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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAll the time Phil and Claire seem like the kind of people who don't belong in a screwball comedy. That's why it's funny. They're bewildered.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFor this 21st-century Nick and Nora Charles, the flame is kept alive despite his nighttime anti-snore nose strip and her nighttime bite guard -- thanks to a shared appreciation of the hilarity of nose strips and bite guards.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThese talented performers star in two of the wittiest, most sophisticated sitcoms on the air, but for this movie pairing they're stuck with an endlessly silly plot line and overblown physical mayhem that is instantly forgettable. The fact that they make it so funny nonetheless is a testament to their abilities.
- 70VarietyVarietyAn uncommonly engaging date movie.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfIt makes you laugh in fits and starts, but more often it feels toothless and exhausted, the kind of project that exists to give Ray Liotta work.
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt's an uneven proposition, veering wildly from genuinely funny scenes directly into ridiculousness and back again. But every time Shawn Levy's movie makes that journey, it's harder to get back on solid footing.
- 42Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDate Night is really just another example of what happens when funny sitcom stars are lumped together in a movie, believing that laughter exponentially increases with screen size.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceA jumble of genres, tones, and styles, Date Night ultimately strains to be a serious movie about marriage, with one joke: that, even when surrounded by excitement, Claire and Phil revert to being dull. But in practice, their dullness is just dull.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenNever breaks out of its dullsville rut.
- 0Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorBoxoffice MagazineWade MajorA broadly promising premise and well-matched stars prove no match for an abominably unfunny screenplay and the work of the poisonously untalented Shawn Levy--arguably the worst director making big-budget studio films today.