Date Movie (2006)

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

Directors:

Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg (uncredited)

Writers:

Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Stars:

Alyson Hannigan, Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge

Bottom Rated Movies #96 | 4 wins & 1 nomination.

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:

wedding planner | overweight | greek | spoof | female protagonist | 

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Taglines:

The Feel-You-Up Movie Of The Year

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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 [France] 20th Century Fox [United States]

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:

$1,336,871 (Australia) (17 February 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 Julia is doing her "Milkshake" dance, she starts dancing to the taxi driver. In a side shot, the camera is reflected in the side of the taxi.

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Quotes

[Grant walks in with Jinxers on the toilet]
Grant Funkyerdoder: [shocked] Oh... Sorry
Frank Jones: That's Jinxers! I taught him how to do that.

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Connections

Spoofs Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

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Soundtracks

Girl from Ypsilanti
Written and Performed by Daniel May
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/Mastersource

User Reviews

Not even Alyson Hannigan can pardon this turkey

I'd imagine that the main reason that people are paying to watch this is because it stars Alyson Hannigan. Well, she's in it, and she makes the most of a thoroughly unchallenging role, but unless you're a total completist, that shouldn't be enough of a reason to waste even 80 minutes of your life on this appalling waste of talent.

What the writer/directors seem to have missed is that if you're going to parody or satirise a scene from a decent movie, you actually have to add something. It's not sufficient to just throw a bunch of stolen scenes together in the hope that the conjunction will generate humour by itself. I honestly could not see one - not ONE - original thought or idea or line in the script or direction. That in itself is something of an achievement. The whole thing plays like it was scripted by teenagers, and not teenagers from the top end of the grade curve.

In fact, I have to wonder if this films is deliberately aimed at the lowest common denominator. If so, it missed by several yards to the south.