
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 mod... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsIn its own way, it's the perfect date movie. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDustin PutmanAn often funny, always engaging romantic comedy filmed in a documentary format. |
| Apollo GuideDan JardineA promising directorial debut by Myles Berkowitz. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanMyles Berkowitz may be the most annoying human being alive. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceIt doesn't help that the film eventually loses its focus and has to fumble back to the real storyline at the very end. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovBizarre, trenchant, and unexpectedly hilarious, this is one regular guy's foray into the lonely world of love. Were that all budding relationships came out this well. |
| Hollywood Report CardRoss AnthonyThis is one to put on your "to rent" video list. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliBerkowitz went to great trouble to stage, edit, and control certain aspects of his film so that it has a formulaic dramatic structure; one wonders why he didn't make the effort to present himself as a likable human being. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum20 Dates may be unpleasant to watch, but despite Berkowitz's icky manners and unwinning calculations, he does find true love. |
| Boxoffice MagazineJon Alon WalzHad the filmmaker gone the path of the true, entertaining, and unpretentious faux-documentary, the audience would have cheered our love-starved hero along his entire journey rather than restlessly waiting for a date to strangle him with a camera cable. |