Date Movie (PG-13)

Gross-out comedy that mocks romantic movies.

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Movie details
  • Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
  • Directed By: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
  • Cast: Eddie Griffin, Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell
  • Running Time: 83 minutes
  • Release Date: 2/18/2006
  • Video/DVD Release Date: 5/30/2006
  • Genre: Comedy
  • MPAA Rating: PG-13
  • MPAA Explanation: for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language.

Parents need to know

Parents need to know that this film is comprised of relentless obnoxiousness. Body and bodily function jokes include gastrointestinal distress, coughing up hairballs, moles, and pimples (one popped to release lots of goo); a chicken wing stuck between a girl's teeth, body makeover in the form of "Pimp My Ride" (hair removal, liposuction, a sander for yellow toenails, a drill taken to girl's body); cat using the toilet with much farting and grunting; urn with grandma's ashes also includes skeleton (which cat proceeds to hump, sexually); and cats are tossed about in an old woman's apartment. Sex and "date" jokes include horrified reactions to obese girl (her breasts turn around on her body as the soundtrack plays "Milkshake," which includes sexual references); sloppy and extensive kissing; arranged marriages; boy's last name (Fonckyerdoder, reference to "Focker"); couple exchanges lyrics of 50 Cent's "Candy Shop" (sexual references); allusion to "knocked up"; uses of "ho" and "bitch"; a cat smokes a cigarette, apparently after sex with old woman.

Families can talk about how this kind of humor influences kids and their developing relationship to their sexual lives. They can also ask what would happen in real life if these situations occurred. Since the target group for this movie is young teens who are emerging into their own sexuality, it's important to have a discussion that balances out the movie's humor with respect for the opposite sex and for sex itself.

Message

Social Behavior:

Tedious, unimaginative gags about sex and dating; though the daters find true love, it's hard to care because they're only one-dimensional bases for jokes.

Consumerism:

Rediwhip; Vagisil; Cosmopolitan magazine; T-Mobile Sidekick; Trio 650.

Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:

Cat smokes cigarette, references to smoking in a diary.

Violence

Comic violence, but gross and sometimes brutal (Grant shoots and kills bachelorettes on Extreme Bachelor; kids on a date express their "love" by beating up a homeless man).

Sex

Women wear tight outfits and show cleavage; references to gay men (Julia thinks one is interested in her, Grant has an ex-boyfriend), diner features neon sign that shows man tongue-kissing a sheep; "date doctor" has OB-GYN on his office door; kissing is repeatedly excessive, involving licking and slobbering; Jello (joke on J-Lo) has huge behind; Grant appears to fake an orgasm in restaurant (copying Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally..., and also rubbing his nipples); Julia emulates "Girls Gone Wild" video, removing her bikini top in a hot tub (covered with a superimposed bar); Grant and Julia kiss passionately and pull of clothes, then scene cuts to post-sex conversation in bed; Andi mimics Paris Hilton and others (wearing bikini, wet, gyrating, rubbing hamburgers and other foods on her body).

Language

Obnoxious language, used frequently: s-word, "damn," "crap," "hell," "ass", "d--khead" (written), slang for sex ("lots of tail").

Common Sense says

What's the story?

Reviewed by Cynthia Fuchs

Obese and poor-complexioned, Julia (Alyson Hannigan) laments her dating prospects even as her father (Eddie Griffin) urges her to marry a filthy, stringy-haired local guy (Judah Friedlander). But Julia falls for the gorgeous Grant Fonckyerdoder (Adam Campbell), whom she serves at her father's Greek Diner. In order to win Grant's heart, Julia undergoes a makeover in which she's treated like a car on Xzibit's MTV show, Pimp My Ride. This leaves her svelte and gleamy, Hannigan looking perfectly adorable and sultry at the same time. She heads off for advice from date doctor Hitch (Tony Cox). He sends her to pursue her man, whom she wins over.

Is it any good?

1

Alyson Hannigan deserves better. In fact, we all deserve better than DATE MOVIE, a slow-witted assembly of every date movie joke we've already seen. The film's "comic" strategy is to pile on references to other movies, as if the references themselves are jokes. But reminding viewers of iconic moments from Meet the Fockers, Pretty Woman, The Wedding Planner, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, Wedding Crashers, Napoleon Dynamite, Hitch, and Star Wars, among many, many others, only reminds you why you might have liked the first version, and doesn't excuse or explain the cheap knockoff.

Parents and kids say

All Reviews

There are 23 reviews.

4


Posted on 03/23/08 by dfk1010 Adult contributor
3


Posted on 01/02/08 by drewstter1997 Kid contributor, age 10

iffy

the sexual humor is a issue but every thing else is not
3


Posted on 12/29/07 by rtn98 Kid contributor, age 9
5


Posted on 08/06/07 by movies make me :) Kid contributor, age 9
5


Posted on 08/03/07 by HinataLuvsPeterick Kid contributor, age 13

I enjoyed it.

That's all I know. It was SUPER funny. Way better than Epic Movie. Main WARNING: SEX themes.
3


Posted on 06/25/07 by islandgal Kid contributor, age 12

funny!

really stupid and not a good movie but whatever because it was SO FUNNY!!!
4


Posted on 06/08/07 by awfuldude32 (Formerly gamecubefreak32/evildude32) Kid contributor, age 13

Not as good as it would've been.

I can sum this film up in one word: Eeew. There are a lot of gags about sex, dating, Michael Jackson, Paris Hilton, sex, fat people, Lil Jon, sex, King Kong, sex, and Greek diners. Did I mention there are gags about sex? There's a fake orgasm and that's just the tip of the iceberg. There's (kinda brutal) slapstick like bumfights and the "Elimination Round" of a Bachelor type show with guns. Profanity? Iffy. Social Behavior? Iffy. Everything? Iffy. But the sex? Red. The film's still extremely funny. It's probably about as rude as Punk'd or Drawn Together. Although I think this film's funny, this is one case not to ignore the pause rating.
4


Posted on 07/06/06 by swim2win♥ Kid contributor, age 14

inappropriate but hilarious

it seems that most people here didn't like this movie, however i have differing oppinions that i wouldn't mind sharing. this movie made me non-stop laugh the whole time. if you can handle it, you'll love it, but it depends what type of humor you like..
1

Posted on 07/04/06 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 16

I thought this movie was funny but not for kids

thought this movie was funny but not for kids
5


Posted on 07/04/06 by mrs.blackeyedpeas Kid contributor, age 11

Sooooo Funny!

oh my god. this movie is soooooooooooooooooooooo funny. it is defenitly worth seeing. not for most kids my age though.

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Adult Reviews

There are 5 reviews.

4


Posted on 03/23/08 by dfk1010 Adult contributor
3

Posted on 06/26/06 by Anonymous Adult contributor

Funny and not bad for kids.

Funny strongly suggested to kids 7+.
3


Posted on 06/02/06 by aakins Adult contributor
1


Posted on 02/26/06 by Landon Adult contributor

Silly Humor That Should't Be Taken So Seriously

0

Posted on 02/24/06 by Anonymous Adult contributor

Yet Another Piece of Garbage Being Pushed on Kids

Date Movie is just another lump of trash on the seemingly endless conveyor belt of garbage that is the modern fare of movie offerings. If parents would keep their kids from going to see and therefore supporting these dumb-down flicks, maybe Hollywood would get the message and stop producing this drivel.

Kids Reviews

There are 18 reviews.

3


Posted on 01/02/08 by drewstter1997 Kid contributor, age 10

iffy

the sexual humor is a issue but every thing else is not
3


Posted on 12/29/07 by rtn98 Kid contributor, age 9
5


Posted on 08/06/07 by movies make me :) Kid contributor, age 9
5


Posted on 08/03/07 by HinataLuvsPeterick Kid contributor, age 13

I enjoyed it.

That's all I know. It was SUPER funny. Way better than Epic Movie. Main WARNING: SEX themes.
3


Posted on 06/25/07 by islandgal Kid contributor, age 12

funny!

really stupid and not a good movie but whatever because it was SO FUNNY!!!
4


Posted on 06/08/07 by awfuldude32 (Formerly gamecubefreak32/evildude32) Kid contributor, age 13

Not as good as it would've been.

I can sum this film up in one word: Eeew. There are a lot of gags about sex, dating, Michael Jackson, Paris Hilton, sex, fat people, Lil Jon, sex, King Kong, sex, and Greek diners. Did I mention there are gags about sex? There's a fake orgasm and that's just the tip of the iceberg. There's (kinda brutal) slapstick like bumfights and the "Elimination Round" of a Bachelor type show with guns. Profanity? Iffy. Social Behavior? Iffy. Everything? Iffy. But the sex? Red. The film's still extremely funny. It's probably about as rude as Punk'd or Drawn Together. Although I think this film's funny, this is one case not to ignore the pause rating.
4


Posted on 07/06/06 by swim2win♥ Kid contributor, age 14

inappropriate but hilarious

it seems that most people here didn't like this movie, however i have differing oppinions that i wouldn't mind sharing. this movie made me non-stop laugh the whole time. if you can handle it, you'll love it, but it depends what type of humor you like..
1

Posted on 07/04/06 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 16

I thought this movie was funny but not for kids

thought this movie was funny but not for kids
5


Posted on 07/04/06 by mrs.blackeyedpeas Kid contributor, age 11

Sooooo Funny!

oh my god. this movie is soooooooooooooooooooooo funny. it is defenitly worth seeing. not for most kids my age though.
2


Posted on 06/15/06 by horsepteen718 Kid contributor, age 13

It had a lot of bad parts in it, i only watched half of it because i was to busy trying to fast forward the movie!!!
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