Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- awkward
- tense
- date night
- friends night
What critics said
Limited audience ratings indicate a mildly positive response to the film's unusual romantic hostage premise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The first date becomes a hostage situation, forcing the two men to reveal themselves under pressure.
The premise fuses a first-date romance with a hostage predicament rather than treating either element as a separate subplot.
The protagonists are meeting for the first time when an extreme predicament turns ordinary dating anxiety into shared crisis.
Films like A Very, Like, Crazy Date, and why
Date Night
Shares romantic comedy, escalating danger, and comic relationship friction during an unexpectedly disastrous evening.
The Ref
Combines hostage-crisis tension with irreverent comedy and strained interpersonal intimacy.
The Overnight
Uses awkward romantic chemistry, social discomfort, and escalating situational comedy to explore an unusual first encounter.
Movie Details
- Director
- Tim Kamps
- Release Date
- 2025-12-10
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
Cast
- Tobias Kersloot
- Yuani Blindenburg
- Laura Bakker
- Yannick van de Velde
- Kiefer Zwart
- Daniel Cornelissen
- Jacob Derwig
- Bas Hoeflaak
- René van 't Hof
- Bianca Krijgsman
Common questions
- What is A Very, Like, Crazy Date about?
- A disastrous first date becomes an unexpectedly intimate survival test when two men are caught in a hostage crisis.
- What is A Very, Like, Crazy Date like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Very, Like, Crazy Date as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is A Very, Like, Crazy Date violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in A Very, Like, Crazy Date as mild.
- What did critics think of A Very, Like, Crazy Date?
- Limited audience ratings indicate a mildly positive response to the film's unusual romantic hostage premise.
- Which films are like A Very, Like, Crazy Date?
- Films with a similar feel include Date Night, The Ref, and The Overnight.
- How long is A Very, Like, Crazy Date?
- A Very, Like, Crazy Date runs 77 minutes.
