Product: 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition) (2004)
Rating: 4.0
It Winds Up Being a Charming Movie
As the movie starts it gives a feeling of just another story of promiscuous behavior in a beautiful setting, Hawaii, but as it continues and the Drew Barrymore character, Lucy Whitmore, is introduced it suddenly becomes more significant and meaningful. The Adam Sandler character, Henry Roth, begins to develop some depth as a human being as he discovers the plight of the very lovely Lucy, begins to see her as something more than a sex object, and develops a concern for someone other than himself.The movie takes place in Hawaii with all of the beautiful scenery you would expect in that locale. The casting is well done with Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler both creating sympathetic characters about whom the viewer begins to care. The supporting roles are all performed with competence so that the total package is very rewarding.Both the sound and video on the Blu-ray version are excellent so there are no complaints in that department.There is course language and sexual innuendo especially in the beginning of the movie, and some scattered throughout but the later scenes are handled with less crudity. All told it is a satisfactory movie although I can't recommend it for young children especially the first few minutes of the movie.