Illogical, predictable and another step downward in the once great comedic career of Adam Sandler.

Rating: 5/10 (21 March 2011)

'JUST GO WITH IT': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
Another generic Adam Sandler vehicle, this one teaming Sandler with Jennifer Aniston and re-teaming him with director Dennis Dugan (who also directed 'HAPPY GILMORE', 'BIG DADDY', 'I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY', 'YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN' and 'GROWN UPS'). It's written by Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling and based on a 1969 film called 'CACTUS FLOWER' which was based on a Broadway stage play and a French play. It tells the story of a womanizing plastic surgeon (Sandler) who convinces his loyal assistant (Aniston) to pretend to be his wife for the weekend in order to deceive a young woman (Brooklyn Decker) he's trying to win over. The story is illogical, predictable and another step downward in the once great comedic career of Adam Sandler.
Sandler plays Danny Maccabbee, a once 'funny looking' goof who turned to plastic surgery (in order to fix his own problems with attracting ladies) twenty years earlier when his fiancée broke his heart on their wedding day. He also learned the clever art of deception and tricking women into thinking he's unhappily married (by wearing a wedding ring) in order to attract sympathy sex. After meeting a women half his age, named Palmer, and falling for her he talks his assistant, Katherine Murphy, into playing the part of his abusive wife who he says he's divorcing. Then when Palmer discovers Katherine has kids Danny idiotically tells her their his and has to carry on the charade for an entire Hawaiian trip vacation (with Katherine's family).
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston are both talented and funny actors but they do an extremely poor job of picking roles. Here they're both funny in places and have some chemistry but the script is too poorly written for either to do too much of anything impressive with. Anniston has always been known for doing work far beneath her talents but Sandler used to make funny movies, once upon a time. Now everything he does is so formulaic and forced (a lot like TV sitcoms) and lacking of any originality or witty humor whatsoever. They do always do well at the box office though and it's good in today's economy to see the rich keep getting richer. The film's one saving grace is a nice supporting turn from Nicole Kidman though who surprisingly makes the movie a little more watchable. All in all it's about what anyone should expect from an Adam Sandler stock comedy.
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