Sweet story stuffed behind puke and Rob Schnieder

Rating: 5/10 (15 February 2004)

50 First Dates
50 First Dates marks the on screen reunion of Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler who co-starred in The Wedding Singer. In this one, Sandler plays a Hawaiian aquarium worker who has a propensity for showing single female tourists a good time during their visits. Barrymore is a local who has no short term memory. They fall in love, but with one catch, it has to happen for the first time every day.
I am somewhat split on my opinion of this one. The problem is that the story is sweet and almost compelling, but is veiled behind a combination of toilet humor, sex jokes and Rob Schneider. The only thing that got a legitimate laugh out of me was the character of Sean Astin. Both Barrymore and Sandler are in fine form and do a good job of making the love story authentic, but in my opinion cannot save this film from its far from effective juvenile comedy.
Over all grade: 5