Date Night

Date Night starts Tina Fey and Steve Carrel. These are in my opinion two of the funniest comedians today. So you think by putting them together in a movie you would have a hit but then again you need a writer who knows how to get the best out of both of them. This didn't happen in this movie.

The movie starts out great. Tina and Steve are married with 2 kids but lead a pretty boring life in New Jersey. They both have pretty boring jobs and basically are just going through the motions. There excitement consists of going on a date night every Friday to the same restaurant where they order the same things and the talk consists of checking out other couples and trying to figure out their story. Then the come home and sometimes have their once a week sex if they are both in the mood(or not). There is a really funny part where Steve is thinking he's getting lucky and Tina comes to bed putting in her mouth piece. Steve mentions that he thought they were going to do it and Tina says Oh okay and pulls out the mouth guard. You get the picture. Any hope of Steve getting aroused after that isn't going to happen.

They also find out that their best friends are separating because they are only having sex twice a week and are bored. Steve wishes it was twice a week for him and Tina so they decide to go to a restaurant in New York for a change to lighten up their life. This restaurant is so busy that without a reservation they have no hope of getting a table. They decide to impersonate a couple who had a reservation and didn't show. This is when the whole movie fell apart.

The rest of the movie revolves around a stupid plot about a missing computer flash, a corrupt District Attorney, a Italian mob guy and a whole bunch of craziness. They even throw in a ridiculous car chase and a strip club scene. The car chase was so stupid the 3 people sitting behind got up and left. I wanted to join them.

This movie had so much promise but by letting it go astray with a nutty plot like this lost me. They could have done so much more with this movie. The only other funny parts were the outakes at the end when the credits were rolling and by that time I was wishing I was anywhere else. DO NOT go see this movie it's basically a waste of time and money.

So then I go home and watch my Canucks build a 2-0 lead only to lose in 3-2 in Overtime. That completed my day.......