Extreme Movie

Rating: 7/10 (7 June 2004)

This is an extreme movie in multiple respects.
First, the general plot idea is extremely good. This could have been one of the most charming love movies ever.
Second, Drew Barrymore is extremely ideal for her character here, extremely charming, kind and funny.
And third, all this gets extremely wasted. For the script is full of tasteless jokes, and the male half of the twosome is designed to be the greatest possible a***. The only thing one really wants after a while is to see him die a very painful death.
To make that disaster even more complete, Sean 'Samwise Gamgee' Astin plays a stupid bodybuilder here, who gets kicked in the ass by everyone, including his own father.
To me, it looks as if the people making this movie tried to create something like a second 'There's something about Mary'. But in that movie one liked Ted, Mary's admirer, or Warren, Mary's brother, and the Farrelly brothers where great to walk on the slim line between good and tasteless jokes. In 50 First Dates however, one hates the admirer, the brother is a cause for sadness and the jokes make you feel sick.