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Date Night
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.
2010 · Directed by Shawn Levy · 88 min · Comedy · Action · Adventure · Screenplay in the scene database · 14 frames
Tagline
One ordinary couple. One little white lie.
Plot
Phil and Claire Foster are a married couple from New Jersey with two children. Over time, their domestic life has become predictable and routine, leaving their relationship feeling stagnant. Phil, a tax lawyer, and Claire, a realtor, lead busy lives, and even their weekly date nights have become monotonous. The couple is spurred to reignite their romance after discovering that their close friends, Brad and Haley, are divorcing to escape the monotony of married life in search of more excitement.
In an effort to break from their routine, Phil suggests taking Claire to a trendy Manhattan restaurant. However, when they arrive, they are unable to get a reservation. Impulsively, Phil takes a reservation under the name of a no-show couple, the "Tripplehorns", despite Claire's reservations. Their night takes a sudden turn when they are approached by two men, Collins and Armstrong, who mistake them for the real Tripplehorns and demand a flash drive that they believe the Fosters have stolen from mob boss Joe Miletto. Phil and Claire try to explain the misunderstanding, but the men, armed and threatening, don’t believe them. Under pressure, Phil falsely claims the flash drive is hidden in a boathouse in Central Park.
At the boathouse, Claire distracts Collins and Armstrong while Phil strikes them with a paddle, and the couple escapes by boat. Desperate for help, they go to a police station, but they soon discover that Collins and Armstrong are corrupt NYPD detectives on Miletto’s payroll. Realizing they can't trust the police, Phil and Claire resolve to find the real Tripplehorns themselves. They return to the restaurant and find the phone number of the actual Tripplehorns.
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Crew
- Written by: Josh Klausner
- Cinematography: Dean Semler
- Edited by: Dean Zimmerman
- Music: Christophe Beck
- Production design: David Gropman
- Produced by: Shawn Levy
Cast
- Steve Carell as Phil Foster
- Tina Fey as Claire Foster
- Mark Wahlberg as Holbrooke
- Taraji P. Henson as Detective Arroyo
- Jimmi Simpson as Armstrong
- Common as Collins
- William Fichtner as DA Frank Crenshaw
- Leighton Meester as Katy
- JB Smoove as Cabbie
- Kristen Wiig as Haley Sullivan
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Hebrew, English
- Studios: Dune Entertainment, 21 Laps Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $55,000,000
- Box office: $152,300,000
- Themes: new york city, taxi, husband wife relationship, corruption, new jersey, expensive restaurant, taxi driver, blackmail, detective, mistaken identity
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