Take Me Home Tonight

  • 2011


MOVIE IS challenging different directionless entertaining amiable
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37 %
28 % Rotten
$ 7 Million
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Positive Reviews 23
Negative reviews 32
Average Rating 2.4/5
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2.2
Like Cant Hardly Wait, its a curiously straight faced attempt to make an 80s comedy for an audience too young to remember the halcyon days of Alf. Av Club
4.5
Theres none of the popcorn awesomeness of the giddily goofy Independence Day or even the strident satire of Paul Verhoevens Starship Troopers. Austin Chronicle
1.5
This comedy scores points for its Eighties pop soundtrack and authentic wardrobe featuring big shoulder pads and skinny ties, but little else about it .. Austin Chronicle
4.5
A gifted comedienne, Faris is a bit underused as Wendy; after a couple solid early scenes, the movie doesnt fully exploit the potential comedic fricti .. Screen Daily
4.5
Fogler is, as always, outstanding and I remain convinced that hes destined to be a major star. Collider
1.9
Its in the bed of your rivals pickup truck.You decide one way to regain your self respect and win esteem in Toris eyes is to risk the challenge of the .. Rogerebert
2.0
It takes more than just the right clothes and soundtrack to imbue a flick with genuine Eighties spirit: though the leads click charmingly, this feels .. Telegraph
3.5
Watch most of the modern Hollywood movies made about the decade and youll assume it was a non stop cavalcade of leg warmers, Tab, and Ronald Reagan. Cinema Blend
1.9
Thats not a good reason to keep a movie out of circulation, but you kind of wish they had. Philly
1.0
Its not a total wash.Fariss ample talents are squandered with a should I stay or should I go romantic dilemma, but theres just enough of Demetri Marti .. Village Voice
1.9
Straight out of the 90s the Cant Hardly Wait tale of a guy who never confessed to his high school crush. Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
Like Richard Linklaters Dazed and Confused (1993) and George Lucass American Graffiti (1973), this is one of those coming of age comedies that centers .. Chicago Reader
3.1
The movies greatest weakness is that its just as difficult to get behind them. Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Take Me Home Tonight captures a moment in time with sly affection.You keep waiting for the engine to rev up, but its stuck on idle. Rolling Stone
2.0
Theres also no real reason for the film to be set in the 80s (apart from an excuse for an 80s heavy soundtrack) and it bottles out of some potentially .. View London
2.5
(Dont laughas cheesy as that 1998 teen flick may be, its an up to the minute snapshot of its era and has the kind of devoted generational following th .. Film Journal
3.0
Take Me Home Tonight is not a bad movie. In fact, its pretty good. Its just unnecessary. Az Central
3.1
I wish I could say the same for Grace, who deserves better than a microwaved John Cusack role like this. Boston
3.8
The movie is a winning rag bag of gags, combining fast paced physical shtick with a sharply clever script. Star Tribune
2.2
The jokey line is intended to be repeated, but that doesnt make it funnier or entertaining to listen to. Emanuellevy
1.0
The movie makes its points about ambition, life choices, individualism and conformity both raucously and with bludgeoning crudity. Guardian
3.5
Topher Grace and Teresa Palmer display a once in a career chemistry that, while not enough to elevate the film to greatness, does provide enough spark .. Reel Talk Reviews
3.5
I cant claim that Take Me Home Tonight, set in the summer of 1988, is much better than or different from the real (cheesy) thing, but it does possess .. Ew
1.5
It takes every chance to define itself as the decade love letter that it almost convinces itself that its a movie ripped from that decade. Cinema Crazed
3.0
Thanks to the fine casting and the earnest devotion to the old, all night party genre, the movie works its warm, funny magic and casts a spell thats b .. Common Sense Media
1.5
What You Should Be Watching: Cant Hardly Wait is one of the more recent additions to the genre that really stands the test of time. Movies
3.0
In the grand scheme of things, Take Me Home Tonight, directed by Michael Dowse, is hardly unforgettable, but it is an amiable diversion, kept afloat b .. Time
2.5
But ultimately, Take Me Home Tonight is too invested in the diminishing laughs to be found in juvenile behaviormirrored by the regressiveness of its f .. Slant Magazine
1.9
The mystery of Topher Graces film career, and why it isnt better, continues with Take Me Home Tonight. Chicago Tribune
4.0
Solid performances help a lot.Grace is, as usual, extremely likable as the flawed but decent lead, but with somewhat more depth and bile than his past .. Bullz-Eye
2.2
Take Me Home Tonight is thoroughly mediocre and forgettable, nor is it the trip down memory lane it thinks it is. Reeling Reviews
1.5
80s nostalgia as a thing is so ten years ago... just about the time that the 33 year old Topher Grace would have been the right age to play just out o .. Flickfilosopher
3.0
8 things to watch out for this week Feature Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta debuts on PS4, Monster Hunter World hits PC and Better Call Sau .. Total Film
1.0
This slip of a story never stands a chance of emerging though as director Michael Dowses aggressive approach to comedy utterly buries it. Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Take Me Home Tonight directed by Michael Dowse is a comedy about the 80s but its futility is timeless: In just about any decade it would be considered .. Hollywood
0.0
Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach. Tony Medley
2.0
In Take Me Home Tonight, Topher Grace is completely out of place and I mean in the actual movie, not just as the directionless MIT grad working at a v .. Los Angeles Times
3.8
Theres little doubt that Take Me Home Tonight benefits substantially from filmmaker Michael Dowses fast moving sensibilities, as the movie has been sa .. Reel Film
2.5
WHAT I DIDNT LIKE While this movie was fun to a degree, it felt too much like a rehashed independent film Ive seen a dozen times. 7M Pictures
3.0
Best Quote: Barry to Matt: Give yourself one night of enjoyment put a little relish on your hotdog..Best Bit: Chuckles, likable characters and an ace .. Mirror
3.8
Although the movie is occasionally quite funny, some of the better moments are actually the most serious and heartfelt. Three Movie Buffs
2.0
A purported comedy, it is severely lacking in laughs, originality, appealing characters and squanders the talents of Anna Faris and Topher Grace. Digital Spy
1.3
Doing that might actually be more fun than watching a dirge of a comedy like Take Me Home, which looks as authentically cruddy as most 80s teen flicks .. New York Post
2.5
The movie aspires to the aimless, dweeby cool of Adventureland but comes closer to the obnoxious, kinda raunchy but not funny naivete of Cant Hardly W .. Red Eye Chicago
4.4
Its an achievement harder than it seems.When accomplished, the experience can be miraculous. Dustin Put Man
2.0
That message apparently hasnt reached the makers of Take Me Home Tonight, a likable misfire of a comedy that revs its engines but never achieves lift .. Hollywood And Fine
2.5
Still, its not an altogether unpleasant motion picture, finding a sparkly decade vibe that provides some welcome eye candy, just little to no magnitud .. Brian Or Ndorf
1.9
Last year, we had the similarly plotted Hot Tub Time Machine, a comedy farce that hit all the same high notes while wallowing in the time period.In co .. Movie Crypt
3.0
Granted this film was made four years ago, but checking the ages of some of the actors like Fogler and Faris and Lucy Punch all acting ten years young .. ComingSoon
2.0
The jokes arent funny, the story doesnt make much sense and the film lacks originality, but there are amiable characters, good tunes and just enough m .. Shockya
2.0
Nowhere is this truer than in Take Me Home Tonight, a pleasant enough film that has absolutely no pizzazz whatsoever, entertaining largely off the bac .. Sky
1.9
And two, every last joke in the movie verbal gags, visual gags, musical cues, camera moves is crushingly literal. Chron
2.5
Instead its a gimmicky comedy that wants to appeal to the same demographic as The Wedding Singer with its similar 80s theme, but doesnt have the same .. Future Movies
2.2
This formulaic nerd gets the hottie fairy tale is embellished with all manner of wackiness stolen cars! Nicks Chager
3.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh .. New York Time Out
2.5
Grace and Palmer do have a bit of chemistry, but not enough to bring this collection of hackneyed elements to life. Illinois Times
0.0
Well any excuse to keep this film from hitting theaters would be a good one. Kpbs
4.0
But cut beneath the jovial laughs and 80s gags, and theres a very deep and emotionally challenging film at the heart of this story. Blu Ray Ign
2.0
At least this is a proper 15 and much less pernicious than a romcom like Something Borrowed which unexpectedly delivers a full on, four letter word in .. Birmingham Mail
3.0
Topher Grace and Teresa Palmer display a once in a career chemistry that, while not enough to elevate the film to greatness, does provide enough spark .. Franks Reel Reviews
2.2
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1.5
This is all fine: The One Big Last Party plot is a thin one, but can work as a clothesline for jokes and surface sentimentality, like in the underrate .. Yahoo Movies
2.0
Topher Grace plays the directionless hero, Matt, a bright university graduate now working in a video store who pretends hes a rich banker to woo his h .. Daily Express
3.5
But if you like films from that era, youll be laughing your ass off. She Knows



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