Just go with an Adam Sandler film?

Rating: 4/10 (25 May 2020)

Adam Sandler films are an enigma I usually avoid with a passion.
This lazy rom-com has the usual conventions that apply to the genre.
The film is loosely based on the 1960s film Cactus Flower as Sandler plays a questionable plastic surgeon Danny who uses his female assistant Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) as his fake ex-wife to woo a young, good looking girlfriend Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) on a trip to Hawaii.
One lie evolves into another as Kathryn inadvertently takes a telephone call from one of her actual children whilst posing as Danny's wife. Quell they end up tagging along on the Hawaii trip.
Not that Aniston doesn't share those attributes. That is the problem and the outcome is so inevitable. Sandler falls for Aniston towards the film's conclusion.
Earlier I called Danny a questionable plastic surgeon. In that I meant he has poor medical ethics sharing patient's embarrassing health problems. So much for patient - doctor confidentiality!
Oh before I forget I must show horn Nicole Kidman into this review like she was in the film!
Kidman plays a character who was a bit of a bully to Kathetine at at school. A completely unnecessary addition to the cast. Which brings me to another one.
Annoying doesn't describe a High School buddy of Danny who tags along for the ride under the pretence of being Katherine's fiancé.
He wears thick lenses and sports an annoying accent which made me think why is he there?
Lazy 'comedy' I suppose but a film I won't be in a rush to view again. Maybe I will compare to 1969s Cactus Flower.