Product: 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition) (2004)
Rating: 4.0
Adam and Drew Make Beautiful Music Together
It's a heartwarming blend of action, comedy, and romance as Adam Sandler, and a band of hilarious animals you haven't seen the likes of since Eddie Murphy in Doctor Doolittle, start dating pretty Drew Barrymore. I could have sworn some of the animals were the very same ones! And wasn't the little spider monkey the same monkey that appeared years ago in FRIENDS? Anyhow Hawaiian locations bring out the best in all the animals, and in our romantic love interests, Adam and Drew, neither of whom have ever been as appealing, not even in their previous blockbuster together, THE WEDDING SINGER. Though I will say it was hard to believe in Adam Sandler as some kind of ladies' man because, well, he has only average looks and from some angles looks doped up. The producers of this film have cast him as some kind of sex magnet, the sort of role Cary Grant used to play. Anyhow, once he meets and falls head over heels for Drew, he becomes more plausible. Indeed she is charming, though her disease, as Dan Aykroyd explains it, is kind of tragic.The director Peter Segal who made ANGER MANAGEMENT, again with Adam, has performed a subtler job this time around. The cliches of romantic comedy prove themselves anew. And the animal action would please even Doris Day. I hope she gets a chance to see this movie. Perhaps she would agree to perform in the sequel.