Product: Date Movie [UMD for PSP] (2006)
Rating: 2.0
Didn't expect much and wasn't disappointed.
From the makers of Scary Movie comes their version of the romantic comedy, "Date Movie." Alyson Hannigan plays Julia Jones, an overweight and miserable girl looking for love and a way out of working in her parents' Greek restaurant for the rest of her life. She goes to see Hitch, a vertically-challenged self-proclaimed "Date Doctor" (MD, PhD, DDS and ordained minister), to see if he can help her find love. Realizing what an utter mess Julia is, Hitch takes her to West Coast Customs to "pimp her out." Transformed into a bombshell, Julia signs on for the reality television show, "The Extreme Bachelor: Desperate Edition." She wins the show and winds up engaged to Grant Fockyerdodder. They begin planning their wedding and Julia meets Andy, the best man. Strangely enough the best man is a woman who comes out of the pool like Bo Derek in 10 and spends the duration of the film oiled up like a Thanksgiving turkey. Julia learns Andy and Grant used to be engaged and that Andy wants a second chance with him. The rest of the movie is a series of even more spoofs designed to make fun of most of the romantic comedies made in the last 10 years. The highlight, for me, was the montage at the end of the movie where Julia and Grant almost break up then get back together with Journey's "Open Arms" playing in the background. Classic.Just in case you might have missed a few here are the movies etc. they spoofed that I recognized: My Best Friend's Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Pimp my Ride, the Paris Hilton Carl's Jr. commercial, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, What Women Want, Jerry Maguire, Pretty Woman, Along Came Polly, The Wedding Planner, Napoleon Dynamite, Bridget Jones' Diary, As Good as it Gets, Notting Hill, Legally Blonde, When Harry Met Sally, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Mean Girls, Say Anything, Kill Bill, Dodgeball, Sweet Home Alabama, King Kong, Meet the Fockers, There's Something About Mary, Hitch, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and probably a few others that I missed.I think you know what to expect when you rent a movie like this. It's not supposed to be Oscar-worthy, so there's no reason to judge it as such. It's toilet humor, over the top, and at times unnecessarily crass. That being said, so is Scary Movie and I wouldn't expect the writers to deviate from type. I didn't expect much from this film, so I wasn't disappointed. It also featured "cameos" from Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, and Lil John. The movie was good for a couple of laughs, but don't go into it with high expectations. You'll be better off if you go into it expecting the worst because then you'll be pleasantly surprised at the sparse moments of hilarity.