Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Steve Carell | ... | Phil Foster | |
Tina Fey | ... | Claire Foster | |
Mark Wahlberg | ... | Holbrooke | |
Taraji P. Henson | ... | Detective Arroyo | |
Jimmi Simpson | ... | Armstrong | |
Common | ... | Collins | |
William Fichtner | ... | DA Frank Crenshaw | |
Leighton Meester | ... | Katy | |
J.B. Smoove | ... | Cabbie | |
Kristen Wiig | ... | Haley Sullivan | |
Mark Ruffalo | ... | Brad Sullivan | |
James Franco | ... | Taste | |
Mila Kunis | ... | Whippit | |
Bill Burr | ... | Detective Walsh | |
Jonathan Morgan Heit | ... | Oliver Foster |
Phil and Claire Foster are a couple who have been married for several years. Their days consists of them taking care of their children and going to work and coming home and going to bed. But they find time to have a date night wherein they go out and spend some time together. When another couple they know announce that they're separating because they're in a rut, Phil feels that he and Claire could be too. So when date night comes Phil decides to do something different. So they go into the city and try to get into a new popular restaurant. But when it's full and still wanting to do this, Phil decides to take the reservation of a couple who doesn't show up. While they're having dinner two men approach them and instructs them to stand up and go with them. They think the men are with the restaurant and want to talk to them about taking someone else's reservation. But it appears the couple whose reservation they took crossed someone and the two men work for this person. The men are after ... Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
Predictable? Sure, this ain't a comedy that pretends to be more than a vehicle for the comedic abilities of the very likable Tina Fey and the sometimes over-the-top (but not so much in this movie) Steve Carrell.
Aside from the surprising cameos in this show, there aren't much surprises. This is one of those movies where there's a couple that's been in a somewhat fixed circle of boredom in their lives. Heck, even their regular date nights have been very predictable.
Steve and Tina are the Fosters; upon finding out that one of their closest couple friends are splitting up, they try to spice things up by having a date in the city. In a case of mistaken identity, their would-be date night winds up an action-filled, sometimes funny evening. Except for a few scenes, this movie isn't anything innovative; but it's still nice to see Steve and Tina play likable characters.
The producers of this flick know what they have in these two actors, and the movie is enough to give their comedic and acting chops (nothing like Steve's nice acting ability in Dan in Real Life) a little flexing. With this knowledge, I still recommend this movie to those who want to enjoy a little break from the action-3D-filled movies out there now. A little date with your significant other watching this movie would be good.