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Take Me Home Tonight

Take Me Home Tonight (2011)

March. 04,2011
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6.3
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R
| Drama Comedy Romance

Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead he rebels against maturity by taking a job at a video store. Matt rethinks his position when his unrequited high-school crush, Tori, walks in and invites him to an end-of-summer party. With the help of his twin sister and his best friend, Matt hatches a plan to change the course of his life.

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Lawbolisted
2011/03/04

Powerful

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AshUnow
2011/03/05

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Hayden Kane
2011/03/06

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Griff Lees
2011/03/07

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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stevendelray
2011/03/08

'If you want to see n 80's movie through the eyes of a 2000 something this movie is for you! For the rest of us that lived through the 80's you should watch something with a mullet, dogtags, and playing vball while looking for treasures with an asian friend looking for treasure. Way more heart in that storyline than this big pile of a movie.

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Saz73
2011/03/09

This is seriously the worst movie I've seen in the last 10 years, if not my entire life (and I've seen a lot of films...) There are many things that bothered me about this 'film', but I'll start with this, as I haven't noticed many others mention it. Was I one of the only viewers bothered by the dad being such a shady cop? I'm not necessarily bothered by this when it is used to actually drive the plot (instead of just erasing ''pesky'' plot complications to hide lousy writing, though pretty poorly in TMHT's case!), aside from just being totally unrealistic, to boot. The dad is a low level cop, there's no way he could save his son's behind not once, but twice from 1. Grand Theft Auto, 2. Class A Narcotics Possession of a large quantity (plus, who leaves that much coke in a dealership car? Convenient, huh?) and then later (during the metal ball debacle - wtf was that all about, anyway?) 3. Public Vandalism to several cars and 4. Trespassing and Vandalizing someone's personal property (when the ball crashed through a random home's gate, into the pool (and, by all appearances, they just left it there for the homeowner to deal with - nice!) and the dad conveniently hides his son's ID card he had dropped.) I'm not saying you wouldn't want your kid to avoid trouble and do what you could to help him out, but this is just far too extreme, not to mention ridiculous! Also, the other thing that bothered me, being a music geek, is that the movie tried to shove in every single clichéd ''one hit wonder''/late night infomercial ''Best of the 80's'' song from 1980 onwards into the party scenes with nary a thought to when this all was actually supposed to take place (1988.) It would be like us listening to songs from 2005, etc... at a party today. One or two outdated songs for sentiment's sake, fine, but an entire soundtrack's worth? No...And, on top of that, they omit the titular hit? Maybe Eddie Money saw an early screening and objected at his song being used, lol. It all just felt cynical, like they were just trying to hook the audience with every top 40 nostalgia jam they could to hide from the crappy (lack of) plot. A cheap gimmick plot all around.Also, the girl and her friends were totally shallow. She only went out with him when she thought he was working for Goldman Sachs and drove a hot car. The kid went to MIT and was taking some time during the summer to figure things out working a mall job, big deal. He shouldn't have lied to try and impress her, and she should have been more open minded/listened more. But that would entail actual communication. Don't think that would have gone over too well in this sorry excuse! Plus, who still focuses on their High School crush 4 plus years later after college? I don't know if it's just me or something, but isn't that a bit creepy that he's still SO besotted he'd lie, steal, and ride a rusty ball of death, nearly drowning, for her? This hot mess is best avoided, seriously. Just watch a John Hughes film if you're itching for the 80's, or an Apatow flick if you're in the mood for something a bit more on the raunchy humor side. 80's nostalgic comedies were already played out by the 90's, anyway - you're far better off catching the far superior Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion or The Wedding Singer if you want to watch a non-80's 80's movie.Anyway, I'll shut up, but ARGGGH this movie was totally lame and not funny at all! I'm not some weird prude, either. I like plenty of dumb and/or crude comedies. But could this even classify as a comedy? How did it even pass the green light to get the funding to get made?

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Fluke_Skywalker
2011/03/10

80s teen/young adult comedies remain so popular that it's natural to think Hollywood would try and mine the genre for nostalgic purposes. Unfortunately most attempts to recapture the spirit of those films have failed.Unlike many such films, which often lapse into parody, 'Take Me Home Tonight' is clearly made as a loving tribute to the comedies of the era. As a result, it does a better job of recreating the unique spirit and feel of the 80s.The cast is appealing and clearly game, the script is serviceable and the attention to detail is good despite a few glaring anachronisms. If you're a fan of the genre and you're looking for something fresh, yet familiar, 'Take Me Home Tonight' should suffice.

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thegoodthebadthesmugly
2011/03/11

I am seriously confused by the amazing reviews for this piece. It's alright, but it's not that great. The leads have good chemistry, but everyone else in this film is incredibly unlikable.Also, the 'fat vulgar goofy sidekick' trope really needs to die. I'm so sick of seeing it in movies - it's cheap.It's pretty average. The first time I tried to watch it, it was on an airplane and it was so terrible to me that I didn't bother to finish it. This was on a 12 hour flight, so that says a lot.I just tried to watch it again and it's tolerable but that's about it. It's entertainment if you're bored but I wouldn't go out of my way.

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