In New York City, a case of mistaken identity turns a bored married couple's attempt at a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous. Date Night mostly suceeds to Steve Carell's and Tina Fey's charm and chemistry but some of the laughs were a bit of a miss and hit. The cameos were also a bit on and off with me for example Wahlberg was good and so was Gal Gadot but some others? like J.B. Smoove, Mila Kunis and James Franco were weird and not even funny. Overall there are some nice chuckles, 2 great leads and some good cameos but it could have been better to be honest. (6/10)

In order to try and spice up their marriage, Phil and Claire Foster decide to go on a date night at a trendy restaurant in Manhattan. When they arrive at the restaurant, there are no tables spare so they decide to assume the identities of another couple who had booked, but failed to show up at the restaurant. This leads to a case of mistaken identity and forces the Fosters into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a mobster whom is trying to track down a flash drive that has been stolen from him.Date Night has an OK premise and sets itself up reasonably well; the Fosters live fairly stereotypical monotonous lives of your average bored married couple and also have friends who are in the same boat. It's a believable foundation to build the story on, but somehow Date Night loses its way after about the first 20 minutes...Once the Fosters are mistaken for the other couple then it starts to become a chase picture, but sadly like the Fosters marriage it is dull and lacking any sort of spark. Director Shawn Levy does a reasonable job in moving things along and the film had enough chaotic set-pieces to just about hold my attention, but there are few, if any, genuinely amusing moments. Wahlberg answers the door on about 4 occasions with no shirt on and each time he is asked to "Put on a shirt" - this wasn't particularly funny the first time, but to have this joke repeated on multiple occasions showed a real lack of imagination and was just plain lazy. Looking at this picture it's also hard not to be disappointed by the waste of acting talent on offer here; the likes of Wahlberg, Kunis, Fichtner, Liotta and Franco are all in this picture, but their performances all feel phoned in here (particularly Fichtner and Liotta who just don't seem interested at all).What makes the film partly work are the strong performances from Carell and Fey; Carell plays the same nerdy-gawky type that he always plays, but again he does it to good effect here bringing a sort of nervous charm and likability to the role. Fey is also good in her respective role as both the timid housewife at the start, but she shows that she's got a more ballsy side later in the picture.This isn't a funny film and normally with a film as poor as this I would rate it with a lower score. However, I've given this film a 4 out of 10 because, despite how bad the film is, I did think that Carell and Fey were excellent and believable in their respective roles. There aren't enough good points for me to be able to recommend Date Night, but I'm prepared to give credit to Carell and Fey for trying their best to make this film work.

Take two funny actors, and desperately find a plot to put them in that allows them to be as funny as possible. That seems to have been the brief for the folks at 20th Century Fox.And it sort of works. Just. However you wonder just how much of the film's limited success is down to just the natural comedic ability of Carell and Fey, who surely are able to make even the weakest line shine.It's nice to see Director Shawn Levy try something different, having been in the chair for the first Pink Panther reboot film and Cheaper by the Dozen.I would like to see another pairing of these actors. One that is a little stronger than this film.

Reading the reviews of "Date Night" here, it's obvious that people either loved or hated it. Put me in the plus column. Sure, what happens to the Fosters (Steve Carrel and Tina Fey) when they use assumed names to score a table in a glitzy restaurant turns out to be dangerous. Maybe even lethal. But this is a comedy, not a slice of life -- and the couple's misadventures as they avoid hit men, crooked cops and their own mistakes is thoroughly entertaining. There's just enough wordplay and action -- headed by a zany car chase through the streets of downtown New York -- to keep things perking. If you want logic, look elsewhere. But I'm happy to settle for some good laughs.