Interesting romantic comedy.

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2014)

This is an interesting romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Henry Roth (Sandler) is a worker at a Hawaiian ocean park and meets Lucy Whitmore (Barrymoore) in a local restaurant one day. They both get to know each other and feel a relationship forming but, the following day, Lucy does not recall meeting Henry. He later discovers that Lucy suffers from short term memory loss resulting from an accident and can't remember each individual day, meaning she does the same things every day.
While many romantic comedies have the same story development and formulas (dating, falling in love, breaking-up, getting back together, etc.), this movie actually has a unique and interesting story line. It is astonishing to see the different types of memory loss people actually suffer like Lucy's - living each day only to forget what she did yesterday and relives the same routine events again. There is also a patient depicted in this film where his memory only lasts 10 seconds - astounding.
It is pretty exciting to see Henry try to win Lucy's heart over and over again even though she forgets him the next day, and it is exciting to see all the lengths he goes through to win her heart despite her short-term memory loss. This gives the film a pretty entertaining plot and storyline.
The acting wasn't bad and I especially liked the Marlin Whitmore character (Blake Clark) - witty and no-nonsense. I also liked the Hawaiian setting, giving it a fresh, carefree and bright atmosphere and the ending's song (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's version of "Over the Rainbow") was a fitting piece of music for the film - sadness, yet hopeful in a huge horizon).
Overall, an unique romantic comedy that will surely entertain.
Grade B+