Why you should and shouldn't see Just Go with It

Rating: Null/10 (3 October 2011)

Katherine (Aniston) is plastic surgeon Danny's longtime assistant, who agrees to help Danny to deceive Palmer, and of course it gets complicated. When the web of lies expands to include Katherine's children, her daughter Maggie (Madison), who wants to be an actress, sees it all as a fun exercise in improv. This adds another, entertaining level to the premise: what if the Whose Line Is It Anyway comedians had to fool an audience member into thinking the sketch was real? Members of Just Go With It's makeshift acting troop slip up or make ill-considered choices, and the others are forced to accept the challenge and "just go with it" in order to keep their increasingly intricate collaborative work of fiction from contradicting itself. I didn't laugh out loud, but I suspect I was as amused as most people are when they disingenuously type "lol" online.
Sandler's affinity for children (he has two) shows in his scenes with his two young cast mates, and Aniston is charming, as she's been in every role in which I've seen her. The romantic side of this romantic comedy keeps to the usual template, for the most part, but I knew that going in, and the same old thing is done well.
Why you should see it: You like sweet fluff, when it's done fairly well.
Why you shouldn't see it: You fear cinematically-induced diabetes. You were hoping for a heartbreaking death scene or a horrific murder.
--from my review at www.1man365movies.com