Now I do not know what to think about Steve Carell. He can be excellent in one movie, and painfully suck in another. This is some of his best work. He is very funny and natural, and, I guess, represents John Smith, aka Joe
Everybody, the average man. If you are married, or in a longterm relationship I am sure that you will find yourself in some of the situations from the start of the movie. They try to make a mixture of a slapstick and one-liner humor and it worked.
Fosters are a classic suburban family with kids, and after a hard days work they are too tired for any kind of personal time. Caught in this repetitive and boring lifestyle they try to spice things up with dates (with themselves, not other people). After they witness the destruction of marriage of their close friends by the same routine, they decide to go to the new hip restaurant. With no reservations they steal one and that gets them into a night that they will not soon forget. Although the script sometimes haywires and becomes painfully lame (pimp thing) movie stays on course most of the time. This is one of those relaxing comedies that is able to keep you laughing even after it’s over. Best scene by far is the boat scene, great stuff, enjoy…
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P. Henson, Mark Ruffalo, Mila Kunis, James Franco
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Fun Fact: In all of Mark Wahlberg’s scenes, he is shirtless. His scenes were carefully filmed at specific angles to avoid showing a tattoo of Bob Marley that he has on his left shoulder.
