At times pretty hilarious

Rating: 6/10 (4 May 2004)

This rom-com cross between Memento, Goodbye Lenin and Groundhog Day works pretty well, although the ending was a bit of a downer...
Henry (Sandler) is a womanizer (hard to imagine, I know), who only has one night stands and then leaves the woman whomever he's with. But one day, he falls in love with the local Lucy (Barrymore) when they meet up in a cafe having breakfast. They hit it off and agree to meet again the next morning, but things take a turn from here on.
It turns out Lucy has lost her short-term memory after an accident, and can remember exactly one day. Every day she thinks it's her father's birthday, and her father and brother work with it so things won't upset her. It's a good excuse to eat a birthday cake every day I guess...
So every day Henry has to conquer Lucy again, and in the meanwhile gets to know her pretty well (comparable to Bill Murray in Groundhog Day). He eventually makes a tape with the 'highlights' of her life she has to see first thing every morning.
At a time, it looks like the romance won't work because of all this trouble, but too bad the writers decided to let it have a happy ending after all...
50 First Dates surely is a fun movie though, with some funny situations, in particular with an old, cynic guy in the cafe. He's hilarious! Oh and funny part by Rob Schneider as well. Better than I expected, that's for sure. 6/10.