Date Night

Date Night (2010)
Starring: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, and Mark Wahlberg
Directed by: Shawn Levy
SC= 6 V= 4 C= 5
Grade: A-

Everyone was so excited about a movie starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey that I think any movie that came out would have disappointed. That's why I think this movie got so many bad reviews, because it's actually a decent movie with quite a few funny moments (the pleading by Steve Carell for Mark Whalberg to put on a shirt comes to mind.) Steve and Tina's chemistry is very funny. And Jimmi Simpson is in it, which makes it that much better. Phil and Claire's marriage has grown stale and Phil just wants to thrill his wife with a nice dinner in the city. They are late to Claw, the newest and coolest restaurant in Manhattan, so, of course, they don't get a table. On a whim, they decide to take reservations for the Tripplehorns, who missed their reservations. Halfway through dinner, two men (Jimmi Simpson and Common) come over to their table, seemingly to ask them to leave. Once they get out in the alley, it becomes apparent that they aren't from the restaurant and they actually work for a gangster named Joe Maletto. The men are looking for a thumb drive that the actual Tripplehorns stole. After the Fosters luckily get away, they find Holbrooke Grant (Wahlberg), who runs a successful private security firm. With his help, they are able to locate the actual Tripplehorns to get them to give the thumb drive back. With several fun surprises and cameos (like James Franco and Mila Kunis as the Tripplehorns), this is a movie that will make you laugh and just might surprise you. (It also goes to show that reviewers are cranky, old men who only like movies like The King's Speech, bleh.)