Product: 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition) (2004)
Rating: 3.0
Falls flat in places in should deliver
50 First Dates features two romantic comedy superstars Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, who worked together previously in the romantic comedy, The Wedding Singer. 50 First Dates involves the relationship between Henry (Sandler) and Lucy (Barrymore), who suffers from short term memory loss after a car accident that she does not remember. Lucy forgets all new memories formed each night and Henry must find new ways to romance her each day.The plot is promising and does offer some good situations. Sandler's trusty sidekick Rob Schneider provides a good scene in which he beats up Sandler to get Barrymore's attention and she ends up beating him up.However, it's Barrymore and Sandler who don't deliver here. The script is okay and the scenery is beautiful. There just isn't a spark there and they both seem like they aren't fully into the film. 50 First Dates is admirable in its attempt to touch the psychological basis of short-term memory loss and offers some solid laughs, but dissapoints in the long run.