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Genre | Comedy |
Format | Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
Contributor | Topher Grace, Jim Whitaker, Sarah Bowen, Michael Dowse, Teresa Palmer, Bob Odenkirk, Demetri Martin, Michael Biehn, Edwin Hodge, Michael Ian Black, Ryan Kavanaugh, Wade Allain-Marcus, Anna Faris, Angie Everhart, Candace Kaye Kroslak, Dan Fogler, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeanie Hackett, Stanley Donen, Jay Jablonski, Lucy Punch, Nathalie Kelley, Chris Pratt, Robert Hoffman |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 38 minutes |
A talented ensemble cast delivers laugh-out-loud performances in this “fun nostalgia trip.” (Richard Roeper) When Matt Franklin's (Topher Grace) high-school crush Tori (Teresa Palmer) shows up at his dead-end mall job, he and his buddy Barry (Dan Fogler) devise a wild scheme for Matt to finally win the girl of his dreams. But only time will tell if Matt can seduce this gorgeous goddess at a wild party and survive an outrageous night of seduction, destruction and debauchery. Take this hilarious comedy home tonight!
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Take me home tonight: film review.
Topher Grace and Dan Fogler star in Michael Dowse's aggressively unfunny film which seeks the lowest common denominator in nearly every scene.
By Kirk Honeycutt
TOPHER GRACE stars in Relativity Media's. TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT.
Flailing away beneath a pile-on of failed slapstick, dead-weight jokes, hammy acting and bad writing rests a tiny, possibly even intriguing comedy in Take Me Home Tonight about young people struggling to grasp a future they’re not certain they even want. This slip of a story never stands a chance of emerging though as director Michael Dowse ’s aggressive approach to comedy utterly buries it.
Seeking the lowest common denominator in every scene during the first and much of the second act, the movie rams its idea of madcap comedy at a viewer until numbness sets in. So when a tentative relationship between a guy at loose ends and the girl he carried a torch for during high school starts to surface, you barely notice.
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Trailers and posters that emphasize the bacchanalian overload of a late’80s-era party may entice younger viewers. Otherwise this is a DVD few will want to take home tonight or any night.
The film’s star, Topher Grace , has been a friend of fellow exec producer Gordon Kaywin since age 15. The two say they wanted to develop a comedy based on a longtime male friendship where high school and even college are very much in the rear-view mirror. But the first problem one notices in this script by That ’70s Show vets Jackie and Jeff Filgo , written to their exec producers’ specifications, is that the movie’s key friendship makes no sense.
Sure, Grace’s Matt Franklin, is momentarily directionless despite an engineering degree from MIT. But Dan Fogler ’s Barry, a car salesman and a fired one at that, is an emotional adolescent. Now you could do a movie about two guys with nothing in common other than a shared high-school past but this movie isn’t that smart — it keeps insisting a strong bond exists between these two despite the fact nothing in the movie validates such a notion.
Matt is a cop’s son, which doesn’t mean he needs to be a Boy Scout. But would he really accompany a “friend” who steals a car, drives under the influence of many substances, starts fights at a party, then crashes that stolen car while sampling the coke he finds in the glove compartment?
This friendship makes no more sense than the movie’s main set-up that Matt, a good looking guy with plenty of brains — if that MIT degree means anything — couldn’t/wouldn’t get a date with former high school hottie Tori ( Teresa Palmer ). Or that Matt’s equally smart twin sister Wendy ( Anna Faris ) would even think of accepting a marriage proposal from a thick-headed party boy ( Chris Pratt ).
All this dithering by seemingly smart people goes without a real motivation. It isn’t as if the engineer suddenly wants to join a rock band or the Peace Corp or an ashram. According to the screenplay, he is simply hiding from life by working in a video store and has absolutely no idea what he wants to do with that life. Really? Not even a dream?
He and Tori only link up when she realizes she is as lost and miserable as Matt — they have that in common at least — just as Barry finds a soul mate in Kitchelle ( Michelle Trachtenberg ), whose youthful nihilism jibes with Barry’s self-destructive urges. However, not before Barry has a bizarre encounter with a kinky sexual predator ( Angie Everhart ) that belongs in a much different movie.
You’d give none of these “relationships” more than another 24 hours — max.
Indeed when dawn breaks and so does a party in a Hollywood Hillside retreat, you wonder what if anything has been resolved or learned. Matt is no closer to any of life’s goals, Barry is still without a job — nor can you imagine anyone hiring him — and Tori may want to remember the number of lies Matt told to score with her. You wind up thinking that maybe the movie about the sexual predator would’ve been the better one, after all. At least she knew what she wanted.
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A comedy about a video store clerk who lies to impress a girl and ends up in a dangerous challenge with his rival. Roger Ebert pans the movie for its unfunny dialogue, plot holes and lack of intelligence.
A romantic comedy about a high school genius who tries to win his crush at a Labor Day party in 1984. Starring Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler and Teresa Palmer, directed by Michael Dowse.
Matt rethinks his position when his unrequited high-school crush, Tori (Teresa Palmer), walks in and invites him to an end-of-summer party. With the help of his twin sister (Anna Faris) and his ...
By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic. March 4, 2011 12 AM PT. In "Take Me Home Tonight," Topher Grace is completely out of place — and I mean in the actual movie, not just as the ...
Our review: Parents say (2 ): Kids say (5 ): Anyone who loved Sixteen Candles back in the 1980s will love TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT, too. Thanks to the fine casting and the earnest devotion to the old, all-night-party genre, the movie works its warm, funny magic and casts a spell that's both nostalgic and naughty. It's so good-natured and sweet, in ...
A 2011 comedy-drama film starring Topher Grace and Anna Faris as a college graduate and his high school crush. The film follows their adventures at a wild party in 1988 Los Angeles, where they face career, love, and family dilemmas.
Take me home tonight was a very enjoyable comedy that a lot of teenagers can relate to. This is why I think teenagers (like myself) are the REAL intended audience for this movie. All in all, a great feel-good comedy. Rating 7/10. 1/10. The best thing about this movie is it's only 97 minutes.
Take Me Home Tonight. Directed by Michael Dowse. Comedy, Drama, Romance. R. 1h 37m. By Stephen Holden. March 3, 2011. Duran Duran, cocaine, big hair: the period signifiers in "Take Me Home ...
Perhaps the strongest part of the film is its rocking, '80s soundtrack. The movie does a good job at capturing the fun of the decade complete with shiny attire, bright colors, crazy dance moves ...
Review: Take Me Home Tonight. Take Me Home Tonight is too invested in the diminishing laughs to be found in juvenile behavior. Though by no means a recent phenomenon, the 1980s continue to hold enormous sway over the imaginations of contemporary filmmakers, many of whom grew up during that decade. Whether directors are setting their movies in ...
With his cynical twin sister Wendy (Anna Faris) and best friend Barry (Dan Fogler), Matt embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime evening. From stealing a car to a marriage proposal to an indescribable, no ...
A funny, entertaining and heartwarming comedy that benefits from its hard R-rating. While the premise is not completely original, the actors play their roles well and the movie proves to be a fun ...
Metacritic aggregates music, game, tv, and movie reviews from the leading critics. Only Metacritic.com uses METASCORES, which let you know at a glance how each item was reviewed. ... Take Me Home Tonight Critic Reviews. Add My Rating Critic Reviews User Reviews Cast & Crew Details 42. Metascore Mixed or Average ...
Check out the exclusive TV Guide movie review and see our movie rating for Take Me Home Tonight. X. ... Take Me Home Tonight Reviews. 42 Metascore; 2011; 1 hr 37 mins Drama, Comedy
The film's high-res audio track is also a bit off. Surround activity is terrific, with plenty of rockin' '80s tunes and moody atmosphere. Alas, dialogue falls a bit flat, especially intimate ...
TOP CRITIC. Full Review | Original Score: B- | Feb 18, 2012. R.L. Shaffer IGN DVD. Take Me Home Tonight is a much deeper, dramatic movie than most give it credit for. And it's also a hoot, too ...
Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be working for a Fortune 500 company and starting his upward climb to full-fledged yuppie-hood. Instead, the directionless 23-year-old confounds family and friends by taking a part-time job behind the counter of a video store at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. But Matt's silent protest against maturity comes to a screeching halt once his unrequited high school ...
Take Me Home Tonight is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Michael Dowse and starring an ensemble cast led by Topher Grace and Anna Faris. The screenplay was written by Jackie and Jeff Filgo, former writers of the television sitcom That '70s Show, of which Grace was a cast member.
The cast of Take Me Home Tonight do their best to keep the movie afloat in the raging seas of 80s nostalgia. The actors play well off each other, understand their characters, and have solid comic ...
But, don't worry dear readers of this review, "Take Me Home Tonight" isn't about high school in the 80's. Nope, instead the movie focuses on the lives of a group of LA 20 somethings, who haven't developed much past their high school and college years. And, are all still struggling to "Define Themselves" in the glorified cocaine fueled ...
Otherwise this is a DVD few will want to take home tonight or any night. The film's star, Topher Grace , has been a friend of fellow exec producer Gordon Kaywin since age 15.
Take Me Home Tonight Movie Review - This movie will have you busting a gut laughing. So many great scenes with a cast that will surprise you.We like to give ...