SO much better than The Wedding Planner

Rating: 9/10 (21 January 2004)

This one should raise a few eyebrows. The one film I've seen that justifies Adam Sandler's existence (Ok, I raised the occasional chuckle at Happy Gilmore), the joy of this film is the way it revels in the 1980s. As I have a huge soft spot for the films of that era, I play right into this film's hands. Pleasingly, the 80s theme doesn't rest on references to Rubik cubes, Dallas etc - it is also mirrored in the film's structure, which is every inch a cheesy eighties romantic comedy, down to the air-bound finale. Oh, and Billy Joel shows up at the end for a genius cameo. Yes, there's a rapping granny in it. But sometimes bad gimmicks happen to good movies.