Blended

Plot synopsis:
In the opening scene, Lauren Reynolds (Drew Barrymore) is in the bathroom of a Hooters eatery, talking to her kids' babysitter Tracy (Lauren Lapkus). Lauren's on a blind date which isn't going well while Tracy is dealing with Lauren's rowdy sons Brendan (Braxton Beckham) and Tyler (Kyle Red Silverstein). Tyler is waving a burning T-shirt and Brendan uses a fire extinguisher on it, and then on Tracy.Lauren goes back to her date with Jim Reynolds (Adam Sandler), who drank her beer and then only focuses on the TV instead of her. He also pays more attention to the sexy waitresses that bring him cheese sticks in the shape of a heart. Jim offers Lauren some buffalo shrimp with hot sauce. It proves too hot for Lauren and she spits it out, then has to drink French onion soup to cool off. Jim uses an emergency excuse to bail on the date and ditch Lauren.Lauren complains about the date to her best friend Jen (Wendi McClendon-Covey). We learn that Lauren is divorced and she wishes she could have tried harder to make the marriage work.Jim works at Dick's Sporting Goods with his buddy Doug (Shaquille O'Neal) and he has three daughters - Hilary (Bella Thorne), who is mistaken for a boy frequently due to her tomboyish appearance (it doesn't help that Jim refers to her as Larry); Espn (Emma Fuhrmann), who claims to be able to talk to her deceased mother and is also named after Jim's favorite network; and Lou (Alyvia Alyn Lind), who is wild and adorable. She also misses her mother.Brendan is Lauren's older son with a perverted crush on Tracy (he cut a picture of her head and taped it to a centerfold), while Tyler plays Little League baseball but isn't good, and his failures cause him to throw tantrums. Lauren's ex-husband Mark (Joel McHale) shows up every now and then, with the boys expecting him to spend time with them, but he always blows them off for work. Brendan is especially protective of his mother not seeing other men, getting defensive when going through his mother's email to find out about Jim.Jim and Lauren run into each other at the store since Jim needs to grab tampons for Hilary and Lauren wanted to replace the centerfold pic since she tore it up. They argue again and leave.Jim goes to Lauren's house since the lady at the store mixed up their credit cards. Jen comes in complaining that she broke up with her boyfriend Dick because he has five kids and he wanted her to meet them on their planned trip to Africa. Jim learns that this Dick is also his boss, so while Lauren asks Jen to let her go on the trip, Jim calls Dick to ask him to sell the trip to him. Both Jim and Lauren excitedly exclaim that they're going to Africa with their kids.Both families arrive in Africa, and neither Jim nor Lauren is happy to see the other. To make things more awkward, they are put in a romantic suite while the kids stay in their own room.The families are put together for a "blended familymoon", where they get together with other couples, including the very oversexed Eddy (Kevin Nealon) and Ginger (Jessica Lowe), with Eddy's teenage son Jake (Zak Henri), with whom Hilary is smitten. Their host is Mfana (Abdoulaye NGom), while they are frequently followed by the African performer Nickens (Terry Crews) and his band.The kids make an awkward impression with each other, with Brendan calling his mom "hot", and the others not knowing how to react to Espn acting like her mom is there with her. Over time, they begin to bond with each other and each other's parents. However, when Hilary tries to catch Jake's attention, Jim embarrasses her during a basketball game, causing her to run away crying.Jim takes Tyler to ride ostriches, to Lauren's horror. Jim is thrown off the ostrich but Tyler claims he's having the best day of his life. When the boy wants to go parasailing, Lauren opts to try it out first. She enjoys herself until the van pulling her runs out of gas. Jim tells her to move her legs to make the landing easier, but the parachute knocks him down.Before dinner, Lauren brings Hilary to a salon to get a makeover to impress Jake. She comes out looking very beautiful, and she indeed catches Jake's eye, although Jim is not happy with Lauren trying to manage his daughter. They argue briefly, making everyone at the table leave, but they chill out.Jim and Lauren warm up to each other as time passes. They inadvertently get together for a couples massage and have fun with each other while Eddy and Ginger fool around inappropriately. Afterwards, Lou asks Lauren to put her to bed. She does so and sings "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", with Espn and Hilary listening in as well. She kisses them goodnight and leaves.Jim bonds with Lauren's boys by practicing playing ball with Tyler using a cricket bat and the help of Dale Steyn. The boy manages to hit the ball on his third try. Jim then does some boxing with Brendan since he knows the boy wants to take out some frustration on him.On the last night of the trip, Lauren puts on a beautiful black dress that she admired earlier which Jen bought (actually stole) for her. She wears it that evening, stunning everyone (except Brendan). Jim and Lauren are sat down for a romantic dinner while the kids are having fun. A little band of monkeys entertain the couple. They nearly kiss but Jim pulls back, unable to do it.Everybody returns home. Lauren laments not getting to be with Jim, and then she finds out that Jen is giving Dick a second chance, now willing to meet his kids. Hilary is keeping in touch with Jake, even though he lives in Vancouver. Jim realizes he misses Lauren and that he's fallen in love with her. Although Espn is not fully ready to move on from her mother's passing, she also doesn't want her dad to lose Lauren. At the kids' behest, Jim goes to Lauren's house to give her flowers, only to find Mark there, pretending to be back with Lauren. Tyler gets excited to see Jim and wants to play ball, but Jim sadly leaves and Mark bails on his son again. He later tries to make a move on Lauren, but she refuses since he has continuously failed to be a good father.That following Saturday, Lauren and Brendan go to support Tyler at his game, along with Jen, Dick, and his kids. Mark, once again, is a no-show. Jim and his daughters arrive to show encouragement, inspiring Tyler to hit the ball. Although he has no idea what he's doing, he makes it all the way back to home base, allowing his team to win. His teammates cheer and carry Tyler proudly. Jim then finds Lauren and they admit to wanting to be together, and they finally kiss, to the happiness of their kids.The final scenes shows Nickens and his band singing in a hot air balloon over the field. Nickens nearly falls out, but he's pulled back in safely.

Tags: comedy, feel-good, adult comedy, romantic

Review:
The chemistry between him and Drew Barrymore is as good as 50 First Dates, it was funny, we laughed all the way through, the storyline was fun and held gentle messages to any families in this situation therefore approaching potential sensitive subjects with tact and diplomatic wit.I watch and enjoy a range of film genres but in today's society where many things are far less censored and where daily we read in papers and see on our screens the horrible things people do in the name of whatever their intent and films that relay these and far worse depravities it's fun, refreshing and heartwarming to watch something like this.I read somewhere that Adam Sandler said making his films was like having one big vacation if that's true then why not?
The added touches are the children in this film, who are not only hilarious but also bring out the parental qualities in Drew and Sandler's characters.
Stubbornly suburban, vaguely sexist, more like sketch comedy lacking a finely crafted story arc, and definitely an unashamedly traditionalist pro-family view of "boys need dads and girls need moms." So that's Sandler's POV.
The Africa setting was beautiful and the scenes in the hotel were gorgeous.All in all I'd highly recommend this to anyone who wants a few laughs and a feel good movie..
I think Adam Sandler is a smart, talented entertainer and I also enjoy Drew Barrymore and the two together is a special treat.
We know that, if these were real families, there would be more bumps in the road, more laughs and more lessons to be learned.This is a good family movie--not much to cover your kids' ears over--and a great movie for anyone who has been a parent, and especially anyone who has tried to enter the dating/new relationship stage after the death or divorce of a spouse.Go see it!!.
After a couple of very bad recent movies, finally Adam Sandler did what he is doing the best.
Because some people are hating it just because they didn't like Adam Sandler's last movies, and they are ready to be automatic haters.
Well if you like Adam Sandler (at least his 50 first dates, click era) you'll love this movie.
If you're looking for the Sandler of 15 years ago, or the scoop of septic that the current comedic "geniuses" have to offer (Rogen, Attepow, etc.,) then stay home and watch for umpteenth time the "hilarious" back and forth between Franco and Seth in This Is Then End.For Blended is reasonable, and funny and OK for older kids, as some of them are facing the same issues that the kids portrayed here are.
Thrown together, the two adult characters put forth their best efforts to make the vacation work for their kids and end up making it work for each other.There is some mildly crude humor, but a lot of it is gentle fun, some of it predictable, some laugh out loud funny.My family agreed that that crazy fool Terry Crews stole the show!
If you are looking for a feel good movie, with great one liners, Cherry on top due to Drew and Adam Sandler's presence, see this..
He buried Funny People and his other classics with bad movies like Jack & Jill, Grown Ups 2 and That's My Boy. I had my doubts for Blended, (you can't really blame me) but I can comfortably say that this is his best movie in years.
Sandler has lost his touch in making funny movies, but he has proved that Blended does not need true comedy, just warmth and delight.
Wow,I was expecting to bash this movie,but was I wrong.The movie 'Blended' is actually a good movie.I will not spoil the movie for you,but I will say I am still surprised it was good.When I was sitting watching the movie,and I laughed,I was quite surprised.This is yet another Adam Sandler movie.I have recently hated all of Sandler's new movies.I despised 'Grown Ups',and hated 'Grown Ups 2'.Those movies were terrible.'Jack and Jill',don't get me started on that garbage.Expecting to be angry at this movie,I had very little hopes of this movie being good.I watched it as a final chance for Sandler to redeem himself from his previous disasters.Luckily,I ended up enjoying this movie and kept turning to my friend,looking at him like are we seriously laughing.Overall,a huge comeback for Sandler and meaning this movie is 7.5/10..
Love the snappy comebacks and witty script - I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard and this is really one of the best feel-good movies I've seen in recent times.
I hope Adam Sandler makes more movies like this.
Whenever I want to watch comedy movies, when I feel so sad and need to be laughing is the only name that comes to mind ADAM SANDLER and his team.
I have watched all the movies and there is nothing else that makes me so happy and laughing in this life.Adam Sandler If a new movie comes out, even if it gets very bad points from the critics, it does not matter to me I love even the worst movie I love them very much All Adam Sandler movie are very nice to me.Adam Sandler movies, I have a sense of old comedy, so if you do it in a new movie, then you have a sense of comedies in those old movies.Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler a very good duo saw it in 50 first dates movies before.
I think Adam Sandler shines when he's working with kids, and in these troubling times, I appreciate that he seems to be dedicated to making movies that have the general theme of "just have fun being a decent person." I respect him so much more now than I ever did during the SNL/Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore days..
I simply love Drew Barrymore and Sandler working together.In fact I loved the film so much that I have seen it more then once :)It is a nice family movie with beautiful location and a funny love story .Terry Crews is so funny he makes you laugh.The film also applies to young kids as it has a lot of things going on for them in this film.I will surly recommend it to everyone who enjoys Family romantic yet funny movies.I am not a person that usually enjoy watching comedy movies but this film is one of my favorites for sure..
This was a joke, not a single character played a convincing or necessary role in the movie, Drew Barrymore's performance looked like a little girl trying to keep herself from laughing, all of the children were incredibly annoying, I would much rather this have been a horror movie, where each person would eventually get picked off, at least then I would have something to look forward to (Harsh I know but this movie was that bad, if not worse).
I enjoyed it better than any Adam Sandler movie including 50 first dates and Wedding SInger starring Drew and Adam together as well.
So if you don't like Adam Sandler maybe this movie isn't for you...otherwise I think you will enjoy it.Two families are "blended" as they - after a horrible first date- end up at the same holiday resort.
He's doing wild animal fart and poop jokes, Quite the creative genius, that Sandler.) The problem here is like every Sandler movie: Its only funny enough to entertain a Lemur (Oh another reason to film in Africa.) And Sandler's ego.
I didn't have high expectations for this film since i knew Adam Sandler was one the WORST actors ever, but this movie still managed to shock me by how bad it is.
Both Sandler and Barrymore came up with almost excellent acting, and although we can predict the happy end and even the plot twists(if there are real plot twists) in this movie everything else is just so perfect.
People who like Adam Sandler type humor should just not watch (and critique) his movies...
Even Sandler could not save Blended.TL;DR -- Watch Blended if you need a safe family film, but do not expect to laugh all that often..
I've pictured it as funny lighthearted comedy (as I consider Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore as great comedic actors...), however I was disappointed.
If you don't like Adam Sandler's movies then why are you wasting your time and money to go see it just to give it a bad review.
I like Adam Sandler and I love his movies.
I loved it, good family movie, we all laughed the whole time and if you liked Grown Ups and 50 first dates then you'll like this one too.
But here's the really odd thing about Blended: it possesses a deep, truthful core of emotion, one so powerful that it not only elevates the entire film, but will hit you squarely in the heart if you let it.Jim (Adam Sandler) and Lauren (Drew Barrymore) first meet on a catastrophic blind date.
There's even a kind of Greek (African, in this context) chorus led by Terry Crews (TV's Brooklyn Nine-Nine), popping up to sing about what's going on in the film - it starts out funny, but starts to grate after a while.The script also has an unmistakably sexist slant to it: Lauren doesn't know how to connect with her boys because she's not a dude, and Jim treats his blossoming princesses as guys because...
There's a little wish fulfilment going on by the end, sure, but the inevitable happy ending feels more hard-won and genuine than before.In short: don't go into Blended expecting a good film, much less a masterpiece.
-Blended is the latest Adam Sandler-fest, this time taking a more family friendly approach, looking at a man, and his daughters, whose wife passed away, and a woman, and her sons, who is recently divorced from her husband.
It did pull out some entertainment value and got better as it went along, it was not that good.-It is rated PG-13 for some language and adult humor.-So Blended was not terrible and did have some redeeming elements, but overall its characters, humor, story, and the presence Adam Sandler make it not worth watching.
If you like Adam Sandler movies go and watch it!.
I think that Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore should make a movie every year together!
When you see Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in a film, you know what to expect.
So a lot of Adam Sandler films have been hideous movies that have being urinated on while making a funny face as your idiot friend gets kicked in the balls after making a far joke to be the highest form of comedy ever to a decently heart felt, decently funny, decently acted and decently directed film.
Drew Barrymore while a good fit for Sandler is sadly not much better here she does the best whit what little she has to work with and keeps some cohesion in actually forming a narrative and heaving the family work as more than just a lot of disconnected people to make jokes about as does the rest of the cast.
I saw both Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in 50 First Dates and expected the same quality of acting and an interesting plot.
Paired for the third time, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore hit it off again, while regenerating that mushy charm from their previous outings in The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates.
Comprising of 70 percent Adam Sandler goofiness, 20 percent marketing for Sun City, and 10 percent romantic comedy, Blended turns out to be 100 percent family fun as long as kids don't take this film too seriously.
Edible panties lame joke was were I just realized that this is time I will never get back.This looks like the Frankenstein monster after they cut out all the bad stuff from all the past romcoms and family movies they could get their hands on.To sum it up: - jokes are not funny unless your IQ is less than 70 - acting is bad - story is unimaginative Some of the things I'd like to yell at the makers of this thing while they are being water boarded: - Guy names his kid ESPN?
It's good to watch a light comedy movie once a while with your complete family !.
And of course what would an Adam Sandler movie be without a funny face or two to keep things even kiddier.
Unlike other Sandler movies, and comedy films in general, Blended has decided to spread out the comedy styles and mix them together in a script full of fun and laughter.
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore still have that on screen magic that they had in The Wedding Singer(1998), and 50 First Dates(2004).
I hope they both will team up together again, for a another movie in the future.After a bad blind dater, a widower(Adam Sandler) with three daughters, and divorced mother(Drew Barrymore) with two sons, unwittingly end up on the same resort in Africa, and end sharing the same sweat, while trying there best out of things in hopes it won't turn into a disaster.I liked it a little bit more than Grown Ups 2(2013) in which I found amusing, and I laughed way more then the train wreck of a film simply titled That's My Boy(2012).
Overall, Blended is a very good movie and a much better film than people suggest.
I think the premise of this movie, the star studded cast, and the new take on a time old story makes Blended a great film.
Keep giving us great movies Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
OK you have to know going in that Adam Sandler doesn't make R rated comedies and his films are super goofy and frequently ridiculous.
First, the premise of blended families is a good subject for a comedy and it works well in this film- perfect with the cute dynamic between Sandler and Barrymore.
If you like Adam Sandler then prepare for another classic to go with the old classic, if you aren't a fan, try it for a genuinely funny family film.
Most of the time I cringe at his films but I thought that Adam and Drew Barrymore had a good on screen chemistry, their good at playing the visual slapstick, exaggeratedly over the top/hyper single parents.
I'd heard this was quite good, the 2nd film to feature Adam and Drew as the two main leads since '50 First Dates' which I also thought wasn't too bad.Its an easy watch, pretty basic comedy as you might expect.
I laughed so hard, really nice film, Adam Sandler has a great talent, The Chemistry between him and Drew Barrymore is good.Drew is a great actress, and this role suited her well.All over - i loved it..
It's just one of the amazing Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore movie.
Collaborating with Drew Barrymore for the third time after 'The Wedding Singer' and '50 First Dates', Sandler manages to come up with a just a few okay laughs that sadly come far in between.
The chemistry between Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler was just as it was in 51st dates.
However, with the exception of Fifty First Dates where he teamed up with Drew Barrymore again, I found the humour to be a tame compared to the earlier films and at times a little predictable - certainly not laugh out loud like Happy Gilmore.When I saw Sandler had teamed up with Barrymore again, I decided to give it a watch - having loved both 50 First Dates and The Wedding Singer.
With one liner after one liner, cameos by characters from Happy Gilmore, 50 First Dates and The Wedding Singer (and probably more that I missed) and the incredible on-screen chemistry between Sandler and Barrymore makes this a feelgood romcom that is a return to form for Adam Sandler.In reality, it's a predictable enough script, and at times you groan at the storyline, but it doesn't matter because it's funny, heart warming and feel good all at the same time.I loved this film.
so i've just watched all 3 movies Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore have acted in together and they've pretty much won my liking.
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore should make a good romcom.
Wedding Singers good, 50 First Dates, truly laugh out loud, (and I have seen it several times),and Blended, brought me out of a funk, so it is the best.
If you have a family, this movie will move you.Yes, I would love to see my people of color in more substantial/less stereotypical roles, but this movie has a slightly diverse cast, Terry Crews is an effing SUPERSTAR (so funny), and who doesn't love Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore?
Blended (2014) starring Adam sandler and Drew Barrymore was actually surprisingly fun and enjoyable.
"Even in nature, there are blended families."It's been a while since I can remember enjoying an Adam Sandler film.
'BLENDED': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five)The third romantic comedy flick to star Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore (following 'THE WEDDING SINGER' and '50 FIRST DATES').
I think the chemistry between Saddler and Drew is really good which helps the movie.Still believe that anyone wanting to know should they go see this movie to go as I believe it is still worth the watch.It is an Adam Sandler movie at the day ..
The best Adam Sandler film yet..
The best movie ever produced by Adam Sandler.
Unlike his previous movies, Adam Sandler has successfully blended good storyline, casts, and beautiful set of Africa in this movie that make it special to watch.
After recent flops like Grown Ups 2, That's My Boy or Jack and Jill, I'm not actually looking forward to watch Sandler's new romantic comedy film, Blended.
Blended turned out to be a fun, entertaining, exciting, happy and relaxing film for family, friends or even couples to enjoy.Once again, Sandler pairs himself with Barrymore after 50 First Dates or The Wedding Singer.