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20 Dates
Myles is divorced in L.A. He wants a love life and a film career. So he decides to go on 20 dates and find true love in front of a camera, making his first feature. His patient agent, Richard, finds a $60,000 investor, the shadowy Elie. Myles starts his search, sometimes telling his date she's being filmed, sometimes not. Elie wants sex and titillation, Myles wants it "real." Myles regularly talks with his old film teacher, Robert McKee, who wonders if love is possible in modern life. Half-way through the 20 dates, Myles meets Elisabeth; she's everything he desires and she likes him. Can he finish the 20 dates, satisfy Elie, and complete his film without losing Elisabeth?
Release : | 1998 |
Rating : | 5.6 |
Studio : | 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Phoenician Films, |
Crew : | Director, Executive Producer, |
Cast : | Tia Carrere Elie Samaha Julie McCullough |
Genre : | Comedy Romance |
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Absolutely brilliant
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
OK I sat through this movie and actually did like it. It wouldn't have been the same if Elisabeth Wagner hadn't been in it. She made this movie. Where did she come from and why hasn't she made more movies? She's very sexy in a quite smoldering kinda way. Don't walk out of this movie don't turn it off. Once this thing started I thought I might get up but I had to stay to see all of it. This is one of those movies that takes a little getting used to. Don't watch it expecting to see Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. Watch it expecting to be entertained by some interesting people. Would I watch it again? As long as Elisabeth Wagner will be in it, and what are the chances of her not being in it the next time I watch it? Only the Twlight Zone knows for sure.
When I first watch this film, I thought that this was going to be one of those late night HBO Saturday night specials, but it wasn't, and I was quite impressed. I'm not saying that this was a good film, no, I'm saying that it was a nice film to watch if there's nothing else on TV on a Saturday night. Mark, the film's writer and director, is a washed up actor, but he comes off very funny in this film. You kind of feel sorry for this guy because he can't find true love in a town as big as Los Angeles. Final thought: 6 stars out 10
Filmed in a documentary style, but you can pretty well tell participants had been coached. A recently divorced wannabe film maker(Myles Berkowitz)sees a chance to liven up his love life and step into the movie biz at the same time. He intends to make a documentary piece about finding love by filming twenty dates including ramifications. The comedy is spotty at best; the rest is mishap after mishap. Also taking part are Richard Arlook, Robert McKee and the enticing Elisabeth Wagner. Trying for credibility the fetching Tia Carrere is talked into a cameo. This will suffice as a handbook on how NOT to get a satisfactory date.
Okay. Being a frustrated LA bachelor looking for the perfect woman in LA myself, I have to admit the film got my interest. And then I saw it. Then I thought about the movie and what the plot most likely was: an excuse for the writer-director-whatever to get in front of the camera, and say, "IT'S ALL ABOUT ME!!!" I don't have a problem with that, so long as the guy is interesting. But a nebbish looking for love in LA? THAT'S unique and interesting? Getin line, buster! What got me irritated, though, was that some of the dates he filmed didn't know he was filming them. That's just duplicitous and self-serving on the part of the man--not that that's anything unusual, but that rarely makes the guy sympathetic. Besides, when he wants to get intimate with his dates, he turns the camera off. How hypocritical is that? Overall, very disappointing film, and a very disappointing guy. I sometimes wonder if the date he wound up with ever stayed with him. But frankly, I doubt it.