Product: Date Movie [UMD for PSP] (2006)
Rating: 1.0
IT SUCKED!!!!!!!
As far as spoofs go, this one is the absolute worst. It's no wonder that it was released in theaters in February and not during the holiday or summer seasons. This movie is not funny because it is simply lazy. It offers up pop cultural references but does not do anything remotely funny with them. It's as if the writers assumed that audiences would be so amused to recognize a reference that anything beyond the reference would be superfluous. As such, we are treated to "parodies" of Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding et al, that go nowhere fast (literally, the movie is less than 90 minutes). Some parts of the movie are downright offensive. There is a scene early in the movie where the main characters, on a date, beat up a homeless person for no reason. Given recent stories in the news of homeless people being viciously attacked and killed, this scene was completely inappropriate and pretty much soured me on the film. In another review posted here, a reviewer indicated that people were walking out of the theater when he saw it. I'm not surprised.