Making fun of the 1980's, what a great idea.

Rating: 6/10 (22 July 2005)

Normally I'm not a fan of Adam Sandler. All the movies that I've seen from him so far didn't really do it for me or were just bad. That's the reason why I normally wouldn't have watched this movie, but because a few people told me that I should give it a try anyway, since this was definitely one of his better ones, I hoped for the best.
In this movie Adam Sandler plays the role of Robbie Hart, a man who sings the hits of the 1980's at weddings and other celebrations. He has seen many couples getting married and is prepared for everything when it's up to him to get married with his fiancée. But nothing could prepare him for what she does to him. She dumps him at the altar, making him loose all believe in true love. In the meantime he has also met Julia, a waitress at the events where he performs and with who he has become good friends. She too is about to marry, but has made the wrong choice of partner as well. The only problem is that she doesn't know it yet and Robbie doesn't know if he should tell her or not...
Although many jokes didn't really work very well for me, I still had a good time with this movie. I know that may sound a bit strange, but the main reason for that is because they made fun of one of the worst periods in pop history, the 1980's. The entire movie is situated in 1985 and you'll get to see several sidekicks dressed as Madonna, Boy George from the Culture Club,... but also other events like for instance the very first CD player. But what I probably liked most about this movie were the performances of Steve Buscemi as the drunk best man on one of the weddings and Drew Barrymore. And yes I admit it, I even appreciated Adam Sandler in this movie.
Overall this isn't a bad movie and Sandler certainly isn't as annoying as in his other movies. I'm not going to say that I would buy it, but if it is shown on TV again, I might give it another try. Sure the romantic stuff was sweet, but thanks to Drew Barrymore who played the perfect 'girl next door' in this movie, I was able to cope with that. I give this movie a 6.5/10.