Date Movie (2006)

User Rating:

2.6/10   

Director:

Aaron Seltzer
(more)

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

17 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Everyone wants a happy ending.

Plot:

Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man (Campbell), his crush (Hannigan), his parents (Coolidge, Willard), and her father (Griffin).

Plot Keywords:

Wedding Planner | Spoof | Greek | Overweight | Shower

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Alyson Hannigan	...	Julia Jones
Adam Campbell	...	Grant Funkyerdoder
Sophie Monk	...	Andy
Eddie Griffin	...	Frank Jones
Meera Simhan	...	Linda Jones
Fred Willard	...	Bernie Funkyerdoder
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Roz Funkyerdoder
Marie Matiko	...	Betty
Judah Friedlander	...	Nicky
Carmen Electra	...	Anne
Tony Cox	...	Hitch
Mauricio Sanchez	...	Eduardo / Housekeeper
Beverly Polcyn	...	Old Cat Woman
Valery M. Ortiz	...	Jell-O (as Valery Ortiz)
Charlie Dell	...	Justice of the Peace (as Charles Dell)
Dana Seltzer	...	Wedding Planner / Receptionist
Tom Lenk	...	Frodo
Scott Bridges	...	Sam
Tom Fitzpatrick	...	Gandalf
Susse Budde	...	Jewelry Store Clerk
Josh Meyers	...	Napoleon Dynamite / Owen Wilson - Look-Alike
Nadia Dina Ariqat	...	Britney Spears Look-A-Like
Nick Steele	...	Kevin Federline Look-A-Like
Edward Moss	...	Michael Jackson - Look-Alike
Jasen Salvatore	...	Ben Stiller - Look-Alike
Diane Klimaszewski	...	Slut Twin
Elaine Klimaszewski	...	Slut Twin
Lil' Jon	...	Himself (as Lil Jon)
Michael F. Brooks	...	Gay Man Dancer
Worthie Meacham	...	Gay Man Dancer
Nancy Anderson	...	Milkshake Dance Double - Julia
Allison Kyler	...	Krumpin Dance Double - Julia
Anthony Natale	...	Deaf Man
Andrea Ferrell	...	Deaf Woman
Chris Harrison	...	TV Bachelor Host
Nina Avetisova	...	Bachelorette
Brittany Buckner	...	Bachelorette
Michelle Lang	...	Bachelorette (as Michell Misty Lang)
Connor Lewis	...	Little Jack
Joni Avery	...	Mom in Alley
Mark Chadwick	...	Chef
Jeff Danoff	...	Drunkard
Jinxers	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Austin	...	Fireman (uncredited)
Helena Barrett	...	Bachelorette (uncredited)
Aldo Gonzalez	...	Body Shop Employee (uncredited)
Cohl Klop	...	Little boy (voice) (uncredited)
Gianfranco L'Amore	...	Native King Kong (uncredited)
Melinda McCallum	...	Sales Girl (uncredited)
Sonia Rockwell	...	Sales Girl (uncredited)
Vanessa Vander Pluym	...	Bachelorette (uncredited)

Directed by
Aaron Seltzer
Jason Friedberg		(co-director) (uncredited)

Writing credits (WGA)
Jason Friedberg		(written by) &
Aaron Seltzer		(written by)

Produced by
Dawn Carter	....	producer liaison
Jason Friedberg	....	producer
Arnon Milchan	....	executive producer
Jack L. Murray	....	co-producer (as Jack Murray)
Paul Schiff	....	producer

Original Music by
David Kitay

Cinematography by
Shawn Maurer

Film Editing by
Paul Hirsch

Casting by
Amanda Harding
Amanda Koblin

Production Design by
William A. Elliott

Art Direction by
Daniel A. Lomino

Set Decoration by
Teresa Visinare

Costume Design by
Alix Friedberg

Makeup Department
Rebecca Alling	....	key makeup artist
Suzan Bagdadi	....	hair stylist: second unit
Valerie Crawford	....	hair technician
Iraina Crenshaw	....	hair stylist: Mr. Griffin
Roxy D'Alonzo	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Gabriel De Cunto	....	makeup artist
Dalia Dokter	....	prosthetic application
Romy Fleming	....	hair stylist
Jake Garber	....	makeup artist
Teressa Hill	....	hair department head
Aaron Koons	....	makeup effects lab technician
Eric Lusk	....	prosthetic lab work
Scott McGowan	....	special makeup effects artist
Geneva Nash Morgan	....	makeup artist: Mr. Griffin
Matthew W. Mungle	....	fat makeup creator and applicator
Candace Neal	....	department head hair stylist
Elaina P. Schulman	....	hair stylist
Eddie Vargas	....	prosthetic lab work
Clinton Wayne	....	special makeup effects artist
David Williams	....	makeup artist
Debbie Zoller	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Steve Barnett	....	post-production supervisor
Todd Lewis	....	production supervisor: second half only
Jack L. Murray	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Berke	....	second second assistant director
Greg Guzik	....	second assistant director
Terry Leonard	....	second unit director
Hal Olofsson	....	first assistant director
Michael Phillips	....	additional second assistant director
Jeff Shiffman	....	assistant director
Jeff Shiffman	....	first assistant director: second unit
Donald Sparks	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Antonio Andraus	....	set dresser
Bennett Andrews	....	on-set greensman
Jamie Archer	....	construction coordinator
Dawn Ascher-Trevino	....	art department coordinator (as Dawn Ascher)
P. Scott Bailey	....	lead man
Frank Capiello	....	key greens
Keith Christensen	....	sculptor
Paul A. Cooper	....	on-set painter
Alan Day	....	leadman
Carl Denooyer	....	set dresser
Damon Hight	....	construction foreman
Chad Koch	....	graphic designer
Don Miloyevich	....	property master
Michele Mulkey	....	props
Peter Nesmith	....	greensman
J. Michael O'Brien	....	propmaker
Glenn H. Roberts	....	on-set dresser
Graham Robertson	....	set dresser
Lori Rozzi	....	props
James Salter	....	painter foreman
Michael Samarzich	....	greensman
Doug Sieck	....	set dresser
Sondra Thorpe	....	set dresser
James Tripaon	....	propmaker gangboss
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser
Kirk Wyninegar	....	paint gangboss
Monica Yergo	....	propmaker

Sound Department
Robert Althoff	....	sound recordist
Bryan Bowen	....	sound editor
Bob Bowman	....	first assistant sound editor
Tom Fox	....	utility sound
Robert Janiger	....	production sound mixer
Adam Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anna MacKenzie	....	supervising sound editor
Jeff Malham	....	re-recording engineer
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Richards-Steeves)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Orest Sushko	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Mark R. Byers	....	special effects coordinator
Mark Byers	....	special effects director
Matt Corrigan	....	special effects technician
Val Crawford	....	fur technician
Val Crawford	....	hair/fabrication: Creature FX

Visual Effects by
Ulysses Argetta	....	digital compositor
Ozzie Carmona	....	digital compositor
Carin Davis	....	visual effects producer
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects executive producer: Furious FX
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Kent Johnson	....	visual effects supervisor
Jennifer Lee	....	editorial conform
David Lingenfelser	....	executive visual effects supervisor: Furious FX
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	creative director: Furious FX
Doug Luberts	....	video & data I/O supervisor
Josh Mossotti	....	visual effects artist
Jim O'Hagan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Terry Shigemitsu	....	digital effects artist
Mark Shoaf	....	CG supervisor: Furious FX
Tiffany Smith	....	visual effects producer: Furious FX
Bill Spradlin	....	lighting technical director
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Pacific Title
Bob Wiatr	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title

Stunts
Keith Adams	....	stunt coordinator
Sam Ayers	....	stunt double
Helena Barrett	....	stunt double: Alyson Hannigan
Stacey Carino	....	utility stunts
Jared S. Eddo	....	stunt rigger
Jeremy Fry	....	utility stunts
J. Armin Garza II	....	stunt driver: ATV
Jermaine Holt	....	motorcycle stunts
Dorian Kingi	....	stunt double
James Logan	....	stunt rigger
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunt double: Eddie Griffin
Tim Mikulecky	....	stunt actor
Heidi Moneymaker	....	stunts
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunt double: Sophia Monk
Doug O'Dell II	....	stunts
Nicole Randall	....	stunt double: Carmen Electra
Carl Rice	....	motorcycle stunts
Crystal Santos	....	stunt double: Meera Simhan
Ryan Watson	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Myles Aronowitz	....	still photographer
William D. Barber	....	camera operator
Ken Bazal	....	second assistant camera
Mike Benson	....	director of photography: second unit (as Michael A. Benson)
Scott R. Boettle	....	assistant camera
Glenn Cannon	....	video assist operator
Gary Dagg	....	key grip
Donovan Davis	....	grip
Kristen Eccker	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Cale Finot	....	assistant camera
Chris Goe	....	company grip
Joe Kelly	....	grip
Michael Kennedy	....	electrician
Jeremy Launais	....	gaffer
Greg Lopez	....	lamp operator
Peter McAdams	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Paul A. Rychlec	....	company grip
Aaron Schulte	....	electrician
Dennis Skog	....	rigging grip
Tim Speed	....	best boy electric
Joseph D. Urbanczyk	....	camera operator
Anthony Van Dyk	....	set lighting technician
Mike Visencio	....	electrician
Thomas D. Wazney	....	key rigging grip

Casting Department
Dan Gore	....	casting associate
Michael Hothorn	....	casting executive
Taiya Jones	....	casting assistant
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sean Coyle	....	costumes
Nikoya Gonzalez	....	costumer
Maria Lorenzana	....	costumer
Kelly Mijailovic	....	costume supervisor
Molly O'Haver	....	costumer
Neil Tansey	....	set costumer
Saeyoung Vu	....	costume provider

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Thomas Calderon	....	assistant editor
John Persichetti	....	digital colorist
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor
Jon Schwartz	....	apprentice editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Dave Jordan	....	music supervisor
William Levine	....	orchestrator
Michael T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
Jojo Villanueva	....	music supervisor
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Bruce Callahan	....	driver co-captain
Lonnie Craig	....	driver
Rita Lundin	....	transportation
Derek Raser	....	transportation coordinator
Carlos Williams	....	driver
Robert A. Wood	....	driver: production van
Damian Baxter	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Andrew Balek	....	production assistant
Daniel Myers Boone	....	payroll accountant (as Dan Boone)
Stacey B. Brashear	....	key assistant location manager
Thom Buckley	....	set production assistant
Jane Bulmer	....	assistant: Mr. Milchan
Kevin A. Canamar	....	supervising set medic
Patrick Chisholm	....	assistant location manager
Curt Clendenin	....	stand-in
Brad Combs	....	assistant: Mr. Milchan (as Michael Bradley Combs)
Faith Conroy	....	script supervisor
Sean Coyle	....	production assistant
David W. Dale	....	assistant: Alyson Hannigan
Amina Allean Dieye	....	clearance coordinator
Lindsay Dwyer	....	production assistant
Gerard Facchini	....	production assistant
Shane T. French	....	production assistant: pre-production
Kurt Greufe	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Haro	....	key location manager
Kimberly A. Harrison	....	assistant: Jennifer Coolidge
Justin Haut	....	assistant production coordinator
Gene Heeter	....	shop foreman
Damon Hight	....	general foreman
Priscilla Leona Horne	....	leg double
Spencer Jambor	....	photo double
Spencer Jambor	....	stand-in: Adam Campbell
Mark A. Kellems	....	assistant: Mr. Murray
Kelly Kiernan	....	production executive
Stephanie Kopelson	....	production assistant
Kym Langlie	....	unit publicist
Rich Lewis	....	production assistant
Harvey Malkin	....	accountant
John Mattingly	....	production assistant
Dave McComb	....	second assistant accountant
Brian McMillan	....	animal supplier
Cheryl Miller	....	production coordinator
Travis Payne	....	choreographer
Eric Persons	....	key assistant location manager
Katrissa 'Kat' Peterson	....	research consultant
Mark Rappaport	....	puppeteer
Renata Rinyu	....	production office assistant
Dwight Roberts	....	mechanical engineer
Robyn Ross	....	assistant: Paul Schiff
Anneke Scott	....	set production assistant
Jerry Shih	....	accounting clerk
Dan Smith	....	assistant shop foreman
Wilbert Thomas	....	assistant: Mr. Griffin
Kathryn Francis Tucker	....	production assistant
Sasha Veneziano	....	assistant production coordinator
Stacy Walker	....	associate choreographer
H. Lockwood Wasler	....	auditor: construction
Shorty Welch	....	breakdance double
Kenny Yates	....	assistant: Messrs. Friedberg & Seltzer
Robbie Goldstein	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• New Regency Pictures
• Epsilon Motion Pictures
• Regency Enterprises

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Gemini Film (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5) (first national airing)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title and Art Studio (digital opticals)
• Creature Effects (animatronic Jinxers)
• Forum Visual Effects (visual effects) (as Film Roman/Forum Visual Effects)
• Furious FX (visual effects)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes: dollies and remote camera systems
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals (as Pacific Title & Art Studio)
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Pivotal Post  HD services
• Reel Security  production security
• Runway  post-production
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Todd-AO Radford  adr recording
• Todd-AO Studios (West)  adr recording
• Todd-AO Studios  adr recording (as Todd-AO Studios Hollywood)
• Vine Street Studios  sound re-recording (as Todd-AO Vine Street)

Also Known As:

Untitled Aaron Seltzer/Jason Friedberg Project (USA) (working title)
No es otra película de amor (Argentina) (DVD title) (Venezuela) [es]
Bulusma olayi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Date Movie (Greece) [el]
Film d'amour (Canada: French title) [fr]
Hot Movie - un film con il lubrificante (Italy) [it]
Sexy Movie (France) [fr]
Uma Comédia Nada Romântica (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language.

Runtime:

83 min | 85 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Sweden:7 | Philippines:R-18 | Malaysia:18PL | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42128) | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | USA:Unrated (DVD) | Germany:12 | Hungary:16 | Norway:11 | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | UK:15 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Germany:12 (unrated version) | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Trivia:

The deaf couple in the elevator are played by Anthony Natale and Andrea Ferrell, reprising/spoofing their scene in Jerry Maguire (1996).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning when Julia is dancing over the vent, you can clearly see she is wearing black underwear. Later when she is sprayed with the hose and knocked over, she is wearing flowered underwear.

Quotes:

Grant Funkyerdoder: [voice-over reading his message to Julia] If you still love me the way I love you, meet me where Meg Ryan met Tom Hanks.
Julia Jones: On the internet?
Grant Funkyerdoder: [still in voice-over] No, not in "You've Got Mail," in "Sleepless in Seattle."

Movie Connections:

References "The New Price Is Right" (1972)

Soundtrack:

Toma

Just when you thought Hollywood has reached an all time low, you get "Date Movie."

"Date Movie" is a movie that spoofs romantic comedies. The movie follows Julia Jones (Alyson Hannigan) as she goes through all the events that take place in order to marry her prince Grant (Adam Campbell). This process involves meeting the parents, breaking up, meeting the ex-girlfriend, planning the wedding and everything else that the romantic comedy genre has thrown our way. Laughs are supposed to ensue…

Just when you thought Hollywood has reached an all time low comes "Date Movie," a movie that proves that anything can be made into a film in Hollywood and no matter how bad something is people will dish out their hard earned money to see it. "Date Movie" is by far the worst pile of crap I have seen in several years and can possibly go down in the history of film as being one of the worst movies ever made.

This movie contained zero laughs, none of the spoofs were even remotely funny. It was an insult to anyone who dished out any kind of money to see this film. The saddest part about all of this is that I knew before seeing this movie that it was going to be bad but I didn't think it could ever be as bad as it actually was. All the jokes fell flat and half way through its groundbreaking 75 minute running time I wanted to find a way to end my life so I wouldn't have to sit through another second of this horrid movie.

There really isn't a positive thing I can say about this movie. The first question that comes to mind though is who the hell came up with the idea. Why spoof comedies? Comedies are already funny so why spoof them? This is a question I wondered when I first heard about the movie and now after seeing "Date Movie" I know it can't be done and shouldn't even be attempted. While "Date Movie" only runs 75 minutes they try to spoof everything they can including Bridget Jones's Diary, Kill Bill, Say Anything, My Best Friend's Wedding, Napoleon Dynamite, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Hitch, The Bachelor, Meet the Parents, Sleepless in Seattle, Rize, King Kong, Wedding Planner and so many more. You would think that one joke would work but in all honesty not a single one did. You just sit there staring at the screen, losing your brain cells, and wondering how on earth someone got money to produce this pile of garbage.

I guess you should know that a movie is really bad when it's not screened for critics and the trailer tries to sell you a movie by saying "from 2 of the 6 writers of Scary Movie" but there is always that small part of me that says it can't be as bad as it looks but in this case it's worse than it looks. It's a train wreck and if anyone finds this movie funny I am sorry but there must be something seriously wrong with you or you are just so incredibly immature.

This movie took 2 people to write and two people to direct. If I ever meet Jason Friedberg or Aaron Seltzer the writers and directors behind this crap I will demand that they give me my $6.75 back for paying to see this movie. These guys have no right what so ever to make a movie when they put out a movie like "Date Movie." There should be a law in Hollywood that if your movie is hated by both critics and audiences alike that you should be placed in a cell and beaten until you write everyone who watched your film a huge letter of apology. I really wonder what crap can come out of Hollywood next that can be worse than this film.

So to sum it up, "Date Movie" sucks, plain and simple. Even if you see it with little or no expectations you will be disappointed. I despise everyone who was involved with this movie from the entire cast who somehow read this script and said this is going to be good to the interns who didn't walk off the set after the first day of shooting. Why is it that we have to suffer through movies that are this bad? And Hollywood wonders why ticket sales are going down because when you pay $6-$10 to see a movie like "Date Movie" I can totally understand why people aren't going and would be leery of what Hollywood puts out. This is the worst film to come out of Hollywood in years even worse than "Gigli," "Batman and Robin" and "You Got Served."

MovieManMenzel's final rating for "Date Movie" is a 0 out of ten. This movie doesn't even deserve a 1 because nothing worked at all and people shouldn't have to be tortured like this when they see a movie.