December 27, 2005

Are You Sure?

so i'm at blockbuster returning The 40 Year Old Virgin and my first choices for new movies were all taken. sitting on the shelf was a flick called "My Date With Drew" and i figured, hey... she's easy on the eyes and i tend to like her movies so i pick it up and go to check out. i'm telling the clerk which movie i'm checking in and as i hand him this new movie i say that this is the one i'm checking out. he takes a look and asks "are you sure?".

uuummmmmm...... yeah. have you seen it?

"no", he replies and notes that there are so many of them on the shelves for a new movie and it doesn't get check out a lot. this left me a little uneasy -- hoping i hadn't picked up a dud. the girls will like it i figured, so all would not be lost.

for the record i liked this movie. actually, it was more of a documentary where this guy really was trying to get a date with drew barrymore and under the circumstances he was working, it made for a compelling tale.

If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul.
-- Drew Barrymore

---- do not read on if you don't want any spoilers ----

first a couple of links -- the website he used to get some visibility is http://mydatewithdrew.com/ and then there is the imdb link.

in case you were wondering, yes ... he did finally get that date. i was particularly amused at that footage. the guy, brian herzlinger, definitely seems like a nice guy with all the things most women would look for -- attractive, witty, charming, and down to earth. he was very self-conscious about a possible meeting and even set up a "test date" with a drew look-a-like and was clearly uncomfortable and awkward. this was later see to a lesser degree when he managed to get into a movie premier party (fake press passes) and had difficulty in working up the courage to just say hello.

back to the date... that all went out the window and he seemed to immediately connect with drew. in fact they seemed quite similiar to each other in the way they got excited about things. very amusing to see especially after seeing all the angst up to that point.

it took more than the planned 30 days (which was set by the length of circuit city's return policy on video cameras) but it seems he made it under his $1,100 budget (windfall from a gameshow).

i definitely put this in the must see category and score it 4 of 5 stars.

Posted by ac at December 27, 2005 05:34 PM