date night

the wife and i had been intending to see date night as a... well, date night. unfortunately we never quite got around to it, so instead we watched it as a stay at home date night! as a huge fan of the office and 30 rock (though not nearly as much) i was really excited to see carell and fey doing their thing together. the story follows a married couple with kids who never seem to have time for each other. with work and kids filling up their days and nights, they just cant find the time for just the two of them. well, they decide that they are going to make it a priority to have a night together. they get the babysitter and head out on the town. they try to go to a fancy restaurant but cant get in because the wait is too long. when the worker calls out a couple's name for the next table but they dont answer, well carell decides thats their opportunity. this, unfortunately for them, causes a pretty big case of mistaken identity. turns out the couple that made the reservations are involved in some not so legal affairs. from here things get pretty crazy and their quite date because anything but! the movie is pretty good, the two leads have a hilarious chemistry that results in some funny bits. the problems arise when the movie goes from a romantic comedy to an action film. its not that any of it is done poorly, its just that it is not exactly what i was hoping for. the gear switching of the film threw me for a loop and i never quite settled back in. its got a great first half though, i would have loved to see where these two actors would have taken the story if it had stayed just a movie about a married couple. it was still a bit of fun though!