Date with Love

Date with Love, in the US on fuboTV and Philo, does something a lot of comedies forget to: it's consistently funny. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. 115 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Shenae Grimes-Beech leads a cast with real comic timing. Start it on fuboTV whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Date with Love arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Date with Love gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. When a boy’s video to a female star goes viral, it scores him a date with his celebrity crush to the prom. Complications arise when the famous starlet falls for the boy’s small-town teacher. Shenae Grimes-Beech and Andrew W. Walker lead a cast with the timing to make it work. It hit screens in 2016. What keeps Date with Love from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, Date with Love is a strong candidate. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Shenae Grimes-Beech's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

Date with Love was released in 2016, directed by Ron Oliver. The full 84-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.