Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 22, 2023 3/4

You’ll leave Date Night having laughed a lot and wanting to hold hands with your loved one.

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Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Jul 20, 2022

Date Night becomes a routine action movie with jailbreak shots and car crashes. [Full review in Spanish]

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Stuart McGurk NME (New Musical Express) May 19, 2021 6/10

It's still fun, just don't give up a date for it...

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nov 29, 2020 7/10

Steve Carell and Tina Fey's hysterics manage to triumph over the rather uninspired plot.

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Sarah Knight Adamson Sarah's Backstage Pass Jan 13, 2020 4/4

Date Night is a fun, romp in New York City that explores issues of everyday life while adding some romance and openness about marriage.

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Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine Jul 23, 2019

Whenever the dialogue takes over, and we watch Fey and Carell click as romantic duo, it's tempting to imagine these TV stars as a big screen couple with a future-they deserve a better movie than Date Night.

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Ellie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) Jun 7, 2019 2.5/4

Carell and Fey use their comedic talents to keep the film on track.

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Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News May 10, 2019 C+

While Carell and Fey both manage to squeeze way more laughs out of Date Night than anyone should, the project proves to be just a little flat -- almost too conventional for this unconventional duo.

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express Apr 16, 2019 2/5

The real stars of the film are [Steve] Carell and [Tina] Fey for bringing such goofy conviction to this goofball comedy, much better than the director's previous attempts at broad humour in the two Night at the Museum films.

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Bernice Watson CineVue Nov 5, 2018 3/5

An enjoyable, genuinly funny semi-romantic comedy from start to finish.

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Anna Smith metro.co.uk Aug 23, 2018 2/5

Their marriage seems real but their predicament feels like no more than a scriptwriter's invention.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Sep 11, 2017 B-

... Date Night is the fun, lighthearted comedy that the two TV heroes needed to reclaim their box office status.

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Emily Rems Bust Magazine Oct 7, 2016

One can only fantasize about what a comedy starring Fey and Carrell would be like if the pair did the writing as well.

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Jeff Beck Examiner.com Oct 1, 2012 2.5/4

As believable as the story is, it's strange that the filmmakers didn't do more with the talent they had on hand.

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Ali Gray TheShiznit.co.uk Sep 28, 2012 3/5

Date Night is only ever moderately funny; partially entertaining; quite exciting. It bears the mark of a cinematic no-mark; a bland director whose cast members deserve way better than him.

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Apr 8, 2012 3/4

Levy knows better to simply stay out of the dynamic duo's way and let them do their proven thing.

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Joshua Rothkopf Time Out Nov 17, 2011 3/5

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Greg Maki Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) Nov 5, 2011 B

... Works as an action-comedy precisely because its characters do not know they are in either a comedy or an action movie.

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Dave White Movies.com Apr 4, 2011 3/5

Ultimately, and thankfully, it's saved by its stars, who carry it all to safety as often as they can.

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Mark Pfeiffer Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Mar 9, 2011 D+

Date Night takes two funny people, puts them in unfunny situations, and has them do and say unfunny things.

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