comes out. The action is there and it is very entertaining, with many car scenes and running. But the comedy is not there at all. The duo Carel-Fey may have been a nice idea, however their chemistry is awful, the comedy material of the actors is like it's being forced out of them, and finally the dialogues weren't that helpful as well. The main idea of the movie is interesting, but the straggle of the couple to solve their marriage problems as well as the love philosophy doesn't mix well with the rest of the movie. So, because of all that, I give date night a 3 out of 10.