20 Dates
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| Directed by | Myles Berkowitz |
| Produced by | Phoenician Films |
| Written by | Myles Berkowitz |
| Starring | Myles Berkowitz Elisabeth Wagner Richard Arlook Tia Carrere Robert McKee Elie Samaha |
| Music by | Robert F. Mann Steve Tyrell |
| Cinematography | Adam Biggs |
| Editing by | Lisa Cheek Michael Elliot |
| Release date(s) | January 1998 (Slamdance Film Festival) |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000 (est) |
| Box office | $536,767 (domestic) |
20 Dates is a 1998 American mockumentary film. Myles Berkowitz directs and stars as the film's protagonist trying to find love and start a film career at the same time by filming himself going out on 20 dates with different women.
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[edit] Cast
- Myles Berkowitz as Myles
- Elisabeth Wagner as Elisabeth
- Richard Arlook as The Agent
- Tia Carrere as Herself
- Robert McKee as Himself
- Elie Samaha as The producer (voice)
[edit] Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. The aggregate review websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic recorded scores of 40%[1] and 36 out of 100,[2] respectively.
Film critic Christopher Null of Filmcritic.com awarded the film four and a half stars out of five and called the film "hysterical"[3] while Leonard Clady of Variety magazine called it "a mockumentary of inordinate skill", concluding that it's "a satisfying and entertaining movie."[4] James Berardinelli of ReelViews.net called the film "inconsequential" but, at the same time, admitted that some parts of the film are "often hilarious."[5]
On the other hand, film critic Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film a half star out of a possible four stars, opinining that "the film has the obnoxious tone of a boring home movie narrated by a guy shouting in your ear" and concluding by calling the film "incompetent and annoying."[6] Jeff Millar of the Houston Chronicle said the film is "a joke" and that "Berkowitz is a rather annoying person".[7]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 20 Dates, Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed November 15, 2009.
- ^ 20 Dates, Metacritic. Accessed November 15, 2009.
- ^ Null, Christopher. 20 Dates, Filmcritic.com, 2000. Accessed November 7, 2008.
- ^ Clady, Leonard. 20 Dates, Variety, January 26, 1998.
- ^ Berardinelli, James. 20 Dates, ReelViews.net. Accessed November 7, 2008.
- ^ Ebert, Roger. 20 Dates, Chicago Sun-Times, March 12, 1999. Accessed November 7, 2008.
- ^ Millar, Jeff. 20 Dates, March 11, 2004. Accessed November 7, 2008.
[edit] External links
- 20 Dates at the Internet Movie Database
- 20 Dates at AllRovi
- 20 Dates at Rotten Tomatoes
- 20 Dates at Metacritic
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