My Date with Drew

Brian Herzlinger brings us his story in this documentary, that of a broke and with no job 27 year old Jewish young man from New Jersey who after winning $1100 on a game show, saw it as a sign that the winning answer was Drew Barrymore, whom he's had a crush on ever since he saw her in E.T. back in the second grade, that he decided to get his friends Jon and Brett, get a videocamera from Circuit City, go to California to pursue his dream in less than 30 days, and document everything in My Date with Drew. Why 30 days? because that's when the return policy from Circuit City will end for the camera they bought, and so they'll get their money back. Note for all those out there thinking about doing the same as Brian though, you'll have to buy a camera this time because Circuit City changed their return policy ever since the movie got released.

Brian and his friends do everything they can to meet Drew Barrymore, a huge movie star unreachable for the common man, so they decide to use all of their contacts and using the six degrees of separations, get to her or someone who can get Brian to her so he can ask her out on a date. She's dating someone though, and during the movie we learn (through the tabloids of course) that she's also getting married, but Brian doesn't want a relationship with her, he just wants a date.
The six degrees of separation take the 3 friends to people who know people who know Drew, but also to people that have actually in contact with her like her stylist, and even bigger like John August who wrote the Charlie's Angels movies, and Corey Feldman who dated Drew a long time ago. And they all think Brian can do it and encourage him to continue his quest.

Brian is very enthusiastic and energetic, and just a normal good guy. He does make sure that he doesn't come out as a stalker though, so nothing like go driving around her house or go knocking on her family's door. He does meet one of Drew's first cousins who's met Drew in then past cause they're family, but she doesn't know her at all.

It's great because we really get compenetrated in the journey, and I found myself smiling happy whenever he was would get closer to meet Drew, and even when he hired a Drew look alike so he could see how would the date be in case it ever happened. And it does eventually, and I think is no spoiler to say so because the movie wouldn't have been released if they hadn't met.
But yes, emotions are high and I was almost crying when Brian finally meets her at the Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle after party, and what they do to get to that party is great.
And so Brian meets her, but just a 'nice to meet you' as if he were a nobody of course, because Drew doesn't know anything about Brian's documentary, and he doesn't have the camera at the party of course, so we just to the meeting on the cell phone. Brian can't mention anything about it either because that could freak her out.
So there's a lot more after the party, all ending with Brian and Drew finally having a date at which point I was so happy for him as if he were my best friend in the world.

Drew Barrymore once said "If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul.", and those words inspired Brian to make this crazy attempt to fulfill his dream, it's great that he succeeded. My Date with Drew is very fun, engaging and full of good hearted people. And is inspiring too, so maybe I'll try it myself to make my dream come true of meeting Julia Roberts one day.