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Tina Fey Wants to Go to There / Dustin Rowles

Trailers | November 11, 2009 | Comments (18)

Lookie here, folks, the ass-spankin’ new trailer for Tina Fey and Steve Carrell’s Date Night, which I’ve long held some serious reservations about (the Must See TV cast notwithstanding) because Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Pink Panther) was behind the camera. But, I’ll give it this: It looks fun. Not great. But fun.

Fey and Carrell play a rudderless married couple who get the rare night out for themselves. When the queue is too long at a swanky restaurant, they pretend to be another couple. Comedic hijinx ensue when they realize that they couple they are pretending to be (James Franco and Mila Kunis) are wanted by some thugs. Basically, it’s a simple mistaken identity comedy that hopefully Fey and Carell will be able to make something out of (Mark Wahlberg also stars).

Of course, the movie does remind me an awful lot of another mistaken identity date movie — does anyone remember Ethan Hawke’s Mystery Date with Teri Polo? There are quite a few similarities here, but I’m going to let it slide cause cause Tina Fey is 48 different flavors of awesome with a cherry on top.



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Comments

Wow Dustin - are you trying to single-handedly make that catchphrase popular? And are you pretending you other hand is Tina Fey or Ryan Reynolds?

Posted by: Three-nineteen at November 11, 2009 3:12 PM

Why... WHY, do I get the feeling this is some recycled Steve Martin/Chevy Chase/Goldie Hawn script that was left hidden in a drawer since the 80's? Unsurprisingly, Carrel is just not up to it.

Only positive I see is one of the McPoyles in there.

And, sorry to break it to Tina Fey, but she's just not believable as anything that isn't, Tina Fey.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at November 11, 2009 3:14 PM

One of the villains is the incest-brother from Always Sunny. I am pleased.

Posted by: Pandemic at November 11, 2009 3:15 PM

"Ass-spankin"?

Look, full disclosure, Dustin: I will see the movie. I am simultaneously Tina Fey's and Steve Carell's bitch. I'm good with that. But don't throw the word(?) "ass-spankin" into an article unless said activity actually occurs (see: also, horribly violent movie trailer with Affleckish brother doing awful things to poor Jessica Alba that gave me nightmares).

I won't tell you what I clicked on that trailer link hoping to find. But let's just call it a fail and call it a day.

Don't be that guy, Dustin.

Posted by: greer at November 11, 2009 3:17 PM

the real problem with this trailer is the use of a nickelback son. what the fuck, man. all of those people are better than that... with the exception of marky fart.

Posted by: Todd at November 11, 2009 3:20 PM

For whatever reason, my brain processed "Steve Carell" as "Steve Martin" (maybe because he and Tina Fey presented that award together at the Oscars, I think). When I reached the second paragraph, I saw Tina Fey and Steve Carell play a couple and James Franco and Mila Kunis play the other couple who are wanted by the thugs. So then I asked myself: so Steve Martin plays one of the thugs?

Posted by: DarthCorleone at November 11, 2009 3:21 PM

Okay, I laughed at the last couple lines in that trailer. But, I have to ask, was that a Nickleback song there? I really can't tell because all of those bands sound the same but I am thinking that that was Nickleback.

Oh I get it, I do...it's rock for older people, it's inoffensive to thier ears, but it still "rocks" so it makes the movie seem a bit "edgier"....or something like that. Can't do it though, I think my hatred of Nicleback trumps my love for Fey. Yes, just the use of the song in the trailer has turned me off of this movie, that's how deep my hatred runs.

Posted by: ashes at November 11, 2009 3:24 PM

Yeah, um no.

Posted by: Cindy at November 11, 2009 3:26 PM

This is the second trailer I've seen this week with Olivia Munn in it. She must really be making a push for getting out of G4 while people might recognize her name. Good for her.

And Mila Kunis looking all hot and dirty? I'm there.

Posted by: Robert at November 11, 2009 4:08 PM

This doesn't sound fun, just dumb.

Posted by: Brie at November 11, 2009 4:27 PM

It's not Nickelback. They are moodier and shittier. That sounded more like The Offspring, or Trapt, or, um, some other similar sounding band.

Posted by: Riles at November 11, 2009 4:31 PM

No. No. No.
And--oh yeah, no.

Posted by: Jim Doggie at November 11, 2009 4:49 PM

Damn. That is an amazing cast for such a shitty director.

And a so-so plot.

Posted by: Daniel Hall at November 11, 2009 6:06 PM

Jeez, did I see Olivia Munn in there? Really?

Anywho, I'll go for the Tina Fey, but I'll stay for the Mila Kunis.

Posted by: JapJay at November 11, 2009 7:14 PM

Tina is in it, so I am there. End of story.

But it DOES look fun, so that's good.

Posted by: Gabs at November 11, 2009 9:07 PM

it's rock for older people, it's inoffensive to thier ears
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Go fuck yourself, ashes. I'm 52 and I've been driving around this week listening to the new Rancid and it fuckin' kicks ass, and I'm going to see Drive-By Truckers on Sunday and they're the best fucking rock and roll band on the planet.

So, just to be certain you heard me: Go.Fuck.Yourself.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at November 12, 2009 1:39 AM

Rock on, TCFKAB (says the 50 year old).

Posted by: Fish at November 12, 2009 3:43 PM

I will see this. If only for the nightguard scene. But maybe that's only funny to those of us who have to wear one, I dunno.

Posted by: Nic at November 12, 2009 4:33 PM





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