Product: Date Movie [UMD for PSP] (2006)
Rating: 2.0
NOT AS BAD AS I FEARED, BUT STILL... 4.5 OUT OF 10
I was still willing to give this film a chance, even after seeing the abomination calledDisaster Movie (Unrated Widescreen), from the talentless hacks Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (They need to be banned from making films). While Date Movie seems like a masterpiece compared to the horrendous Disaster Movie, it still sucked. This film was nothing more than a boring romantic comedy, with several spoofs of better films thrown in. You have much better comedy options to choose than this.WHAT IT'S ABOUT: A girl named Julia Jones is an ugly fat chick no one wants, who is seeking love in all the wrong areas, until she gets liposuction from a guy who is supposed to be spoofing Will Smith's character fromHitch (Widescreen Edition)and a crew of people supposed to be spoofing the show Pimp My Ride. She then competes in a show that makes fun of Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire? and wins the love of the handsome British man she falls in love with. But when her fiancee's ex shows up and threatens to destroy the wedding, Julia must stop this ex from ruining the plans.MUSIC: The music does fit the romantic comedy theme, and it is pretty good. They even threw in some songs from other romantic comedies. However, in this day and age, the Milkshake song has gotten old and tiresome.ACTING: Most of these actors aren't necessarily bad, but they get dragged down by too many bad jokes and spoofs. The dialogue can also get on your nerves with too much annoying sexual humor and racial slurs.ACTION: Most of the spoofs are boring or just plain awful. The spoofs get boring because they overkill the jokes, and ruin them. The bad spoofs include the spoof of Kill Bill and wasted every opportunity to make a fun spoof out of that. There are also spoofs ofNapoleon Dynamiteas well as a few others, but I won't get into that because this film rips far too many films to want to list.OVERALL: You and your date are better off watching an actual good romantic comedy instead. This film isn't worth your time or money especially when you look at review score averages (6% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). This film isn't torturous like Disaster Movie, it's just boring and uninspired.THE GOOD: Some funny spoofs, good music, and decent actors.THE BAD: Too many awful or boring spoofs, no original ideas of its own, and bad dialogue.