Just go with it!

Rating: Null/10 (20 June 2013)

I like Adam Sandler movies. I like Jennifer Aniston romantic comedies. Or any movies she is in. I like movies where people try to deceive others.
So you know I'm going to like this one! I have just one complaint. I had to use my brain too much. It's too hard to keep up with all the lies.
But you know what they say. When you lie once, you have to tell ten times as many lies to cover up the first one. Here, one little white lie--okay, a big white lie--turns into many lies as new details have to be explained. Add in scheming kids who blackmail their fake Dad who has money, and a couple of unexpected developments, and the formula is complete chaos.
Adam Sandler is not a pathetic loser here. Well, he sort of is. Despite being on of the top plastic surgeons in Los Angeles, he can't get out of this jam he is in without spending a ton of money. And is it worth it? Well, Brooklyn Decker is gorgeous. And she looks great in a bikini. Plus she shows up in a towel and you hope it's going to come off. And it does. From the back. Even though it was FX, which allowed G.D. and the middle finger, nothing more was visible than one would see on broadcast TV. But it was a treat for a brief time. I only wish I had known who she was. I feel like I knew her when, as a local TV news reporter did a feature on this wholesome girl next door who happened to be a famous swimsuit model. As an actress, she is pleasant and a little on the bubblehead side, but as a teacher, the character has to be halfway intelligent.
But is the grass always greener on the other side? Don't people sometimes already have what they want without realizing it? Jennifer Aniston is also really good-looking despite her age. And she always has that great hair, regardless of the style. She even looks good with glasses. And what a body! I didn't know what to expect when she started taking off her clothes. And if you liked that, there's a hula scene which is a bonus.
But it's not just how she looks. She nearly always plays these intelligent characters who roll their eyes at what they have to put up with. She's the same type character here. Very appealing, and willing to do whatever it takes. And she might just be rewarded. Well, the expensive clothes and other perks are at least part of the reward.
I should mention that one scene that keeps this from being just a formula movie takes place between Devlin and Devlin (Yes, I have to say that her nemesis from college shows up--just as she uses the woman's name for Danny's fake wife). That's really all I can say. It's an unexpected situation and proof these characters can be more than stereotypes.
Oh, yes, about Devlin. Nicole Kidman does a wonderful job with a perpetually happy but often nasty character.
I don't know anything about Nick Swardson, and I'm still not quite sure who he is, but he somehow ended up in this mess torturing poor Katherine as her fake Eastern European boyfriend Dolph. I thought he was supposed to be Russian, but I'm not quite sure. Very over-the-top, when in character.
And what cute kids. Maggie is quite a schemer herself, and very proper English as "Kiki Dee". Or is that Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"? Very funny, regardless. Michael also manages to get what he wants in exchange for portraying "Bart", though he didn't quite think it through. One of his fantasies was Hawaii, so naturally this dysfunctional group ends up there, with entirely new fake story lines to present to others.
I've never been a fan of Dave Matthews, the singer or the actor. But the man who is both does a good job here as a pretentious inventor who expects the best of everything because, after all, he has money. And Devlin (the real one) just loves him.
So, will everyone end up with who they should? All this scheming results in some important realizations. But the question is whether those will lead to what should take place.
The result is a real winner.