Phil and Clare Foster have been married and now have two kids, and it appears that their life is pretty much in a rut. Get up, go to work, come home, and go to bed. However, they do take the time to give the kids over to a baby sitter and spend some time together on a 'Date Night'. However, Phil gets a little worried when one of his friends announces to him that he and his wife are going to split up, so he decides to spice the marriage up by going to an exclusive restaurant in Manhatten. However, they can't get tables, so Phil decides to then take the reservations of a couple that do not turn up, and that is where the trouble begins, throwing them into an adventure involving corrupt cops, crooked politicians, and a mafia boss.
This movie is about sticking to what you know. Granted, Phil was an idiot taking somebody else's reservation, as is clear with numerous characters in the movie looking at them in horror as if anybody would ever contemplate doing such a thing (as if taking money from a crime boss, and abusing one's position of trust is not a bad thing, but then again sin is sin and it does not matter whether it is small or big, it is still bad).
I don't really want to say that this movie necessarily explores anything, but it does make one think about marriage, and the ruts people tend to get into. Going on a 'Date Night' regularly is a good thing, getting a divorce because you get board with each other is not. However, this is the way society is going, so one needs to sit down and ask oneself the question before they get married whether one can contemplate actually living with this person for the rest of their lives, and whether the person that you know now is going to be the same person in twenty years time. Unfortunately it is not always possible to answer these questions, but in the end, I don't believe that divorce is the answer, at least to stale marriages.
As for this film? It was enjoyable. Not quite a rush out and purchase kind of movie, but more of a sit down and relax, and maybe have a bit of a laugh kind of movie. I must admit that the character of Holbrook Grant was amusing, particularly since you never see him wearing a shirt, despite the pleading of many characters for him to do so. Also, the movie sort of reminded me of the series 'Chuck', more in the sense that a couple of ordinary people get themselves caught up in a series of extraordinary events, and are forced to use all of their wits to survive.
This movie is about sticking to what you know. Granted, Phil was an idiot taking somebody else's reservation, as is clear with numerous characters in the movie looking at them in horror as if anybody would ever contemplate doing such a thing (as if taking money from a crime boss, and abusing one's position of trust is not a bad thing, but then again sin is sin and it does not matter whether it is small or big, it is still bad).
I don't really want to say that this movie necessarily explores anything, but it does make one think about marriage, and the ruts people tend to get into. Going on a 'Date Night' regularly is a good thing, getting a divorce because you get board with each other is not. However, this is the way society is going, so one needs to sit down and ask oneself the question before they get married whether one can contemplate actually living with this person for the rest of their lives, and whether the person that you know now is going to be the same person in twenty years time. Unfortunately it is not always possible to answer these questions, but in the end, I don't believe that divorce is the answer, at least to stale marriages.
As for this film? It was enjoyable. Not quite a rush out and purchase kind of movie, but more of a sit down and relax, and maybe have a bit of a laugh kind of movie. I must admit that the character of Holbrook Grant was amusing, particularly since you never see him wearing a shirt, despite the pleading of many characters for him to do so. Also, the movie sort of reminded me of the series 'Chuck', more in the sense that a couple of ordinary people get themselves caught up in a series of extraordinary events, and are forced to use all of their wits to survive.