2 Tedious

Name : Two Night Stand
Cast : Miles Teller, Analeigh Tipton Jessica Szohr & Scott Mescudi
Direction : Max Nichols
Genre : Romantic comedy
Rating : *
Like : Nothing
UnLike : Script and direction

few decades ago there was a delightful romantic comedy called ‘Where Were You When the Lights Were Out?’ which dealt with that historic power failure in New York City. ‘Two Night Stand’ is also localed in the Big Bad Apple and here it is a snowstorm that halts the town but this one is a far cry from the earlier one and can hardly be mentioned it in the same breath. It is also an indication of the steep fall in Hollywood fare.

To begin with, cute Megan (Analeigh Tipton) is refused entry into a night club where her room-mate Faiza (Jesica Szohr) and her boy-friend Cedric (Scott Mescudi) visit. So she’s at a loose end and on a gut feeling decides to go on a blind date. The guy in question is an enigmatic banker Alec (Miles Teller).

But the date is quite a let-down. There’s too much of talk and little action. Alec very nearly tells Megan to “hold thy tongue and let me love.”

Lines like “women are most honest when they are faking it” and “guys like to do it with the lights on” are few and far between. Most of it is banal and boring thanks to Mark Hammer’s unimaginative script.

Director Max Nichols adds to this so-called romantic comedy by his sketchy handling. Analeigh Tipton and Miles Teller are, at best, passable but they share no chemistry for the romantic drama that the film is. And even though the fare is just 82 minutes long it seems unduly stretched.

Whatever acting talent there is must have fallen to the floor of the editing room. True it is a cast of unknowns but even unknowns later become big stars. Not these. Honest advice: Steer clear of this disaster.