Product: 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition) (2004)
Rating: 4.0
Better than you'd think
I am not a huge Adam Sandler fan, but occasionally, he makes an okay movie. In my opinion, his only truly good movie has been The Wedding Singer; in an attempt to revisit the chemistry that he had with Drew Barrymore in that film, the two have been reunited in 50 First Dates. While not as good as their first matchup, this is nonetheless a decent movie.The premise of the story is that Barrymore has been injured in an auto accident and as a result has lost her short-term memory. Every day, she wakes up and thinks it is the same Sunday when she had the accident. Sandler falls for her, but every day needs to win her again. It is Groundhog Day in reverse: everyone else is aware that she is living the same day over and over again.This movie could go in a lot of obvious directions and to its credit, it doesn't. The result is a pleasant diversion: not a classic by any means, but at least a small cut above a lot of the romantic "comedies" out there today.