Date Night
| Date Night | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical teaser poster | |
| Directed by | Shawn Levy |
| Written by | Josh Klausner |
| Produced by | Shawn Levy |
| Starring | Steve Carell Tina Fey Taraji P. Henson Common Mark Wahlberg |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Edited by | Dean Zimmerman |
| Music by | Christophe Beck |
Production company | 21 Laps Entertainment |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | April 9, 2010 |
Running time | 88 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Date Night is an upcoming comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and starring Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P. Henson, James Franco, Mila Kunis and Common. It is set to be released on April 9, 2010 in the US.[3]
Plot
Claire and Phil Foster (Tina Fey and Steve Carell) are a New Jersey married couple with two children whose domestic life has become routine. In an effort to reignite romance, Phil takes Claire, with whom he usually has a weekly "date night" at a local steakhouse, on a date night to a trendy, hard-to-get-into Manhattan seafood restaurant, where after taking a no-show couple's reservations, they find themselves in a case of mistaken identity involving two corrupt cops (Common, Jimmi Simpson), the Manhattan District Attorney (William Fichtner), a mobster (Ray Liotta) and other eccentric characters in a long night of running for their lives throughout the borough.[4][5]
Cast
- Steve Carell as Phil Foster[4]
- Tina Fey as Claire Foster[4]
- Mark Wahlberg as Holbrooke Grant, an attractive security expert who flirts with Claire[4]
- Ray Liotta as Joe Miletto, a mobster[5]
- James Franco as Chase "Taste" Tripplehorn, a petty criminal whose false identity was stolen by Phil[4]
- Mila Kunis as "Whippit" Tripplehorn, the former stripper/hooker wife of Chase whose false identity was stolen by Claire[5]
- Mark Ruffalo as Brad Sullivan, Phil's best friend [5]
- Kristen Wiig as Haley Sullivan, Claire's best friend[4]
- Common as Detective Collins, a crooked New York City police officer[4]
- Jimmi Simpson as Detective Armstrong, Collin's crooked partner[5]
- Taraji P. Henson as Detective Arroyo, a cop[4]
- Leighton Meester as Katy, the couple's babysitter[4]
- William Fichtner as Frank Crenshaw, the New York District Attorney[6]
- Olivia Munn as the Hostess
- JB Smoove as Cab Driver
- Michelle Galdenzi as Claw Hottie
- Gal Gadot as Natanya
Production
Filming began in mid-April 2009.[5] The trailer features the song "Burn It to the Ground" by Nickelback.[citation needed]
Reception
Critical response
The film has received mixed to positive reception. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 63% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 30 reviews, with an average score of 5.6/10.[7] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 53 out of 100 based on 11 reviews from mainstream critics.[8]
References
- ^ TheMovieInsider.com: Date Night
- ^ Germain, David. "Date Night (review), [Associated Press]] via the Daily Times (Delaware County, Pennsylvania, April 8, 2010
- ^ Date Night (2010) - Release dates
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Michael Fleming, Tatiana Siegel (2009-04-13). "Wahlberg, Franco join 'Date Night'". Variety. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ a b c d e f Jay A. Fernandez (2009-05-13). "Threesome set for 'Date Night'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ Justin Kroll (2009-05-26). "William Fichtner". Variety. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Date Night Film Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ "Date Night Film Reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-04-08.