Great Beginning and Ending, Boring Middle

Rating: 7/10 (13 February 2004)

The Latest from Adam Sandler is no Punch Drunk Love, but it's better than Happy Gilmore and is in the same vein as The Wedding Singer. In similar fasion to the latter, this movie stars Drew Barrymore as Sander's love interest, with a slight twist in the state of her character's short term memory.
This film has some great interaction between the two characters in their first few scenes, but eventually it disintegrates into predictable slop. I nearly fell asleep.

** MINOR SPOILER ALERT **

However, the ending of this movie redeemed much of its value. Instead of some magical resolution where Barrymore's character regains her memory ability and they live happily ever after, Sandler's character makes the decision to stay with his love even though her condition remains the same. That spoke volumes to me regarding true love... something that his former movies lacked even with a love story.