 Frustrated that most of their work went unproduced, Friedberg and Seltzer chose to direct films based on their own scripts rather than sell them to other directors or producers from 2006's "Date Movie" onward.The duo have often been strongly criticized for their style of humor, regarded as lazily capitalizing on and mistaking passing trends, scatological humor, product placement, casual violence, titillation, negative stereotypes and fleeting pop culture references for jokes.Their work has often been nominated for Golden Raspberry Awards, though the two have never won one themselves.