A RomCom with actual romance and comedy

Rating: 8/10 (19 July 2019)

Look, I'm a 40something year old dude. I don't do RomComs, which is probably why I'm just now seeing it for the first time...15 years after its release.
This might be the happiest and saddest movie I may have ever seen. Not gonna lie...I teared up a couple times and I laughed a lot, too. Somehow Adam Sandler (Henry) manages to be incredibly believable in his devotion to Lucy. Oddly enough, one of the only other RomComs I've ever enjoyed in my life was The Wedding Singer. That was a more typical Sandler movie, but he and Barrymore definitely seem to have some sort of on screen chemistry that makes their characters feel more real and that is felt abundantly throughout this movie.
There were a few times throughout where the movie felt like it might slip back to the "usual" romcom story and also a few jokes that are typical for Sandler, but all in all, I didn't feel like I was watching a romcom or Sandler...I was simply watching a pretty good movie that hit across the emotional spectrum. Really well done overall.