Wow, what a wild ride! Myles, a filmmaker, is
recently divorced. In a way in which Woody Allen
might simultaneously host and be tape in The
World's Funniest Videos, Myles sets out to fall
in love or make a movie -- which ever comes
first!
Inconveniently, they both happen. Myles convinces
vile producer Elie to fund this project to film, via
hidden camera, 20 of his (Myles') dates whilst he
searches for love in LA.
One of Myles' dates wants to go bunji-jumping. So
shivering Myles is "forced" to jump off a bridge --
or risk embarrassing himself as a coward in his own
film. He finally jumps, then looking up at the
camera, he curses, "You better have f'ing got
that!"
Much of the film documents Myles' oft failed, yet
seldom dull attempts to secure a date with an
unsuspecting female. In one scene, Myles approaches a
woman in the grocery store. He leads in, "Oh, I see
you're shopping in the fat-free isle..." "Yes,
they've got some good stuff here," she replies
friendly enough. "Well, we're having a fat-free
party, if you'd like to join us," Myles scams. "I
don't think my boyfriend would like that." The woman
reveals. Undeterred, Myles replies "Why? He doesn't
like fat-free?"
20 Dates is the result of over 140 hours of
video tape humorously edited down to 120 minutes,
then bumped up to 35 mm film. The picture quality is
lacking of course, and visually gives you the odd
sensation that you're watching TV in a theater. I was
never quite sure, what was real, staged, or just
clever editing. In the end, the unabashed humor
pushed me over the edge, I took the bate and roared
in isle. This is one to put on your "to rent" video
list.
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