50 First Dates

Plot synopsis:
Henry Roth is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. He has a reputation of womanizing female tourists and does not display any interest in committing to a serious relationship. Henry's closest friends are Ula, a marijuana-smoking Islander; his assistant Alexa, whose gender is unclear; Willy, his pet African penguin; and Jocko, a walrus.
One day Henry’s boat breaks down while he is sailing around Oahu. He goes to the Hukilau Café to wait for the Coast Guard. There he sees a young woman named Lucy Whitmore, who makes architectural art with her waffles. Henry thinks she is a local, which prevents him from introducing himself, but the next day he comes back. Lucy and he hit it off instantly and she asks him to meet her again tomorrow morning.
When Henry goes back to the café, Lucy does not have any recollection of ever meeting him. The restaurant owner Sue (Amy Hill) explains to Henry that one year ago, Lucy and her father Marlin went up to the North Shore to pick a pineapple for his birthday. On the way back, they had a serious car accident that left Lucy with anterograde amnesia and she wakes up every morning thinking it is October 13, 2002. To save her the heartbreak of reliving the accident every day, Marlin and Doug, Lucy's lisping steroid-addicted brother, re-enact Marlin's birthday by following a script, including putting out October 13's Sunday newspaper, rewatching the same Minnesota Vikings game, and refilling Lucy's shampoo bottles.
Despite Sue's warning, Henry invites Lucy to have breakfast with him. Eventually she does, but it ends poorly when Henry unintentionally hurts Lucy’s feelings. He follows her home to apologize where Marlin and Doug instruct Henry to leave Lucy alone. Henry begins concocting ways to run into Lucy on the following days, such as pretending to have car trouble, creating a fake road block, or by having Ula beat him up. Eventually, Marlin and Doug figure this out due to Lucy singing The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice" on the days when she meets Henry.
One day, as Henry is about to sit with Lucy at breakfast, she notices a police officer writing her a ticket for her expired plates. Lucy attempts to argue that they are not yet expired, and takes a newspaper to prove herself, but sees that the date on all the newspapers is not October as she thought. When she rushes home, Marlin and Doug are forced to admit their ruse (and presumably not for the first time; when Marlin sees Lucy's frantic behavior as her truck pulls up to the house, he immediately realizes what happened and loudly announces to Doug that Lucy "had a bad day").
Henry comes up with an idea to make a video explaining to Lucy her accident and their relationship. Although Lucy is upset over understanding about her accident and memory loss, Henry believes that she is more upset realizing her life is a lie every day. Because of this, Henry, Marlin and Doug show Lucy the tape every morning and help her spend her days by picking up where the tape says she left off. She spends more time with Henry and goes to see some of her old friends. Lucy decides to erase Henry completely from her life after learning of his decision not to take a sailing trip to Bristol Bay to study walruses, something he has been planning for the past 10 years. Although Henry would rather spend that year making Lucy fall in love with him everyday rather than go on the sailing trip, Lucy is convinced she is a burden on him and is preventing Henry from really living his life. Henry reluctantly helps Lucy destroy her journal entries of their relationship.
A few weeks later, Henry is preparing to leave for his sailing trip. Before he departs, Marlin tells him that Lucy is now living at the brain institute and teaching an art class. He also tells him that she sings. Then he gives Henry a Beach Boys CD. Listening to the CD, Henry becomes emotional and curses Marlin for giving him the CD and causing him to miss Lucy. He then remembers that Marlin once told him that Lucy only sings after she meets him. Concluding that Lucy remembers him, he returns home. Henry rushes to the brain institute where Lucy now resides and asks if she knows who he is. Lucy says she does not know him but shows him the pictures she has painted of him, saying she dreams about him every night.
Some time later, Lucy wakes up and plays a video tape marked "Good Morning Lucy." It again informs her of her accident, but ends with her and Henry’s wedding. On the tape, Henry says to put a jacket on and come have breakfast when she is ready. Lucy then sees that she is on Henry’s boat, which finally made it to Alaska. She goes up on deck and meets Marlin, Henry and their daughter, Nicole.

Tags: comedy, prank, entertaining, romantic, flashback

Review:
This movie, no matter all the overdone/overacted characters and the fact that Adam Sandler is probably the worst person in the world the act crying, is simply the best description of love ever.
Basically this is a romantic comedy about a man (Henry) and a woman (Lucy) who meet and fall in love, there is just one problem: Lucy won't remember, tomorrow.It is easy to pick holes in films and yes there are things wrong with this film:- The first 5 to 10 minutes do seem a little out of place: I understand the need to set the scene, but couldn't help feeling that the pace and characterisations didn't quite fit with what was to come.Some of the characters take away from the story: Doug (Sean Astin) is a little over done and comes across as more damaged than his sister.
Lets face it, when Adam Sandler needs a hit movie, who is he going to call, Drew Barrymore of course, and indeed why not, after the sentimental success of The Wedding Singer, anything these two bright young things appeared in together would be nothing short of pure gold.A perfect case in point is 50 First Dates.
Now as a rule i would never break out in a fever to go see anything with Adam Sandler's name attached to it, however i broke the rule when i first went to see The Wedding Singer, which contained many charming and heartfelt moments, as well as the comedic, aside from that one the only other film of note on Sandler's resume for me anyway has been Billy Madison.Like all good things that come to pass, in between the misses more than hits, along comes the last to date pairing of Sandler and Barrymore.
Into his life comes Lucy played rather charmingly by Drew Barrymore.Of course loves young dream could never run smoothly, remember we have 95 minutes running time on this movie, So as soon as they have met and broke bread, the dawning of a new day arrives, but not without it's hitch.
I personally never tire of watching it, not to the extent of reaching fifty times but i do regard it as a breath of fresh air, even if Adam Sandler parlays his usual bag of comedic tricks, but hey the late great Chris Farley did the same and it worked.Truly a movie for all seasons, and a must if you are in a relationship.
What makes this movie work is the chemistry between Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler since they work so great together and make the film fun and also this film is better then Sandler's last effort Anger Management.
Honolulu veterinarian Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) falls for Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore), only to find out that, due to an accident, her memory only lasts one day, so she won't remember him the next day!
The movie gravitates between goofy and sensitive, but never gets mind-numbing; Adam Sandler always has something up his sleeve, and he and Barrymore have a great time with the material.
As is often the case in Adam Sandler's movies, one of the characters is an embarrassment to everyone else (in this case, it's Rob Schneider as Henry's whacked-out friend Ula).
Let's face it - it's not often you get a movie about a woman (Drew Barrymore) who is involved in an accident which leaves her with a 24-hour memory span so that her would-be boyfriend has to make up ways to 'meet' and make her fall in love with him every day.
The exceptions to this include the slightly more classy turns from Dan Ayckroyd as the doctor, Blake Clark as the girl's father, and the show-stealing walrus who is the star attraction at the zoo where Sandler's character works as a vet.So overall, 50 First Dates is not great, but it doesn't pretend to be.
There's also a twist that kind of mixes 'Memento' into this whole story making it one of the most original romantic comedies recently.Adam Sandler is not different than other of his roles, while Drew Barymore is just great.
There is some laugh-out-loud jokes and a cute romantic story plus an original twist.Overall it's an easy and nice watch, that you should enjoy in many ways!50 First Dates is a very pleasant surprise in the genre..
Nice to see Adam Sandler back on form after Punch Drunk Love (what was THAT about!!?) even though it's not his best and felt kinda muted to me - a bit more gross out humour would have done it, but if you have a mental character in a film I suppose there's only so far you can go.
I had little problem with the performances; Adam Sandler gives of his more likable performances, and Drew Barrymore is the persona of sweetness as his love interest.
Sandler and Barrymore delivered a wonderful romantic comedy with The Wedding Singer, the vast success of which made me more than a little skeptical about whether or not they could successfully play different characters than they played in that movie and still be convincing as they fall in love again.
The point is that her 'condition' (a great homage could have been made if it had been described that way in the movie at some point, by the way) provides a constantly re-booting stream of possibilities for Adam Sandler to act cute and make us all grin ('Sorry I'm not better looking') as he tries to stop being the gigolo that he is at the beginning of the movie and tries desperately to find a way to make Lucy fall in love with him permanently.If you can get past the requirement that you have to believe that any character played by Adam Sandler is a womanizer, then you're well on your way to enjoying the movie.
And while there is plenty of gross out in the movie (consider a scene, for example, where Sandler's co-worker, Jennifer, who is a gross-out ploy him/herself, is covered from head to toe in the flying vomit of a gleeful walrus), Sandler's character pretty much sticks to his determination to win Lucy's heart for more than one day at a time.
This is exactly why Bad Santa didn't work, we were supposed to root for a guy who literally had not a single solitary redeeming value.The movie starts off by showing what Henry Roth's (Sandler) daily life is like, living on a tropical island and routinely bedding sexy tourist women looking for some horizontal accompaniment during their vacation.
Sure, the piece worked pretty well by itself in the theatrical trailer, but when it's attached to the rest of the movie it presents Henry not only as an un-trustable womanizer, but it also makes him out to be a complete moron to think that any girl with a thought in her head would buy such a nutty story.
Character change is important, but it doesn't have to be from one extreme to the other.The result of combining this character with the much more interesting story of Lucy's memory disorder is a romantic comedy that's not as funny as a more deliberate, low-brow Sandler movie, and barely romantic at all.
This is a clever premise, set most curiously in Hawaii (perhaps the director felt a tropical setting was appropriate for the "sweet and temperate" plot): a man named Henry (Sandler) falls in love with a woman named Lucy (Barrymore), and despite their peculiarities and differences, they manage to really hit it off on the romantic course.
Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) throws a wrinkle in her life when he tries to woo her in spite of knowing of her memory problem.The story made for some very funny situations, and the Sandler/Barrymore duo is a good combination (definitely a whole lot better than the Sandler/Ryder combo).
Throughout the film, Sandler's character is presented as decent and well-meaning but what he does at the end is selfish and cruel.Of the four stars I awarded, three are for Barrymore who tried hard to hold this mess together with sweetness and charm.
It has a lot of potential as a romantic comedy and there's a lot of fun in it, but for all the good points about this movie, it has a lot of weak points as well, that can be summed up as follows: Adam Sandler!
Lucy (Drew Barrymore) suffers a brain injury in an accident and suffers short-term memory loss, which means that she remembers nothing since the accident, and she wakes up every day thinking it's October 13.
This is an Adam Sandler movie, and it has to fall into typical Sandler-style juvenile thinking, which is displayed largely around a couple of characters.Why does Lucy's brother Doug (Sean Astin) have to be a lisping steroid-abuser?
'50 First Dates' tells the story of Henry Roth (Sandler) who falls in love with Lucy Whitmore (Barrymore) but there is just one problem.
Lucy relives the same day again and again so Henry must find a way to make her fall in love with him every single day.Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are perfect for the roles and they have a lot of chemistry between each other.
Schneider's character Ula however, is absolutely hilarious and the real star of the movie.'50 First Dates' seems like a brilliant film idea on paper and it does work pretty well on screen.
"50 First Dates" is one of the more enjoyable romantic comedies made in recent years, relying a lot on Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler's chemistry to carry off the out-there but original plot.
What puts this movie above a lot of other Adam Sandler comedies is that, unlike many of his other love interests that might as well be named "Love Interest" for all they have to do with the plots, Lucy is an actual character who has a journey to go on too.
In '50 First dates' - which might well be subtitled 'When 'Memento' Met 'Groundhog Day'' - Drew Barrymore plays a young woman whose short term memory has been destroyed in a car accident a few months prior to the time of the story.
50 First Dates is a love story of a beautiful couple,this movie shows a essence of true love.The lead male character Henry is shown pervert but when he falls in love with Lucy, he decides to be with her for rest of his life.
This happens to Henry (Adam Sandler), who is completely confused until the café owner pulls him aside and lets him know that Lucy (Drew Barrymore), the girl in question, has brain damage from an auto accident which causes her short term memory to be erased every time she goes to sleep for the night.
Henry is discouraged to realize that, if he wants to get to know Lucy, he has to hook up with her fresh every day, and on a bet with one of the cooks in the café, he does this until he realizes something extraordinary is happening--he is falling in love.Enter a premise for a romantic comedy that seems a little weak on the surface, but actually turns out to have a lot behind it.
They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams, until he discovers she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the very next day.At first, I just liked some of the usual humor: the use of spam to make me believe we were really in Hawaii.
The woman is Lucy, played by Drew Barrymore, and the Biologist is Henry, played by Adam Sandler.
Despite her current state, Henry is head over heels in love with her, and desperately tries to make things work between them by constructing a scrapbook for her to read every morning, a tape to watch, and by having her father, Blake Clark, and brother, played by Sean Astin, who drops the funniest lines in the film, try to tell her everything about him again and again.If a condition like this really existed, in the film it's a merge between short term memory loss and amnesia, the question is who would it be harder on?
50 First Dates isn't perfect, but it shows that Sandler is capable of doing a mostly serious role, and doesn't need to incorporate his two famous alter egos; the BIG, strong tough guy or the little, weak baby.Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Blake Clark, and Sean Astin.
And although it isn't the greatest on-screen pairing (not even close), it still creates enough believable buzz to work as a romantic comedy with a slight twist.That all being said, the jokes are hit and miss, like with many Adam Sandler movies.
However, it's also a film that also has a plot that is completely ridiculous and unbelievable, so you really need to be able to put aside your critical side and just sit back and take the movie for what it is--a nice romantic-comedy.Adam Sandler is a tough actor to pigeonhole.
However, never do you feel the need to own this movie, or watch it every week.Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, star in their second romantic comedy together, as two people who are attracted to one another from the first day they meet.
She has short term memory loss, and it's up to Henry (Sandler) to convince her each and every day that he is the love of her life, and she of his.Picture 'Groundhog Day' only not as funny, cute or sweet.
Drew Barrymore also gave her usual accomplished performance.The central premise of the film - that Henry (Sandler) has to woo Lucy (Barrymore) anew every day due to her short-term memory loss - is an intriguing one, and handled extremely well by the two leads.However, the presence of Rob Schneider as a Hawaiian local and Sean Astin as a steroided-up fitness freak (complete with oh-so-funny comedy lithp) really dropped the quality of the film several notches.The ending (although Hollywood Happy Ending) was treated reasonably well, and helped prevent the film from being a complete waste of time.If only someone would realise that Schneider just isn't funny...(and neither is Walrus vomit).
The main problem is that a film about short-term memory loss is more heart-wrenching than amusing, and the fact that 50 First Dates is being marketed as a light-hearted romantic comedy is more than somewhat deceiving.Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is a veterinarian at an aquarium in Hawaii with commitment phobia who manages to bed attractive and naive female tourists every night of the week.Then he meets cute and quirky Lucy (Drew Barrymore) at a local diner.
Apparently, short-term memory loss works like clockwork.Lucy wakes up every morning thinking it's her father's birthday and proceeds to start out every day the same way, even in the same outfit.
Sean Astin provides some pretty funny scenes as Lucy's little brother who has a steroid problem and lisp.However, the audience could mostly do without Henry's pot-head best friend, played by Rob Schneider, who has a terrible Hawaiian accent and wears impossibly short shorts.The way Henry uses the aquarium animals to woo Lucy (including dressing up some kind of penguin in a floral shirt to sit in the middle of a road as Lucy speeds by in her Jeep) would surely have his management calling PETA, but that's overlooked.While 50 First Dates has the feel of an ultimately serious movie, it still relies on juvenile humor such as walrus vomit and genitalia to appeal to Sandler's fans.
This matters because Adam Sandler actually did a really good thing in making this movie.
Henry Roth (Adam Sandler), who is afraid of commitment and constantly has one-night stands with beautiful tourists, suddenly falls in love at first sight with Lucy (Drew Barrymore).
Drew Barrymore is a little fat, but charming and sweet as usual, and Adam Sandler is in his usual role of a nice and supportive man, and their chemistry work perfectly in this romantic comedy.
I did enjoy this movie and it quite worth your money in renting so.The story of the guy fell in love with the girl of his dream, the only problem was, and she got short-term memories loss and couldn't remember who he is the next day.Even the non Adam Sandler fan will like the movie.
I really wanted to like this film, as the previous pairing of Sandler and Barrymore, The Wedding Singer, was a great comedy.
Drew Barrymore was wonderful and believable.The movie is a great love story about patience, caring, understanding and most of all...
I'm not afraid of a romantic comedy and like both Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler (though I'm not a huge fan either), but this movie doesn't have five minutes of worth in it.
Adam Sandler stars as Henry Roth, the leading man whose womanizing ways change when he falls for a younger girl Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore.
As a responsible adult, I feel like I should be obligated to take away a half star from "50 First Dates" for having a lame joke that involves spoiling the ending of "The Sixth Sense" but the movie also has a scene where Rob Schneider gets brutally beaten by an aluminum baseball bat-wielding Barrymore, so I think those two cancel each other out.In the end there is enough in the film that works to make it overall a pleasant experience, particularly because the further into the story you go, the less Adam Sandler's traditional humor is present.
"50 First Dates" is a romance movie in which a man meets the girl of his dreams but she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the very next day.
Drew Barrymore who played as Lucy Whitmore showed us a different point of his act and I have to say that I really liked it.Finally I believe that "50 First Dates" is a movie that everyone have to watch because it shows what the true and pure love do between two people..