Date Night (2010)
When Steve Carrell suggested to his onscreen wife Tina Fey that they have some fun after putting the kids to bed, she takes out her retainer and wipes the spit strings from her mouth. I knew I’d love the movie no matter what. Thankfully, the rest of the movie was pretty funny, so I didn’t have to claim to love a movie I didn’t really like.
Steve and Tina are a regular, tired, married couple who never have fun or go out anymore. As many couples know, planning for a date night is nice in theory but rarely happens as the years pass and the kids are born. They finally decide to have a night on the town but get much more than they bargained for. After assuming a false name in order to get a table at the best restaurant in town, they get mistaken for the mystery couple—with potentially dangerous consequences. However, since this is a comedy and not a Hitchcock, you can expect tons of laughs along the way as they bumble their way through the action and deception to try to save their lives. There’s also a host of cameos, including Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Wiig, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Common, Taraji P. Henson, William Fichtner, Ray Liotta as a mob boss, and Mark Wahlberg as Tina’s shirtless ex-boyfriend. Whether or not you think this movie is going to be too silly, rent it anyway. It’s quite funny, and it’ll certainly scare you off the idea that date nights are a good idea!
More James Franco movies here!
Steve and Tina are a regular, tired, married couple who never have fun or go out anymore. As many couples know, planning for a date night is nice in theory but rarely happens as the years pass and the kids are born. They finally decide to have a night on the town but get much more than they bargained for. After assuming a false name in order to get a table at the best restaurant in town, they get mistaken for the mystery couple—with potentially dangerous consequences. However, since this is a comedy and not a Hitchcock, you can expect tons of laughs along the way as they bumble their way through the action and deception to try to save their lives. There’s also a host of cameos, including Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Wiig, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Common, Taraji P. Henson, William Fichtner, Ray Liotta as a mob boss, and Mark Wahlberg as Tina’s shirtless ex-boyfriend. Whether or not you think this movie is going to be too silly, rent it anyway. It’s quite funny, and it’ll certainly scare you off the idea that date nights are a good idea!
More James Franco movies here!