Date Night Trailer Starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell
The first trailer for Shawn Levy’s Date Night just hit the internet today, and it seems to be getting a pretty lukewarm response across the blogosphere. Being that this is the first big screen team up of Tina Fey and Steve Carell, I would have thought there would be a little more excitement out there. Then again, I suppose based on what we’re shown in the trailer, it does look rather mediocre.
The concept definitely seems dated and predictable: a married couple goes out for a rare night on the town and through a case of mistaken identity ends up being chased by some hitmen. Still, there’s a part of me that thinks that Carell and Fey will be able to make it something worth watching, and there are hints of that in the trailer (the “killshot” line made me snicker to myself). I just don’t know about some of these full-blown action scenes… I mean, they are clearly going for something along the lines of Get Smart and Pineapple Express, and I’m not sure they need to. The supporting cast also includes James Franco, Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis; check out the trailer after the jump, or watch it in HD over at Apple.com.
Comments (7)
I’ve see worse…remember, the blogosphere is the place were optimism goes to die.
Posted by rus in chicago on November 11th, 2009I thought it looked great till they walked into the glass door, but Dirk Diggler vs. Michael Scott does have potential.
Posted by Bart Raynolds on November 11th, 2009Urgh. I hate it when action is being merged with comedy too much. I certainly prefer all-out comedy, no action. It feels forced and mediocre usually.
Posted by Kasper on November 11th, 2009I saw Tina Fey and Steve Correl and I was thinking, “Oh man, this is going to be fuck-ing SWEET”. Then I saw the trailer. Then I finally looked up the IMDB credits of the writer and director. And then I lost all hope for the movie.
WHICH IS A SHAME because Tina Fey is HILARIOUS. Steve Correl, too! Uggggh. What a waste of talent!
Posted by Falsk on November 11th, 2009Yeaaaaaaaaaah, NO.
Posted by Ashley Townsend on November 12th, 2009I thought it looked like good easy goofy movie fun. Think Adventures in Babysitting. (Seems like the same movie, actually.) You know you love that movie. So don’t deny it.
Posted by Nathan on November 12th, 2009I don’t know, it could be all right I guess. Usually I would be defending the action scenes in a big comedy, but it takes a good director like David Gordon Green or Jody Hill to make it work. You can’t just throw the director of night at the museum behind it and expect it to work. It just seems like a rip-off.
Posted by Drew on November 12th, 2009Leave a Reply