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Directed by | Lorena David |
Written by | Jeff Schectman |
Produced by | Mark Roberts |
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Cinematography | Sonja Rom |
Edited by | Lorena David |
Music by | Scott Gilman |
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Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million |
Extreme Dating is a 2004 American crime romantic comedy film directed by Lorena David, written by Jeff Schectman, and starring Devon Sawa, Amanda Detmer, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Andrew Keegan, Ian Virgo, Meat Loaf, Lee Tergesen, John DiMaggio, and Meagen Fay. The film follows four friends who contrive dangerous accidents in order to find romantic partners and accidentally hire ex-convicts for a planned kidnapping.
Four friends in their 20s create dangerous scenarios in order to find romantic partners after one of them meets a girl during a skiing accident. They accidentally hire ex-convicts for a planned kidnapping scheme that they believe will find them dates.
Filming took place in Big Bear City, California, as well as Malibu and at Universal Studios Hollywood. [1]
In November 2003, Franchise Pictures acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Extreme Dating. The film was released in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2004. [2]
Christopher Null of Filmcritic.com gave the film a negative review, criticizing its "tired, insulting plot" and "quickie production values," and stating that the film "should have earned the Lampoon seal of mediocrity." [3]