Take Me Home Tonight

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Take Me Home Tonight

R

2011

1h 29m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead, he rebels against maturity by taking a job at a video store. Matt rethinks his position when his unrequited high-school crush, Tori (Teresa Palmer), walks in and invites him to an end-of-summer party. With the help of his twin sister (Anna Faris) and his best friend (Dan Fogler), Matt hatches a plan to change the course of his life.

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Critics Consensus

It has a charming sweetness about it, but Take Me Home Tonight is neither funny nor original enough to live up to the comedies it evokes.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Pap in service of wistfulness about a time period now thoroughly mocked to death.

Rated: C-

Sep 12, 2011

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Philip French

Guardian

Not a journey to the end of the night that I'd recommend.

May 15, 2011

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Robbie Collin

News of the World

This 1980s-set comedy was shot in 2007 and has been sitting on the shelf ever since. The damn thing's so old it's almost retro twice over.

Rated: 2/5

May 14, 2011

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

"Take Me Home Tonight" isn't anything original. However, that doesn't stop the movie from having some big laughs and a certain charm that does actually make you nostalgic for this kind of film.

Rated: B-

Jul 13, 2020

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John Hanlon

Big Hollywood

This unfunny comedy isn't worth leaving home for.

Rated: 0.5/5

Jun 30, 2013

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Will Leitch

Deadspin

Just a standard, dull pseudo-teen comedy that just happens to take place in the '80s.

Rated: D

Jun 23, 2013

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Chad W

Although a bit problematic in this current social climate, this is a really good movie. Especially if you grew up in the 80s, they nailed it. And the soundtrack is a banger.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/31/25

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Hayleigh P.

This was a lot better than I thought it was. I wish the girl had seen her college letter though, her pos boyfriend lied when she actually did get in.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/21/25

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Stephen C

Unfunny in 1 hour and 29 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $6,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Michael B

Not funny. A waste of a good amount of talent. The story is as blah as you expect it to be, with repellent elements added in to make it worse. Imagine if they had someone who could actually write a good script? But they didn't.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Stuart O

The scores here are appalling. This movie is a glorious rom-com w early Chris Pratt and Topher Grace and this amazing cast just bringing it. Couldn’t love it more.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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Smackie u

I really wanted this to be good. I loved everyone in it. But it's was just...crap..

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/26/25

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Synopsis

Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead, he rebels against maturity by taking a job at a video store. Matt rethinks his position when his unrequited high-school crush, Tori (Teresa Palmer), walks in and invites him to an end-of-summer party. With the help of his twin sister (Anna Faris) and his best friend (Dan Fogler), Matt hatches a plan to change the course of his life.

Director: Michael Dowse
Producer: Ryan Kavanaugh, James Whitaker, Sarah Bowen
Screenwriter: Jackie Filgo, Jeff Filgo
Distributor: Relativity Media
Production Co: Rogue Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 4, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 18, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.9M
Runtime: 1h 29m

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