Written
by the people behind That
’70s Show, this late-’80s-set tale takes
place over one night in the lives of several recent college
grads/former high school classmates (Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan
Fogler and Teresa Palmer, an emerging Australian actress who has a
striking resemblance to Kristen Stewart) who are trying to decide
what to do with their lives.
Michael Dowse makes his feature
directorial debut with a cliche-ridden coming-of-age comedy that is
content to rip off a variety of like-minded ’80s cinematic touchstones — from
the far more involving films of John Hughes to Say
Anything to Fast
Times at Ridgemont High — rather
than to do or say anything remotely new or interesting (though the
Belushi-lite Fogler is amusingly committed as a coke-fueled
whirlwind). Take
Me Home Tonight,
which opens with a shot of a boombox
playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” and closes with a lame
cover of “Don't You Want Me,” douses itself in period detail but
fails to put forth compelling, fully-fleshed characters. Grade: D
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