the first good Adam Sandler film in a long time

Rating: 7/10 (6 January 2005)

This movie was much better than I expected. For once, Sandler isn't playing this over-the-top annoying character. His character, Henry, actually turns out to be very sweet. The movie is about how Henry must make a girl, Lucy, fall in love with him every day because she has short term memory loss, and her memory is wiped clean every night when she sleeps. Her dad and brother have devised an elaborate scheme to make her think it is the same day every day rather than tell her the truth every morning. Every once in a while she finds out the truth and is very upset till the next day when she has forgotten. Henry gets the idea to make a video for her to watch in the morning that tells her the truth. It helps her to get over the shock in the first couple of hours, then she has the rest of the day to live her life and can finally meet up with old friends.
Of course, we have the inevitable, I'm holding you back speech from Lucy and she wants Henry to stop seeing her. He agrees and decides to leave on his walrus research trip. Does he leave her behind? What do you think considering the type of film it is? Rob Schneider has a small role in this as Henry's buddy. He was good for some laughs, like when he talks about his wife or licks the coconut bra. And Sean Astin is Lucy's brother, who talks funny and is jacked up on roids. He was amusing.
FINAL VERDICT: I found this movie to just be entertaining and sweet. I recommend it for all.