Date Movie (2006)

Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man, his crush, his parents, and her father.

Director:

Aaron Seltzer

Writers:

Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Stars:

Alyson Hannigan, Eddie Griffin, Fred Willard

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

Julia Jones is unhappy. She's overweight, spends forever working at her fathers diner, and believes she will always be lonely. This is until she meets Grant Fockyerdoder. Before they can have their dream wedding, they must meet each others parents and survive the scheming Andy.

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Plot Keywords:

overweight | greek | spoof | wedding planner | falling from height | 

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Taglines:

Get Your Date To Come This February

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox [fr] 20th Century Fox [us]

Country:

USA Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Aaron Seltzer/Jason Friedberg Project

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$305,608 (Brazil) (24 March 2006)

Gross:

$48,546,578 (USA) (26 May 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Regency Pictures, Epsilon Motion Pictures, Regency Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min 85 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the cast commentary, the woman pictured in the ad for the reality show that Julia goes onto is Alyson Hannigan's stunt double.

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Goofs

When Bernie toasts Julia and Grant at their wedding rehearsal, the level of water in Roz's glass changes without her touching it.

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Quotes

[Julia desperately needs a makeover]
Julia Jones: I heard you were the best.
Hitch: You're goddamn right I'm the best! Look at all the couples I'm responsible for. You got Brad and Jen, Jessica and Nick, Ben and Jen, Ben and Jen, Ben and Matt, Kobe and Shaq, Ellen and Anne. Yeah, I do them too.

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Connections

Spoofs Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Party Hard"
Written by CamuTao, Jared Bridgeman and Jeffrey Haynes
Performed by Percetionists
Courtesy of Def Jux
By Arrangement with Zync Music, Inc.

User Reviews

Crap

The fact that this movie was allowed to advance past the "script writing" stage is beyond me.

If I could vote it 0, believe me I would. Watching paint dry would be a more cultural experience.

They actually re-created scenes from existing comedy movies & virtually did them note for note. Can somebody explain the word parody to the film makers???

Some of the acting was quite good, it's just a shame that they had so little to work with to be able to assist with making this pile of junk watchable.