Date Movie
- This article is about the film. For the film genre, see romance film.
| Date Movie | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster for Date Movie | |
| Directed by | Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer |
| Written by | Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer |
| Produced by | Jason Friedberg Jack L. Murray Paul Schiff Aaron Seltzer |
| Starring | Alyson Hannigan Sophie Monk Adam Campbell Eddie Griffin Fred Willard Jennifer Coolidge |
| Cinematography | Shawn Maurer |
| Edited by | Paul Hirsch |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates | February 17, 2006 |
Running time | 83 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
Date Movie is a 2006 spoof of romantic comedies directed and written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, two of the writers of the first Scary Movie. It stars Sophie Monk, Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Eddie Griffin and Fred Willard. The film was released on DVD on May 30, 2006.
"Plot"
Template:Spoilers Movies spoofed are Say Anything, Moulin Rouge!, Bridget Jones' Diary, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Mickey Blue Eyes, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Kill Bill, Napoleon Dynamite, Hitch, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, King Kong, Fight Club, Along Came Polly, Shallow Hal, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, Legally Blonde, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Jerry Maguire, Notting Hill, Sweet Home Alabama, Monster In Law, Mean Girls, Spider-Man 2, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Rent, What Women Want, White Chicks, The Matrix, Austin Powers, Princess Diaries, The Birdcage, The Notebook, The Wizard of Oz, Freaky Friday, Bend It Like Beckham, The Wedding Planner, My Best Friend's Wedding and Wedding Crashers. Also parodied are television shows Pimp My Ride and The Bachelorette (Nina Avetisova appears in this particular parody), Paris Hilton's Carl's Jr. / Hardee's advertisement, and Michael Jackson. The film also spoofs the TV series' Britney and Kevin: Chaotic, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and The Price Is Right. There is also a reference to the television advertisements for the Girls Gone Wild videos and the internet phenomenon Bumfights. Candy Shop by 50 Cent was also parodied by the film.
Response
Reviews
Audience response has been generally negative (though some considered it in the vein of films "so bad, they're good"); it was voted into the Bottom 100 on the IMDb within days of its release. In addition, it performed moderately well at the box office, but received nearly unanimously bad reviews, with a 7% "Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. It's been snidely referred to as "Yet another Not Another Teen Movie"
Box office
In its first week of release, the film grossed a total of 21.8 million dollars at the United States Box office.
As of March 19, 2006, the film grossed a total of 46.5 million dollars in the United States Box Office.
Rated PG-13 for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language.
DVD
The DVD has been released on May 30, 2006. The DVD is unrated though there aren't really that many scenes that are unrated, and those that are mostly just contain foul language.
The DVD comes with a English, French, 2 commentaries, an anti-commentary and an audience track from a test screening.
Trivia
- The scene where Carmen Electra's character gets her clothes ripped was based on censored (but subsequently reinstated) footage from the original King Kong. Also, Electra gets her clothes ripped in the beginning Scary Movie, in which Friedberg and Seltzer also wrote the beginning.
- Many stores/restaurants are spoofed such as Taco Bell (Taco Butt) and Best Buy (Best Bride). Though Louis Vuitton, Versace and other real clothing brand names appears too.
- Many Napoleon Dynamite fans thought Jon Heder reprised his role, but it was played by comedian Josh Meyers. Also, Meyers mocked Owen Wilson in one line which is, "Is it too late to crash the Fockyerdoder Wedding?".
- Chris Harrison plays himself in The Bachelor parody.
- Frank has eight nipples, a reference to a deleted scene from Scary Movie.
- Sophie Monk's Carl's Jr. / Hardee's spoof is shorter than the one shown on advertisements with Paris Hilton.
- The name Fockyerdoder is a joke on the last name Focker from Meet The Parents, though Meet The Parents was also spoofed in several different parts of the movie.
- The old cat woman that lived in the apartment across from Julia is the same actress who played the old lady who was undercover in Not Another Teen Movie.
- "Extreme Bachelor: Desperate Edition" is a combination of the titles of The Bachelor, Extreme Makeover, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and Desperate Housewives.
- The song 'Do You Believe In Magic' is a possible reference[citation needed] to Alyson Hannigan's role in Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
- The scene involving Owen Wilson getting crushed by a cameraman is cut. He only appears in one scene with one line.
- When the RV is driven in, it spoofs Meet the Fockers and Dukes of Hazzard, by changing the horn tune from "Puff, the Magic Dragon" (Meet the Fockers) to the first 13 notes of "Dixie" (Dukes of Hazzard)
- The scenes involving Napoleon running away and Owen Wilson getting crushed are cut.
- Lil Jon comes in during dinner to say "What","Yeah", "Okay" ,"Get Crunk" which are his common catchphrases in his songs.
- The name Julia Jones is actually a combination of Bridgett Jones from Bridget Jones's Diary and Julia Roberts,the actress.
- Grant's name is actually derived from Hugh Grant, who is a very famous British actor known for his roles in romance movies. The directors implemented the word "Very British Grant" in their synopsis as a form of clue to which actor they are parodying.
- In the Pretty Woman scene where Grant crossdresses as a woman, the set of clothes he wore is actually the same original set worn by Julia Roberts back in the original movie.
- In some version of the DVD, the word "Fockyerdoder" has been changed to "Funkyerdoder". Details are still unknown at present.
Cast
- Alyson Hannigan as Julia Jones
- Adam Campbell as Grant Fockyerdoder
- Sophie Monk as Andy
- Jennifer Coolidge as Roz Fockyerdoder
- Fred Willard as Bernie Fockyerdoder
- Eddie Griffin as Frank Jones
- Nina Avetisova as Bachelorgirl
- Bridget Ann Brno as Bridget Jones
- Carmen Electra as Herself (The natives chant her name)
- Valery Ortiz as Jell-O
- Andrea Ferrell as Deaf Woman
- Tom Fitzpatrick as Gandalf
- Judah Friedlander as Nicky
- Gianfranco L'Amore as Native King Kong
- Marie Matiko as Betty
- Josh Meyers as Napoleon and Owen Wilson from Wedding Crashers
- Edward Moss as Michael Jackson
- Mauricio Sanchez as Eduardo
- Meera Simhan as Linda
- Nadia Dina Ariqat as Britney
- Matt Austin as Fireman
- Nick Steele as Kevin
- Lil Jon as himself
- Beverly Polcyn as Old Cat Woman