Product: Date Movie [UMD for PSP] (2006)
Rating: 1.0
Unrated Version?
I saw this movie in the theatre and thought it was pretty bad, save for the toilet using cat (hey, that's as lowbrow as it gets, but try not to laugh). The "Hitch" thing was funny initially and I also enjoyed the absurdity of the "Kill Bill" spoof and Paris Hilton's burger commercial. Those three or four moments earn this flick its one star; everything else is either predictable and unfunny (or predictably unfunny) or far worse. The theatre was mostly silent during the whole affair (I counted two couples who walked out). I was often the only one who could be heard laughing and I'm saying I thought the movie sucked (I guess I got more of the movie references than the rest of the people there, that's not to say they were actually all that funny, but I had to find something to laugh at). It seemed to get worse, less funny, run out of ideas and get more random and tedious as it went along. The last 15 to 20 minutes is a dreadful hodgepodge of random, lame ideas; and, while the movie is rather short, I was squirming and checking my watch about halfway through.Maybe this would play better at home and with lowered expectations (not that mine were all that high; these movie-spoofs have been pretty week the last few years). My theory is these are now being made for a less discriminating and younger audience. As with the new "Scary Movie," er, movie, all the "this is the funniest movie I've ever seen" reviews here at Amazon are coming from a bunch of kids. Now, I'm not that old myself, but the generation gap between generations X and Y is truly bigger than I ever imagined. If you're between 10 and 17 this might be for you. Those of us around long enough to see and appreciate truly great spoof movies will think this film verges on sacrilege. Leslie Nielson and the Zuckers would be rolling over in their graves, had they died 5 years ago.Normally I would never say I would consider watching such a lousy movie again, but as always happens I am intrigued when the "Unrated Version" is released. Usually DVDs that slap "Unrated" across the box actually include very few actual "unrated"-worthy scenes. Unless a movie as already rather raunchy, that "Unrated" is just used as a marketing tool and you never can tell what is really different about the new version. "Date Movie" has a fare amount of lite-raunch, so the potential is there that some heavier stuff was left on the cutting room floor. Until I see a few reviews saying this is indeed the case I'm not gonna risk it. You may at your own risk, then let me know. C'mon guys, lets see some reviews that compare the two.Till then, rent this version at your own risk.