Slightly more charming than most Sandler pic's, but that's not saying much.

Rating: 6/10 (17 May 2008)

Adam Sandler is known for making goofy comedies, where he acts silly, and rude, and somehow this still charms the viewing public. I've come to realize the likability of Sandler's character does not make his movies any better, considering his most likable character was in "Little Nicky" and that was a terrible picture. However, he is slightly more likable here, than in most of his other movies, and though this is a dumb, and not extremely funny comedy, it has a charm to it, somewhat from him, but more from Drew Barrymore who plays a good lead to level out Adam's goofiness.
Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is a player, and constantly gets with women, only to lie to them to get out of the relationship. One day, when eating breakfast, he meets a girl named Lucy (Drew Barrymore) who he falls for. He soon comes to realize that she has only a short term memory from an accident she had, and she forgets everything after the accident after every day. He tries to win her over everyday, and mildly amusing comedy ensues.
As I've mentioned already, Adam Sandler was okay in this one, but nothing special for him. His character is better than in some of his films, but it's still his typical smart Alec jerk. Drew Barrymore is sweet and works well with Sandler, but she doesn't bring anything huge to the project. Her father is played by gravely voiced Blake Clark, and her brother is played by Sean Astin who has gone from a hobbit to a steroid junkie with a lisp, and both of these actors are good. Rob Schnieder plays Sandler's friend who works with him at the zoo, and he can be pretty annoying, but he makes little kids laugh. Finally, there's Dan Aykroyd who's in this for some reason playing the doctor that helps Lucy. He's not in much of it, and his jokes are pretty stupid.
This is slightly above most of Sandler's other films, but it still only manages to reach mediocrity.
My rating: ** 1/2 out of ****. 100 mins. PG-13 for language, crude and sexual humor.