Date Night: 59 Out Of 100 Stars

I had to give this one a slightly above average number because as much as I disliked a lot about it, I belly laughed a good number of times. Don't get me wrong, the ratio of hits to misses wasn't all that great but I can't sit here and say that I didn't laugh very hard a few times, which I guess for a comedy is the most important thing.

I knew going in what the movie was about, generally. Fey and Carrel are a couple out on a date, and through a series of misinterpretations, hilarity ensues.

Neither actor is really stretching to play much more in this movie than we've seen them do on TV. In fact Feys character is about 90% her 30 Rock persona, with a slight dash of realism added. Perhaps this is her exact 30 Rock character after 10 years of marriage.  Carell is also just about what you'd exepect Carell to be in a film such as this.

The couple is in a slump, their best friends are getting separated and they feel the need to get out and have some quality time alone. The decide to go into the city to eat at A trendy restaurant. Unfortunately for them the place is booked solid. When a chance to take the table of a couple who have gone missing presents itself, Carell jumps on it. And thus a series of misadventures begins.

I won't tell you much more about the plot except to say that too much of it is spent on action and running and chasing. There are long stretches of what amount to mini sketches and a shitload of one liners and flustered moments that don't play as well as they should because they're in the middle of dramatic moments. The plot does the characters no favors as it serves up a jumbled mixture of scenes, never deciding if it's a funny drama or an action packed comedy. No matter which mixture it thinks it is, it fails at it most of the time.

The best scenes of the film come thanks to the supporting cast. JB Smoove, James Franco and Mila Kunis are all funny, if a little frantic in their portrayals. Fey dressed up as a hooker helps the contrived final scenes a ton.

All in all it's an underwhelming, confused mess with enough hard laughs to make it kind of worthwhile.