Date Movie is a 2006 spoof of romantic comedies directed and written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, two of the writers of the first Scary Movie. It stars Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Eddie Griffin, Fred Willard and Sophie Monk. Audience response has been generally negative; it was voted into the Bottom 100 on the IMDb within days of its release. It has performed moderately well at the box office, but has recieved nearly unanimously bad reviews, with a 8% "Rotten" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. The story of hopeless romantic Julia Jones, who has finally met the man of her dreams, the very British Grant Funkyerdoder. But before they can have their Big Fat Greek Wedding, they'll have to Meet the Parents, hook-up with The Wedding Planner, and contend with Grant's friend Andy — a spectacularly beautiful woman who wants to put an end to her Best Friend's Wedding. Other movies spoofed are Bridget Jones' Diary, Kill Bill, Napoleon Dynamite, Hitch, Dodgeball, Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Along Came Polly, Shallow Hal, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, Legally Blonde, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Jerry Maguire, Notting Hill, Say Anything, Sweet Home Alabama, Spiderman, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, What Women Want, White Chicks, The Birdcage, The Notebook, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, and Wedding Crashers. Also parodied are television shows Pimp My Ride and The Bachelorette (Nina Avetisova appears in this particular parody), Paris Hilton's Carl's Jr. advertisement, and Michael Jackson. It will also spoof the TV series Britney and Kevin: Chaotic and Desperate Housewives. There is also a reference to the television advertisements for the Girls Gone Wild videos. In its first week of release, the film grossed a total of 21.8 million dollars at the United States Box office. As of March 5, 2006, the film grossed a total of 40.7 million dollars in the United States Box Office. Rated PG-13 for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language. |