Product: 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition) (2004)
Rating: 5.0
Romantic Comedy Defined!!!
50 First Dates, is a romantic comedy about an aquatic veternerian, named Henry, (played by Adam Sandler) who enjoys being a player of women. He works in Hawaii, and usually dates the tourists that visit there, but he never wants to commit to a long-term relationship. Henry just wants to date women and leave them. He lies to them saying that he has to leave the country or that he is a secret agent on a top secret assignment. One morning while going for breakfast at a local cafe he meets Lucy (played by Drew Barrymore) and there is instant attraction between the both of them. After they talked they promised to meet at the same cafe for breakfast the following day. Next day comes Henry, sees Lucy, but lucy doesn't remember who Henry is and gets freaked out. We Find out that Lucy was in a car accident, which caused her some brain damage. The brain damage affects her short-term memory (though her long-term memory is still intact). Lucy forgets things following day. Lucy lives with her dad and brother who are protective of her because they don't have sleazy men to take advantage of lucy's memory lapses (or use her for sex only). Henry is love-struck however, and he is determined to prove to them all that his feeling for Lucy are real. Every day he introduces himself to Lucy and get her to fall in love with him. He always has to start over the next day, it may sound repetitous, but they added different scenes to make the dates feel and look different each time. Sandler detracts from the man/child character typecast from his other movies: this time Adam Sandler's character becomes sweet and honest because he is in real love , he realized that Lucy is that "special someone" so he persistant and patient. Drew Barrymore's character is charming, funny and sweet, there is excellent chemistry between Barrymore and Sandler, they are both very funny and lovable. Since the movie takes place in Hawaii, the scenes are beautiful and enhance the romantic mood. Complimented with a bunch of wacky supporting characters and a surprise ending! I'm a guy, but this is one of my favorite movies of all time, my girlfriend loved it as well.This DVD contains deleted scenes and commentary by the film's director and Barrymore's experience in the movie.