Movie Review: ‘Date Night’

This one reminded us of Steve Carell’s last action comedy Get Smart.
Movie Review: ‘Date Night’
A married couple from the suburbs find themselves having a far more adventurous night than they bargained for. Myles Aronowitz/Twentieth Century Fox
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A married couple from the suburbs find themselves having a far more adventurous night than they bargained for. (Myles Aronowitz/Twentieth Century Fox)
This one reminded us of Steve Carell’s last action comedy Get Smart—car chases, dodging bullets, and acting just plain-old fatuous and farcical.

In this date night gone awfully wrong in the silliest of ways, Steve Carell is paired up with the sidesplitting Tina Fey. In our opinion, they are the funniest actor and actress in Hollywood today, and their pairing works famously, easily justifying the price of admission.

Together they are the Fosters—a conventional couple from the Jersey burbs plagued by their daily lives—kids, work, and chores. In theory, having a date night should help prevent married couples from slipping into that inevitable transformation from lovers to “really, really good roommates.” This fate is the kiss of death for their friends, a fate they are consciously battling.