Date Movie (2006)

Director:

Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

17 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Everyone wants a happy ending.

Plot:

Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man (Campbell), his crush (Hannigan), his parents (Coolidge, Willard), and her father (Griffin).

Plot Keywords:

Greek | Spoof | Overweight | Wedding Planner | Mixed Blood

Awards:

1 win

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 29	2:30 PM	FX
Mon. Nov. 30	8:00 AM	FX

Cast

Alyson Hannigan	...	Julia Jones
Adam Campbell	...	Grant Funkyerdoder
Sophie Monk	...	Andy
Eddie Griffin	...	Frank Jones
Meera Simhan	...	Linda Jones
Fred Willard	...	Bernie Funkyerdoder
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Roz Funkyerdoder
Marie Matiko	...	Betty
Judah Friedlander	...	Nicky
Carmen Electra	...	Anne
Tony Cox	...	Hitch
Mauricio Sanchez	...	Eduardo / Housekeeper
Beverly Polcyn	...	Old Cat Woman
Valery M. Ortiz	...	Jell-O (as Valery Ortiz)
Charlie Dell	...	Justice of the Peace (as Charles Dell)

Also Known As:

Untitled Aaron Seltzer/Jason Friedberg Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language.

Runtime:

83 min | 85 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Sweden:7 | Philippines:R-18 | Malaysia:18PL | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42128) | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:Unrated (DVD) | Germany:12 | Hungary:16 | Norway:11 | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | UK:15 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Germany:12 (unrated version) | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Trivia:

The deaf couple in the elevator are played by Anthony Natale and Andrea Ferrell, reprising/spoofing their scene in Jerry Maguire (1996).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Grant, Julia and her parents are getting out of the van, you can see Grant in the background throwing the luggage on the street, but when Grant's dad knocks out Julia and her parents, they fall and there is only one piece of luggage on the ground.

Quotes:

Frank Jones: [as Jinxers is humping Frank's dead mother] I didn't teach him how to do that!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Pimp My Ride" (2004)

Soundtrack:

The Price is Right (Theme)

Maybe they needed the other 4 Scary Movie writers

This has got to be one of the worst parody movies ever. No, wait - scratch that. This is one of the worst movies ever. There were so few laughs in this supposed comedy. They few chuckles I heard from the audience was a nervous laughter (as in, "I can't believe I wasted my money on this..."). The toilet humor (literally) was simply retarded, and a few jokes almost worked... if they were funny. Pretty much all of the characters were annoying, and most of the parodies themselves were just unfunny. I really don't know what could have been done to save this movie and actually make it funny. The concept was great, and "date movies" are ripe for being made fun of... yet somehow this just wasn't it.