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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasSave The Date's achievements are modest - it could be funnier and more affecting, and it ends with a shrug - but the film is wise about sibling relationships, the uncertainty of youth, and smaller matters, like the way people relate to each other after a break-up.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMohan should have made a little more effort for us. Another pass at the screenplay probably would have done it. But one gets the sense he's already moved on to the next thing.
- Short on both romance and humor.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEveryone in the cast (including Geoffrey Arend, Mark Webber, and Caplan's Party Down colleague Martin Starr) is talented enough to deserve a stronger story line than this.
- 50Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonUnremarkable, thinly sketched characters, many adorned with creative careers or hobbies, populate the romantic dramedy Save the Date, yet another unfocused movie about generic relationship quandaries.
- 40Time OutTime OutWhether it's Caplan and Webber trading goofy dance moves or Brie being perkily OCD-ridden, Date works best as a collection of winsome, unconnected vignettes; its ideal distribution model would be piece by piece on YouTube.
- 25Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWhat's worst about the film is how it appropriates its main character's noncommittal selfishness to support its own quaint, anti-establishment themes.