Date Night

I have never been a big fan of Steve Carell.That may be changing. And Tina Fey, what can I say? Comic genius! I did not get to see this film when it first opened so I am late in getting to it but today the cough was more under control and I needed to get out of the house, having spent the entire day yesterday in the house coughing.

I could have gone to see Iron Man 2 but I read a bad review of it and a good friend (Bob of Bob's Photos) had recommended that I catch this film. So I decided to go and see it. I am really glad I made the choice I made.

I half expected a remake of the old Sandy Dennis movie The Out of Towners but this was nothing like that. Hip and modern and very well put together. I could predict that the couple were in a rut and needed to do something different but was not expecting some of the twists of the plot. It kept me interested for most of the movie.

I think my favorite part was when they hooked up with a taxi.

It has an excellent cast:

Steve Carell as Phil Foster

Tina Fey as Claire Foster

Mark Wahlberg as Holbrooke Grant

Ray Liotta as Joe Miletto^[

James Franco as Chase "Taste" Tripplehorn/Tom Felton

Mila Kunis as "Whippit" Tripplehorn

Mark Ruffalo as Brad Sullivan

Kristen Wiig as Haley Sullivan

Common as Detective Collins

Jimmi Simpson as Detective Armstrong

Taraji P. Henson as Detective Arroyo

Leighton Meester as Katy

William Fichtner as Frank Crenshaw

Olivia Munn as the Hostess

J. B. Smoove as Cab Driver

Michelle Galdenzi as Claw Waitress

Gal Gadot as Natanya

• James Franco is currently on my "A" list. (He guest starred on General Hospital and I am hoping they will bring him back. Not that they will. I have been wanting Brenda back for years.

Anyway I enjoyed the movie and tonight I will enjoy television. I am about to go through my list of things to record and Unfriend some of the shows I am currently taping. Too many of them have just become reruns. Not of the episodes but of the same old story/plot lines. I am losing interest. Would rather have a nice glass of Scotch and read a good book. I did however enjoy Betty White on SNL last night. Here is her monologue: