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Date Movie

Comedy. Romance The twisted minds of two of the screenwriters behind Scary Movie Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg this time skewer the romantic comedy genre. The new film tells the story of hopeless romantic Julia Jones (Alyson Hannigan), who has finally met the man of her dreams, the very British Grant Fockyerdoder (Adam Campbell). But before they can have their Big Fat Greek Wedding, they'll have to Meet the Parents; hook-up with The Wedding ... [+]
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SFGATE
SFGATE
"A lame pastiche of Hollywood romances." NEG
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"The only thing remotely resembling parody in this depressing waste of time and money is Jennifer Coolidge's sendup of Barbra Streisand" NEG
CanadaCanada
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
"'Date Movie' is a good date movie in one sense: If you're still speaking to the person who brought you to see this, you just might have a future together." NEG
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New York Daily News
New York Daily News
"'Comedy is hard,' said Steve Martin. For the writers of 'Date Movie', it's apparently impossible." NEG
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg, who wrote the screenplay, have crammed dozens of movie parodies into this deliberately juvenile spoof of romantic comedies. Mr. Seltzer, who directed, has made very few of them funny."  NEG
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AV Club
AV Club
"It's kind of amazing that a joke-a-second comedy like Date Movie doesn't contain a single laugh." NEG
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The New York Observer
The New York Observer
"'Date Movie' is stupefyingly unfunny in its attempts to mock romantic comedies"  NEG
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