disgusting scheme, unreasonable lie, can't quite recover from bad start

Rating: 5/10 (5 October 2013)

Danny (Adam Sandler) has come up with a scheme to get rid of every girl he hooks up with by pretending to be married. Only the scheme backfires when his dream girl Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) mistakenly falls for the lie. In order to salvage his relationship, he recruits his assistant Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) to pretend to be his wife, and soon to be his ex.
This is a remake of Cactus Flower (1969). Adam Sandler comes off more of a douche than the original. The original was already douchy but that was another era. His womanizing scheme is disgusting which makes Danny a douche. The reason for the scheme is to avoid these single women who are all desperate to get married. Times have changed. The original lie to Palmer is unreasonable and really distracting. The whole thing starts off horribly. Brooklyn Decker is surprisingly good for a model turn actress. Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler have some good vicious dialog exchanges together. They could be in a fun standard rom-com together. But the movie never recovers from its bad start.