Philip French 

Date Night

Even the pairing of Steve Carell and Tina Fey can't produce comedy magic in this movie, says Philip French
  
  

Date Night
Tina Fey and Steve Carell's plans for a romantic evening go awry in Date Night. Photograph: Myles Aronowitz/AP Photograph: Myles Aronowitz/AP

The considerable talents of Steve Carell and Tina Fey are largely wasted in a slack, vulgar, unoriginal comedy about a quiet, middle-class, New Jersey couple who cross the Hudson one evening to rediscover the magic in their fading marriage in Manhattan. Their excursion turns into a nightmare when they're mistaken for petty criminals attempting to blackmail a top gangster. The central duo's personalities change with startling regularity and they're accompanied, though not much helped, by several minor stars making pale cameo appearances (several uncredited).

 

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