DVD 90 mins IMDB 6.6

In Collection
#242

Documentary

John August	Himself
Drew Barrymore	Herself
Stephanie Bedell	Herself
Sara Berkowitz	Drew Barrymore Lookalike
Allison Burnett	Himself
Sonya Dakar	Herself
Kerry David	Herself
George DelHoyo	Himself
Bill D'Elia	Himself
Corey Feldman	Himself
Dylan	Himself - Limo Driver
Eric Roberts
Brian Herzlinger

Director	Jon Gunn; Brian Herzlinger
Producer	Kerry David; Jon Gunn; Stephen Break; Brian Herzlinger

Clever and often funny, My Date with Drew is a kind of slapdash excuse for a documentary feature, albeit one with a few surprises. A 27-year-old aspiring filmmaker, Brian Herzlinger, wins $1,100 on a game show (where the winning answer happened to be "Drew Barrymore"), and decides to use it to make a film about his aspiration to ask Barrymore out on a date. Enlisting a few eager and bemused producers and directors as allies, Herzlinger goes through a self-improvement campaign--exercising, finding out what Barrymore likes--while also interviewing people who know her, including actor Eric Roberts and Charlie's Angels co-screenwriter John August. The tricky part, of course, is not giving anyone the impression that Herzlinger is just a sophisticated stalker, especially when he's busy wrangling invitations to celebrity parties so he can get near the object of his lifelong crush. The film runs a little low on steam in its second half, and the suggestion that the movie is really about the beautiful pursuit of a worthwhile dream, and not just a first-feature gimmick, gets a little precious. But My Date with Drew is certainly worth seeing for its conclusion. --Tom Keogh