I am guessing most of you are completely unaware that there is a new movie out called Internet Dating. This movie was a straight to DVD release and I am also guessing that you will have a hard time trying to find it. This film tries and fails miserably in its attempt to portray the internet dating world. The movie is based on the site “hitusup.com” which, sadly, is available for sale through godaddy.com. That in itself speaks volumes about the movie as the producers didn’t even bother to register the domain for any type of internet promotion.

I was expecting the movie to show more about what it would be like to either run a dating service or actually use one. This movie fails utterly in both departments.

Internet Dating stars Katt Williams, a fairly well known standup comedian, and Master P who, among many things, has built a rather large record empire. In fact Master P was once on Forbes Top Ten Celebrity annual income list with an income over 50 million dollars in one year. Master P also had a short career in the NBA before becoming a musical and entertainment entrepreneur. His career success and the generous amount of philanthropic projects he is in involved in makes you really wonder what he was thinking when he decided to be a part of this movie. He was the producer of this film and I really question whether or not he actually viewed one single screening. Had he done so my guess is he would have cancelled the project.

On top of what I already said about this film, it insults in many other areas. Women are referred to as “bitches” so right off the bat they lose most of the female market; really smart guys! Then there are the annoying cartoon captions that remind you of the 1960’s Batman shows with Adam West. I am also sure that there was no script and if there was it was written as though it was improv and very poorly at that. The guys from “Whose Line Is It Anyway” could have easily made a 60 minute movie about online dating that would have made more sense and of course have been much more amusing. Then there is the sub shop were the majority of the characters work. During this entire film, even though they are constantly making sandwiches, there isn’t even one single customer that comes through the door.

I don’t write screenplays for a living and normally, regardless of whether I like movie or not, I do have some respect for the talent and time it take to put a screenplay together. That being said I’m positive that in my spare time I could easily put together something much more interesting than this horrible film. Avoid this movie like the plague and save yourself the 70 minutes that the movie internet dating stole from me.