20 Dates

Jan 1, 1998

1h 27m

★ 5.0

A comedy so real you'll think it's fiction.

Overview

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?

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Phoenician Films

Fox Searchlight Pictures

20th Century Fox

20 Dates Trailers

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Cast

Herself

Tia Carrere

Elisabeth

Elisabeth Wagner

The Agent

Richard Arlook

Himself

Robert McKee

Voice of the Producer (voice)

Elie Samaha

Myles

Myles Berkowitz

Self

Julie McCullough

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