Shelved since 2007, Take Me Home Tonight is finally set to hit theaters this spring. We showed you its green band trailer in December, and now we offer this red band confection, which doesn’t promise more laughs – but hey, there’s swear words and boobs in this one!
Video courtesy of IGN (via Cinema Blend)
Synopsis: As the summer of 1988 winds down, three friends on the verge of adulthood attend an out-of-control party in celebration of their last night of unbridled youth. Take Me Home Tonight is a raunchy, romantic and ultimately touching blast from the past set to an awesome soundtrack of timeless rock and hip-hop hits. Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) should be working for a Fortune 500 company and starting his upward climb to full-fledged yuppie-hood. Instead, the directionless 23-year-old confounds family and friends by taking a part-time job behind the counter of a video store at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. But Matt’s silent protest against maturity comes to a screeching halt once his unrequited high school crush, Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer), walks into the store. When she invites him to an epic, end-of-summer party, Matt thinks he finally might have a chance with the girl of his dreams. With his cynical twin sister Wendy (Anna Faris) and best friend Barry (Dan Fogler of Good Luck Chuck), Matt embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime evening. From stealing a car to a marriage proposal to an indescribable, no-holds-barred dance-off, these friends share experiences that will change the course of their lives on one unforgettable night in the Go-Go ’80s.
While I’m a fan of Topher Grace, and am generally a sucker for ’80s-set shenanigans, this trailer seems to offer nothing new or terribly funny. Is it possible this one was better left on the shelf?
Take Me Home Tonight opens March 4, 2011.
What say you? Does this trailer packed with ’80s hits and popped collars have you pumped for the film’s release? Or does the large amount of attention paid to Fogler’s hammy antics make you want to steer clear of these retro festivities?