Product: 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition) (2004)
Rating: 3.0
Charming but a little slow
'50 First Dates' is Sandler in his typical innocuous role just as he has in nearly every role he's been in since he started making movies. I don't have a tendancy to like him. His humour is way OTT most of the time, and it does get just a tad tiresome. And sometimes, he has a face only a mother could love. However, this film is a bit better than Anger Management, but instead of Jack Nicholson, you have Drew Barrymore.People say this is a remake of Groundhog Day, but with Adam Sandler trying to get some laughs. I just don't see it. For instance, Groundhog Day was actually the same situation everyday until the end of the movie when it all works out. This doesn't really get that repetitive (unless you're Drew Barrymore). It shows Adam Sandler in a variety (see that, variety, which is somewhat different to "the same") of situations, trying to win Drew's heart in the movie. What is repetitive is 10 Second Tom. God, give the guy a show of his own!Look out for the performing animals! They're all very, very cute!As everyone knows, Drew Barrymore's character was in a car crash, and all her short term memory gets erased as soon as her head hits the pillow. So she won't remember anyone new she meets, or what she does. She basically relives the day before the crash (a Sunday), and it's always the same. Enter Adam Sandler, as Henry, to rue the day that she was ever in a car crash. He uses some pretty inventive ideas to try and make her remember him each day, or try and woo her - with some pretty disastrous results. But it's sweet, and hilarious, and some of the putdowns that happen are quite funny.I wasn't expecting the ending to be what it was. It comes about very suddenly, and it's quite sad actually! I had a little tear, but I think any UB40 song will do that to me anyway!The extras seem like a lot, but they're not really. I think the commentary with Drew Barrymore and the director would be hilarious. There's a couple of your average, run of the mill featurettes, a blooper reel, deleted scenes, and some stuff about the animals. They thought long and hard about those extras didn't they?Overall, it's an OK rom-com. Nothing special, but for fans of these damn things!