20 Dates

20 Dates

1998 "A comedy so real you'll think it's fiction."
20 Dates
20 Dates

20 Dates

5.6 | 1h27m | R | en | Comedy

Myles is divorced in L.A. He wants a love life and a film career. So he decides to go on 20 dates and find true love in front of a camera, making his first feature. His patient agent, Richard, finds a $60,000 investor, the shadowy Elie. Myles starts his search, sometimes telling his date she's being filmed, sometimes not. Elie wants sex and titillation, Myles wants it "real." Myles regularly talks with his old film teacher, Robert McKee, who wonders if love is possible in modern life. Half-way through the 20 dates, Myles meets Elisabeth; she's everything he desires and she likes him. Can he finish the 20 dates, satisfy Elie, and complete his film without losing Elisabeth?

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5.6 | 1h27m | R | en | Comedy , Romance | More Info
Released: January. 01,1998 | Released Producted By: 20th Century Fox , Fox Searchlight Pictures Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Myles is divorced in L.A. He wants a love life and a film career. So he decides to go on 20 dates and find true love in front of a camera, making his first feature. His patient agent, Richard, finds a $60,000 investor, the shadowy Elie. Myles starts his search, sometimes telling his date she's being filmed, sometimes not. Elie wants sex and titillation, Myles wants it "real." Myles regularly talks with his old film teacher, Robert McKee, who wonders if love is possible in modern life. Half-way through the 20 dates, Myles meets Elisabeth; she's everything he desires and she likes him. Can he finish the 20 dates, satisfy Elie, and complete his film without losing Elisabeth?

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Cast

Tia Carrere , Elie Samaha , Julie McCullough

Director

Myles Berkowitz

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20th Century Fox , Fox Searchlight Pictures

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lovesgoldenage somehow it just seemed set up to me. I don't think it was a documentary. Well OK maybe it was, if it was I enjoyed it. If it was all a ruse i thought it was terrible. Well I have made my point. However I am required to write a bigger review, so I will continue to write. Hopefully I will not have to write for much longer as I have nothing to say at this point. OK let's see if it will take my comment now. No it's still not taking it. Let's hope God steps in soon and fixes this pathetic mess of a world we live in very soon. I can't believe it, it is still not taking my comment! How about those Dodgers huh? Could be a play off year.
james-1111 OK I sat through this movie and actually did like it. It wouldn't have been the same if Elisabeth Wagner hadn't been in it. She made this movie. Where did she come from and why hasn't she made more movies? She's very sexy in a quite smoldering kinda way. Don't walk out of this movie don't turn it off. Once this thing started I thought I might get up but I had to stay to see all of it. This is one of those movies that takes a little getting used to. Don't watch it expecting to see Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. Watch it expecting to be entertained by some interesting people. Would I watch it again? As long as Elisabeth Wagner will be in it, and what are the chances of her not being in it the next time I watch it? Only the Twlight Zone knows for sure.
bob the moo Myles Berkowitz is newly divorced after his 10-month marriage ended badly. He also is keen to make his debut film that will launch his movie career. He decides to combine the two biggest failures of his life - his film `career' and his love life to make a film about the real search for love in LA. He sets out to film 20 dates to capture the moment where two people fall in love. However he is in for a rocky road - not only does he have trouble with his dates but the guy funding his film wants it to be something other than what Myles envisages it to be.This film was made on the cheap and is a mix of documentary and mockumentary; there is no way that all the stuff in this film is real - certainly I never accepted that Elie the producer was the character that the film painted him to be. However, the majority of it seems to be relatively real and the majority of it is funny - which is the important thing here. Forget Myles arty pretensions about filming true love as it happens, the point here is wit and fun. The film is a very particular type of wit and if you're not into it then it is likely that you will hate the film; for me I really enjoyed the light humour of the whole piece and found it amusing even if I wouldn't call it hilarious.I really liked the invention of some parts of it: the comparisons of the budget in military terms (his film would be the equivalent of one French soldier surrendering to whoever it happens to be at war with), the stuff around Elie, the `meetings' with his agent etc. In fact most of the funny stuff is staged - and it is for the best. If I was being cynical I would question whether or not 95% of the film was scripted and acted as natural. But it didn't bother me because I found it funny.Myles himself is a strange guy; he is quite abrasive and pretty unpleasant at times and is a bit of a jerk. He definitely doesn't deserve Elisabeth but it is easy to be amused by his cruel humour at times. He holds the attention pretty well when he is on dates, but as an actor I didn't think much of him: at one point we learn he refused an offer for a script on the basis that he would only sell it if he could star - he really needs to focus on writing as neither directing or acting appears to be his thing on the basis of this. The support crew are hilarious. Myles sound guy and cameraman are funny when they have the chance, while both Richard the agent and Elie are hilarious and don't mind sending themselves up!Overall, treat this film as a comedy rather than a documentary - large chunks of it are staged, but it actually helps the film. It is very rough but it is different and quite enjoyable; it is funny in witty ways and it is funny in inventive ways and both styles work really well. It is not a perfect film (Myles' comes across like a daytime tv presenter at times) but it is fun; and that's all I was really looking for.
tom_jones2 Okay. Being a frustrated LA bachelor looking for the perfect woman in LA myself, I have to admit the film got my interest. And then I saw it. Then I thought about the movie and what the plot most likely was: an excuse for the writer-director-whatever to get in front of the camera, and say, "IT'S ALL ABOUT ME!!!" I don't have a problem with that, so long as the guy is interesting. But a nebbish looking for love in LA? THAT'S unique and interesting? Getin line, buster! What got me irritated, though, was that some of the dates he filmed didn't know he was filming them. That's just duplicitous and self-serving on the part of the man--not that that's anything unusual, but that rarely makes the guy sympathetic. Besides, when he wants to get intimate with his dates, he turns the camera off. How hypocritical is that? Overall, very disappointing film, and a very disappointing guy. I sometimes wonder if the date he wound up with ever stayed with him. But frankly, I doubt it.