Date Night: DVD Review
Date Night
Rating: M
Released by Roadshow Entertainment
It comics Steve Carell and Tina Fey team up in this comedy about
mistaken identity.
They're Phil and Claire Foster - a NY husband and wife whose
suburban lives have been besieged by the mundanities of two point
four children; for whom each day is a series of routines -
including their Date Night which sees them ordering the same dishes
week in, week out.
So, shocked by the news one of their favourite couples is about to
divorce, Phil decides to shake things up to prevent their marriage
from being the next casualty.
On the spur of the moment, he takes Claire to a swanky Manhattan
restaurant and refusing to give in because he doesn't have a
reservation, takes someone else's.
However, that's when the problems start and they become embroiled
in the world of Manhattan's gangsters.
Date Night has a great cast and there's something about Steve Carell and his deadpan delivery which can leave me in tears; equally Tina Fey goes a long way to convincing me that she's actually funny.
But unfortunately this caper doesn't quite work as a story and I don't know exactly what went wrong with it; it's not a bad film, it's just a bit lacking that 5% magic that needs to make it gel.
That said Date Night remains a fairly disposable piece of fun film for a relatively entertaining date night in.
Rating: 6/10
