Brought to you by the creators of Scary Movies, is how this film was promoted. The people involved in this movie should have requested some things. To have: no credits, top billings, or paychecks from Date Movie associated with their careers. People like me expected an offbeat, but unique movie from the Scary Movie creators. That's how it was presented in the movie previews. Now viewers know the proud creators of those past movies aren't batting a thousand. The "Band Camp," girl (American Pie movies) was the lead actor(Allyson Hannigan as Julia Jones). She was working with a script that went nowhere. If she has the talent to be a lead actor, it didn't show or save this movie.
Date Movie is rated 14A in Canada: It's contents are suitable for those over age 14. Ironically, Date Movie would only appeal to people that are tweens & young teens. The laughter in the theatre came from giggly girls, & boys who's voices haven't changed yet. They were too young to "get," anything like a cherry stem in the mouth. Go to this movie if you have not paid enough $$$ to see these topics: vomit, farts, coughing up of hairballs, and diarrhea. It's really funny if you're 12 and haven't gotten out much. Stretch out each "joke," for 1.73 years, and you've got Date Movie.
Even more disturbingly, was the outright intention to make viewers laugh at the lead actor's character. Physically harmful events happened to "Julia," while the young audience roared with laughter. Being made fun of, jeered at, mocked, dangerous tools used on her body to alter it, being told how ugly you are, mistreated, and disrespected on all levels. Moms and Dads, that's what your kid laughed at this opening weekend.
The movie incorporated parodies of major movies & celebrity events of the past year. It was interesting to identify them at first, until they went to obscure movies, and jumped back and forth and all around like this extra long sentence.
I wanted to leave halfway through the movie. I stayed in case the person I went with wanted to watch the whole thing. Kept it to myself til afterwards. Turns out that person was trying to stay awake, the movie was so uninteresting. There will be more silence & tumbleweeds rolling under theatre screens. Everywhere.
Date Movie is rated 14A in Canada: It's contents are suitable for those over age 14. Ironically, Date Movie would only appeal to people that are tweens & young teens. The laughter in the theatre came from giggly girls, & boys who's voices haven't changed yet. They were too young to "get," anything like a cherry stem in the mouth. Go to this movie if you have not paid enough $$$ to see these topics: vomit, farts, coughing up of hairballs, and diarrhea. It's really funny if you're 12 and haven't gotten out much. Stretch out each "joke," for 1.73 years, and you've got Date Movie.
Even more disturbingly, was the outright intention to make viewers laugh at the lead actor's character. Physically harmful events happened to "Julia," while the young audience roared with laughter. Being made fun of, jeered at, mocked, dangerous tools used on her body to alter it, being told how ugly you are, mistreated, and disrespected on all levels. Moms and Dads, that's what your kid laughed at this opening weekend.
The movie incorporated parodies of major movies & celebrity events of the past year. It was interesting to identify them at first, until they went to obscure movies, and jumped back and forth and all around like this extra long sentence.
I wanted to leave halfway through the movie. I stayed in case the person I went with wanted to watch the whole thing. Kept it to myself til afterwards. Turns out that person was trying to stay awake, the movie was so uninteresting. There will be more silence & tumbleweeds rolling under theatre screens. Everywhere.