Julia Jones has never been very lucky in love. In fact, she has not even been close. And the only one who will listen to her woes is her diary, and a three foot tall man named Hitch. With the help of Hitch, Julia is primed and ready to make her way towards her destiny of finding her long lost prince charming, but not without a few bumps along the way. In this buffet to lingerie tale, Julia finds her match in Grant Fonckyerdoder, a doctor whose ability to see that beauty is more than skin deep is a refreshing change for the young maiden. But their love is not supported by everyone, especially Julia's father and Grant's delightfully sexy ex-fiance Andy, who will stop at nothing to break up the wedding and steal Grant back for good. In the end Julia and Grant find their way back to each other, but not before running their way through countless date movie parodies and short-witted humor.
The Story
In the world or satire, there is dark satire, there is parody, and then there is this... I like to call it "trying too hard." The filmmakers of Date Movie, I am sure, set out with the noblest of intentions. They sought to poke fun at the already humorous and sometimes cheesy world of romantic comedies. And much like films like Not Another Teen Movie and Scary Movie, they achieved a level of humor suitable for any college student who has recently smoked a dubious amount of marijuana. Unfortunately when it comes to making an interesting, and/or intellectually stimulating experience this film falls significantly short due to it's inability to move seamlessly between parodies. The cheap low-blows on the romantic comedy genre only added to the fact that the film seemed rushed, as if the filmmakers had too many good ideas and not enough money to buy more time with the Panavision Camera. For instance there is a scene being parodied about Meet the Fockers, in which Fred Willard and Stiffler's mom, aka Jennifer Coolidge, play the wacky parents of Grant. The scene is cut short only to take us to the office of Jello, the wedding planner with more than enough junk in her trunk. Then we are bounced right back to the antics of mom and pop Fonckyerdoder, only to be left in the dark by a My Best Friend's Wedding-esque sing-a-long scene which includes an untimely cameo by none other than Lil' Jon...?
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