Drew and Adam are likable, but this movie isn't

Rating: Null/10 (10 March 2004)

50 First Dates (2004) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Blake Clark, D: Peter Segal. Sandler plays a genuinely sweet guy: a fish veterinarian in Hawaii (if you can believe that one) who has a real aversion for commitment. That all changes after he meets a pretty art teacher (Barrymore), but when he finds himself falling in love with her, he's shocked to discover she has short-term memory loss after a past car accident. Now that she only remembers the memories that took place before the crash, he figures he'll try to keep getting her to fall in love with him every time they meet-which is every day. It's a sweet, far-out premise and Drew and Adam work with the chemistry they had in THE WEDDING SINGER, but the juvenile gags linking to vomit, body parts, and androgynies make the cloying sentimentality standard Sandler. Running Time: 96 minutes and rated PG-13 for crude sexual humor and drug references. **