"20 Dates" is an often funny, always engaging romantic comedy filmed in a documentary format concerning the plight of first-time director Myles Berkowitz to find that special someone by going on twenty dates with twenty different women. Berkowitz proves to be a likable protagonist, and the unexpectedly close relationship that evolves between an aspiring interior designer named Elisabeth and he may be one of the most involving, warm-hearted romances on film in 1999. Sultry actress Tia Carrere ("Wayne's World") briefly appears as Berkowitz's final "date."

©1999 by Dustin Putman