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20+dates | Year: 1999 Directed: - Myles Berkowitz Actors/Actresses: - Myles Berkowitz - Tia Carrere 20 dates with himself. If Myles Berkowitz could just find a women that walked like him, talked like him, looked like him, whined like him... well you get the point. 20 Dates is like a longer version of "Blind Date" only not half as funny. Instead we are forced to hear Myles spew on about his notions of Hollywood romance. What would have made a better movie was to try and explain how a women like Elizabeth would ever go out with someone as myopic as Myles, then maybe some men would have actually learned something about women A.K.A. love. I gave it 2 stars because the producer lines while probably scripted made me laugh, and I actually made it to the end of the film. PS, I did foward fast through to the end. Hysterically funny and true-to-life I heard about this movie on a review show and had to go see it. I heard some lines from it and thought it was funny. Since it was a low-budget art film, of which I'm not particular fan, I went into the movie with some trepidation. I was quite surprised. Myles Berkowitz fills this movie with a great deal of self-deprecating mockery. I found it difficult to tell which parts were scripted and which parts were not, and truthfully that is a good sign of a well-made pseudodocumentary. One of the funniest characters in the film is Berkowitz's film school mentor. The viewers just have the sense that the character believes in what he says.Berkowitz's attempts to attract women at any cost, including pimping his own nephew, are hilarious.The whole scene really illustrates what we guys would stoop to in order to pick-up women. Berkowitz's insights into financing and selling his idea of the movie are entertaining and enlightening because they really delve into the workings of Hollywood. I would highly recommend this movie. It also happens to be a great date movie because of its romantic overtones. A must-see. "Myles Berkowitz"'s favorite film! 20 DATES is THE ABSOLUTE WORST FILM that I have seen in my lifetime. Essentially what I learned from watching this cinematic septic tank explosion was the following: 1.) Any dolt can direct a film that will be released in theatres and on videotape. 2.) The director, "Myles Berkowitz," loves to be filmed and photographed. He finds himself charming and intelligent, even if everyone else finds him irritating and idiotic. He is convinced that his trivial life is ipso facto fascinating---and that everyone else will find it just as fascinating as he does. Frame after frame, he seems to say: "Just place a camera in front of me, world! Look at how great I am!" 3.) Watching this film is like spending 90 minutes alone in a small room with "Myles Berkowitz." He mugs the camera endlessly; he says the same thing over and over again ad nauseaum ("Romance isn't like it is in the movies!"); his narcissism is nauseating only because his personality is nauseating. It is clear that most of the women he dates think that he is a loser. It is incomprehensible to me why any woman would want to date this lout. I have not a care that much of this film was simulated---these days, does it reall Buy 20 Dates at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on 20 Dates Search with the Priority Search Engine on 20 Dates This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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