Date Night

Steve Carell, Tina Fey

Directed by Shawn Levy

Rating: 3 stars

The Fosters are looking for a way to spice up their relationship. They've gotten used to the mundane routine a husband and wife go through with kids. So one night Phil Foster (Steve Carell) decides to take his wife, Claire (Tina Fey), out to a hard-to-get-in, fancy restaurant in New York City. When the host barely gives them the time of day, they decide to take the reservation of a couple who doesn't show up on a whim. This only causes them to be pursued by two thugs and a dangerous adventure out in the city.

Date Night is a movie you get excited about but when watching it, don't feel that excitement. Essentially, the film should have been great because Steve Carell and Tina Fey make an absolutely great pair. Nobody else could have played their role the way they did. So why did Date Night deserve three stars instead of four? Well, the movie started off with your average couple who love each other but they had kids and so life revolves around that. They decided to spice things up but then it gets boring. There's some action in this movie since the Foster's get chased around and there's this long car action scene. It doesn't grab your full attention though. Date Night is the kind of movie you've seen before and it's just "alright". I'm not sure it's worth recommending because of the "blah" factor it has. There probably are some people out there who thought this movie is worth owning but I would recommend renting it or watching it On Demand before mindlessly thinking, oh this will probably be good. (I almost did that and I'm very glad I didn't.) While Carell and Fey make a great on-screen couple and have good chemistry, Date Night is a movie you probably don't want to watch on yours.