Several reviewers have touted “Date Night” as a match made in comedy heaven, but the 90-minute romantic comedy felt more like some ridiculous circle of comedy hell. This particular circle of hell tormented unfortunate souls with a unique brand of base humor and grueling, awkward silences.

Of course Steve Carell is known for his awkward humor as the character Michael Scott on “The Office.” Twenty-two minutes is just enough screen time for Carell’s routine; after that it descends into uncomfortable stupidity.

Comedy is open to many forms, but Carell’s performance isn’t one of them. His entire repertoire in this film consisted of saying awkward, uncomfortable things until the audience laughed out of pure embarrassment. And at one point he exposed his nipple. That wasn’t funny either.

Tina Fey was far less than spectacular as well. Her generally wittier brand of comedy was overshadowed by Carell until she was reduced to little more than a supporting role, merely cast to provide Carell with another awkward wall to bounce off of.

The film is not redeemed by its plot line. The story is full of so many clichés that it is amazing it hasn’t been sued for some type of copyright infringement.

There is literally nothing good about “Date Night.” The four of the five funniest parts are in the free trailer, currently posted on YouTube. Watching that is all anyone needs to do.

Actually, it’s time for Hollywood to realize that they cannot and should not continue feeding viewers tripe like this. Steal this movie. Even if you weren’t planning on watching it, steal it. It’s so bad that it’s worth committing an international crime just to spite it. Yes, that bad.