Date Movie (2006)

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

Directors:

Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg (co-director) (uncredited)

Writers:

Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Stars:

Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Fred Willard

Bottom Rated Movies #23 | 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:

frodo baggins character | michael jackson character | gandalf character | britney spears character | looking at oneself in a mirror | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Movies being parodied in this film include: hitch, Star Wars, meet the fockers, meet the parents, dodgeball, kill Bill, dumb and dumber, pretty woman, what women want, along came Polly, wedding crashers, Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Mr. And Mrs. Smith and Napoleon dynamite. TV Shows being parodied include: Overhaul and the Bachelor

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Goofs

When they are 1st meeting Andy and the camara is zoomed out, a woman is walking behind Julia. But when it zooms in, she is gone.

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Quotes

Julia Jones: You had me at hello.
Grant Funkyerdoder: I'm just a girl. Standing in front of a boy. Asking him to love her.

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Alternate Versions

The 85-minute extended, unrated version is only about 2 minutes longer and there are some changes:

• In the scene spoofing The Bachelor, the dialogue introducing Grant is different.
• The scene with the cat on the toilet is longer.
• There is some extra dialogue after the wizard gets kicked in the crotch.
• Grant's last name is "Fockyerdoder" instead of "Funkyerdoder".
• Julia shows Jack two extra cards.
• When Nicky is thinking about the honeymoon, the dialogue is different.
• The scene where Roz & Linda are talking is much more explicit.
• Andy's introduction is longer and more suggestive.

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Connections

Spoofs Girls Gone Wild on Campus 2 (2003)

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Soundtracks

I Say a Little Prayer
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

User Reviews

I thought this movie was pretty funny.

Date movie is the first of three(so far) spoof movies that 2 out of 6 of the writers from the scary movies wrote. This one is probably the funniest of them with its obvious references to the past 10 years or so of romance comedies that have graced and disgraced out screen. The story is about Julia Jones a lonely girl who just wants the perfect romance but her father wants hr to marry a Chinese-German Jew or something like that. She then meets the love of her life and all is well until his ex fiancée comes into the picture. I recommend this film over Epic Movie and Meet The Spartans for it is funny and direct but they still can not get away from thinking that dancing from famous characters is really funny. Oh well just watch this movie and TRY NOT to think for a change is that too hard.

Details

Country:

USA Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Aaron Seltzer/Jason Friedberg Project

Filming Locations:

Church of the Angels - 1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,076,261, 19 February 2006

Gross USA:

$48,548,426

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$85,749,034

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Regency Productions, Epsilon Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min 85 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1