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50 First Dates (Widescreen Edition)

50 First Dates (Widescreen Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Favorite adam sandler movie
Review: it was really good it was'nt stupilike i thought it was going to be i found it very enjoyable rob shneider was hillarious lot ofunny parts its the best ever then 2happy gilmore 3Billy madison 4little nicky 5wedding singer 6waterboy 7Bigdaddy
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best movie!
Review: This was a great movie, it was hilarious! Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler did a great job and it was full of surprises and the comedy didn't die down. I loved it!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN!
Review: When the humor of Adam Sandler works, it's a mildly pleasing variety, but when it fails, boy does it fall splat on its face. 50 First Dates, sadly, would belong squarely into the latter category if not saved occasionally by the bustling Barrymore.

The theme is based on a doozy and marginally original romantic premise -- a marine biologist (Sandler) in Hawaii has to give up his casanova ways when he falls in love with a beautiful young woman (Barrymore) suffering an extreme syndrome of short-term memory loss.

Somewhere in its heart, the movie wants to be a touching and structurally innovative love story -- something on the order of "Memento" meets "Groundhog Day" meets "Titanic."

But the writing and screenplay are nowhere near spiffy enough to get this thing going and the stars don't have the substance to seduce us into accepting its premise as anything more than an overlong and never-very-funny "Saturday Night Live!" sketch.

And whatever credibility the movie achieves as a whimsical romance is regularly smothered by the usual barrage of Sandler-movie jokes about important matters like vomit, bathroom, genitalia, etc.

Recommended rental when the DVD makes its rounds, if you are a diehard Sandler or Barrymore fan. Little else to say about this forgettable fare.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not as bad as I thought it would be...
Review: Adam Sandler movies are hit and miss, though lately I've been much more impressed with his choices! I really enjoyed Punch Drunk Love and since I loved the Wedding Singer, I decided to give 50 First Dates a shot. It was better than I was expecting after reading so many horrible reviews on Rotton Tomatoes, but not nearly as good as some of his other movies.

The basic storyline is Adam Sandler plays Henry Roth, a vet for marine animals in Hawaii who tends to woo tourists so that he never has to settle down. He dreams of taking his boat to Alaska to study walruses and one day while taking his boat for a 'test drive' it breaks down and he gets stuck on another part of the island waiting for someone to come tow it. He stops in a diner where he meets Lucy (Drew Barrymore). He really likes her and they make plans to meet again the next day. The next day she has no clue who he is, and that's when he finds out that she suffered brain damage in an accident a year before and has no short term memory. Every night when she goes to sleep, it erases everything that happened that day. Every morning she wakes up thinking it's the exact same day.

I love the chemistry beween Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, the two of them are fun to watch together. Once they met and started romancing, the movie got much better. The scenes that were unbearably bad were some with the supporting actors, especially the absolutely terrible character, Alexa I think was her name, that was Henry's assistant at work (the horrible mannish looking woman with braids). The scenes with her were just awful and I would probably have given this movie another star if not for that.

A couple side characters that were really funny were Rob Schneider as Ula, who was funny - though his five kids really stole the show. Also, Sean Astin (Samwise in Lord of the Rings) had a part as Lucy's steroid-using brother with a lisp and he was pretty funny as well. Dan Aykroyd played Lucy's doctor and though his part was small, he had some of the funniest lines in the movie!

Overall, I thought it was a funny movie. I especially like the ending, since I was expecting a cop-out Hollywood ending and didn't get it. ;) Despite some really bad scenes in the beginning, the movie turns around and becomes a heart-warming love story between Henry and Lucy which I thoroughly enjoyed. I do recommend seeing it, but I definitely think the Wedding Singer is by far a superior movie with the same lead actors. :)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: cute
Review: i loved this moovie. i am usually the first to see movies out of my family but my brothers saw this and said it was hilarious. this movie is hilarious but it is also cute. thumbs up dudes and females.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Saturday Night Live Meets Oliver Sachs
Review: I expected little from this movie but it ended up being quite a sweet and funny movie. Adam Sandler plays an animal vet trying to win the heart of Drew Barrymore, a brain-damaged woman who wakes up each day forgetting the previous one. Each day Sandler's character woos Barrymore's character with surprisingly amusing stunts like pretending to be a kidnap victim so Barrymore's character will pull off to the side of the road and help him out...the jokes are vintage SNL. But the heart of the movie is the love story between Sandler's and Barrymore's characters that is reminiscent of a casefile from neuropsychologist Oliver Sachs. Sachs writes about true stories of people with severe brain damage who exhibit bizarre symptoms...such as the man who mistook his wife for a hat...which is also the title of one of his books. The supporting cast, consisting of Sandler's SNL buddy Rob Schneider as well as Barrymore's character's father and brother, are immensely amusing. Overall, the movie is certainly worth the seven or eight bucks to get into the theatre...especially if you go with friends...that way you can laugh together.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ten Stars!
Review: If I could give this movie ten stars...I would. I expected this to be a cute movie, but it was so much more than that. It shows Adam Sandler in a touching, but still quirky role. Drew Barrymore is amazing as Lucy. This love story will make you laugh and cry and laugh again (because it has to...it's an Adam Sandler movie!).

I don't want to tell too much of the plot, but just know that it is a great movie and they are a great pair onscreen. It's a must-see, must-own movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: the best romantic comedy of the year by far
Review: the only thing i need to say, is that if you're planning to see a great movie any time soon, see this one. i promise you, any disappointment is beyond impossible. this movie is so sweet and refreshing, not to mention funny. drew barrymore was flawless, as adam sandler and rob shneider once again show their remarkable talent of keeping you smiling throughout the entire picture. i left the movie teary eyed and ready to get back in line to see it again. i give it 5 stars and 2 thumbs up! bravo

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Sandler and Barrymore equals stupid movie.
Review: I have seen some miscast movies lately but this one really takes the cake, I'm not sure what is more annoying. Sandler's terrible jokes, Barrymore being endlessly annoying, or the lack of direction this movie has, but this is often the case when you have no script to begin with.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: best comedy i seen in years
Review: I don't understand how anyone who likes to laugh can rate this but 5 stars. It is one of the funniest movies i seen lately. It is not a sily comedy but a well written script.


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