Product: 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition) (2004)
Rating: 3.0
Not a Sandler or Barrymoore Fan But Really Liked this Movie
There seems to be a very wide range of likes and dis-likes of this movie, my advice is to see it for yourself. As for me, it was much better than I expecteded as I usually don't like Adam Sandler movies and I can take or leave Drew Barrymoore (although I really, really liked her in Fever Pitch), anyway in 50 First Dates both of them were excellent. If the movie stayed focused on the main story, the movie would have been excellent. But I finally settled on three stars because I did not care for the distractions in the movie. The whole opening sequence showing Adam Sandles as a love-em-and-leave-em womanizer almost made me shut the movie off, and after seeing the moving and reflecting back on the opening sequence, it just seemed to be so out of character with the role Sandler plays throughout the rest of the movie. It would have been much better to make him a kind of shy, kookie guy who has trouble getting dates, this would have made the rest of the movie (where he has to win over the one girl who, once she gets to know him, really like him) much better. Another very week point in the move is the Ron Schnieder character...at times he was funny, but he almost alway pushed it to the point where it was simply too much. Finally, the parts with the Walrus and other animals at Marineland was great, however even this was ruined with too many references about the animals "private parts". Unfortunately, these last two issues prevented me from buying five copies of this movie for various members of my family, who I think would really enjoy the main movie, but would see the "bathroom humor" sequences, as inappropriate for children.If this movie could only go thru the editing process one more time it really could have been something special. Anyway, you have been warned abount the more "risque" portion of the movie, but if you can get by that, I believe that you will enjoy this sweet, ligh-hearted, comedy...