Product: 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition) (2004)
Rating: 3.0
Actually, not as good as I thought
Maybe I have high expectations. Is that a bad thing? But when I saw that both Adam Sandler AND Drew Barrymore were going to be in a film together, I thought it would phenomenal. This could finally be competition with Sandler's classics 'Happy Gilmore,' and 'Billy Madison.'When I finally saw the movie, I must say that I was less than impressed. Parts of it were rather funny, and the character quirks were amusing. And I suppose that the idea of someone with anterograde amnesia being persued by a seemingly 'normal' person should be a good enough story line to appease someone looking for something new in their movies. But something was missing. Yes, it was touching that Sandler fell in love with Barrymore. And, yes, it is amazing that he makes her fall in love with him everyday. But isn't that kind of wierd? It seems to fall more into the category of dark comedy pulled off poorly. It could have been more witty and subtle if aimed more for the art-house enthusiasts, but instead, too much slapstick was used to make it more appealing to the masses. In the end, yeah, I thought the movie was cute, but flawed. It definitely wasn't all that I had hoped it to be.