Just Go with It
Tags: comedy, boring, psychedelic, entertaining, stupid

Plot synopsis:
In 1988, Daniel "Danny" Maccabee (Adam Sandler), a 22-year old man, leaves his wedding right before the ceremony is about to begin after learning that his fiancee is cheating on him, and was only marrying because he was going to be a doctor and provide her with a comfortable lifestyle. He goes to drink alone at a bar, where a young, beautiful woman (Minka Kelly) walks in. She sees that Danny has a wedding ring on his hand, and asks him about his wife and he says how she recently left him for someone else, and the woman from the bar ends up sleeping with him.
Twenty-three years later in 2011, Danny (now 45-years old) is now a successful plastic surgeon in Los Angeles who feigns unhappy marriages to get women, and to avoid romantic commitment that may lead to heartbreak. The only woman aware of his schemes is his office manager and best friend Katherine Murphy (Jennifer Aniston), a divorced mother of two. At a party, Danny meets Palmer (Brooklyn Decker), a sixth grade math teacher, without his wedding ring on, and they have a connection together. The next morning, she finds the ring and assumes he is married. She refuses to date him because her parents divorced due to adultery and does not want to be an adulteress herself.
Instead of telling her the truth, Danny tells her that he is getting divorced from a woman named Devlin, named after Devlin Adams who Katherine had mentioned was an old college sorority nemesis. Danny tells Palmer that they are getting divorced because she cheated on him with a man named "Dolph Lundgren" (not the actor). Palmer then insists on meeting Devlin. Danny asks Katherine to pose as "Devlin" and they go shopping on Rodeo Drive for new clothes to dress like a trophy wife.
A made-over Katherine/Devlin then meets with Danny and Palmer and gives them her blessing. However, after hearing Katherine talking on the phone with her kids, Palmer assumes that her kids are Danny's as well. Danny then privately meets with Katherine's kids, Maggie (Bailee Madison) and Michael (Griffin Gluck), to get them to play along with the ruse and gives them the aliases of "Kiki Dee" and "Bart" respectively.
Palmer meets the kids, who then blackmail Danny in front of Palmer to take them all to Hawaii. At the airport, they are all surprised by Danny's goofball cousin Eddie (Nick Swardson), who has adopted an Austrian disguise as the "Dolph Lundgren" that Danny had made up earlier. To maintain the lies, Danny and Katherine are forced to bring him along.
At the resort in Hawaii, Danny tells Eddie he is considering asking Palmer to marry him. Katherine and Danny also run into the real-life Devlin Adams (Nicole Kidman) and her husband Ian Maxtone-Jones (Dave Matthews), who allegedly invented the iPod. Because of Katherine and Devlin's long-time rivalry, Katherine introduces Danny as her husband rather than admit she is a single mother.
Later, Palmer decides to spend time with Katherine so that Danny can spend more time with the kids. Danny teaches Michael how to swim, and Katherine and Palmer look on in admiration.
Katherine again runs into Devlin, who invites her and Danny out to dinner. Eddie agrees to take Palmer out to dinner so that Danny can go with Katherine. Since he is supposed to be a sheep salesman, Eddie's cover is nearly blown when he is forced to save the life of an actual sheep who choked on a toy whistle, though he nearly kills the animal in the process. At dinner, Devlin asks Danny and Katherine to tell each other what they admire most about each other, and, as Danny and Katherine talk, they start to feel a connection. Later, when Palmer and Eddie return from their dinner date, Palmer suggests that she and Danny get married now, since a drunken Eddie told her about Danny's plans of engagement. Danny and Katherine are both surprised by her proposition, but Danny ultimately agrees. Danny later calls Katherine regarding his confusion, but Katherine says that she will be taking a job in New York City (which she had mentioned to him earlier) to get a fresh start to her life.
The next day, Palmer confronts Katherine about Danny's feelings for her, which Katherine dismisses. Katherine then runs into Devlin at a bar and admits that she pretended to be married to Danny to avoid embarrassment. Devlin confesses that she is divorcing Ian because he is gay and also that he did not invent the iPod, but made his money by suing the Los Angeles Dodgers after getting hit by a foul ball. Katherine confides in Devlin about being in love with Danny, but then Danny shows up behind her saying that he is not marrying Palmer and that he is in love with Katherine. Meanwhile, on the plane ride back to the mainland, Palmer meets a professional tennis player (Andy Roddick) who shares her interests. Sometime later, Danny and Katherine get married.

Review: Sure, Jennifer Anniston is the "uglier chick," which is like saying a million dollars isn't that much money, but she did a good job in the movie.The only complaint I had was Adam Sandler used all the lines I planned on using with the girl I took to see it!.
so this is where I'm coming from.I think the whole cast was near on perfect with Adam Sandler providing hilarious moments throughout, with Jenifer Aniston sexier and funnier than I've ever known her to be.
Jennifer Aniston is perfect in that role; this is her best performance in a movie so far, except maybe for Marley and Me. Adam Sandler is much more natural than usual.
In fact, it had been a long time since I heard my two teenagers laugh so much and so loudly during a movie.The two kids are really good supporting actors.
I think with Big Daddy, Dennis Dugan and Adam Sandler's Happy Madison crew really started a formula of movie.
Central conflicted and imperfect character Adam (who has a good heart of course), falls in love with the girl of his dreams, who is younger and way better looking than him, all formulated around a specific central premise (i.e. with this film it's Adam's lies piling on top of lies) supported by extremely strong, quirky side character performances.
"The Wedding Singer," "Grown-Ups," and, now, "Just Go With It" all pander to this amiable style of film-making that is at times borderline gross-out - but just pulls away before you realize this probably isn't an Apatow-slacker movie, nor is attempting to be.Sandler is a plastic surgeon who long ago accidentally discovered he could play the "my wife is a terrible person who abuses me" card to score with hot chicks at the bar.
Decker somehow believes him and off we go with the rest of the movie where Aniston agrees to be his fake wife and ultimately go off on a vacation with Decker, Sandler, Aniston's kids, and Nick Swanson as the court jester/boob (basically a version of Rob Schneider from Sandler's other "Happy Madison" movies) who pretends to be Aniston's boyfriend.There are a lot of funny setups and jokes - enough to enjoy the movie, for sure, even if they do clearly seem to be Sandler-ish in their obviousness.
Decker and Aniston both of course fill this role, quite well.While clearly not an intentional Oscar-winner, Sandler proves he is again capable of making a funny, somewhat poignant, generally enjoyable PG-13-bordering-on-R-rated film..
If I want to watch a comedy, I'm not critical about anything, if the movie can make me laugh then I'm good.
Firstly, pretending to have an ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston), because Sandler gets caught wearing his old wedding ring that scores him many girls (in his dreams).
The script is so full of utter implausibilities, so stupidly riddled with holes, (not at all funny as Sandler can be), I felt insulted, violated, when watching this film, squandering 2 precious hours of my life which could have been occupied with much anything else - that's how meaningless of any entertainment value I think this piece of utter junk is worth..
A Nutshell Review: Just Go With It. Director Dennis Dugan was responsible for a number of comedies with funnyman Adam Sandler, from Happy Gilmore to Big Daddy in the 90s, to the more recent fare of I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and Grown Ups. I'm a big fan of some of these if I may say low brow offerings, but hey, don't berate me for having a good time.
As with most of the comedies Sandler has starred in thus far, most straddle between two broad areas of being funny, and yet having some major drama and/or romantic fare to bulk up the running time, making the films seem more like two halves put together.And Just Go With It is no different.
Based on a French stage play and an earlier film called Cactus Flower in the 60s (hence making this a modern day remake of sorts), this movie has both all out, riotous scenes designed to make you laugh, yet having depth following a tried and tested formula for a romance, which gets catalyzed by a little white lie that grows out of control, needing as one character puts it, an index card to keep track of the sprawling tales they have to tell and keep at in order to not puncture their respective ruses.So the comedy here involves lies and truths, with Adam Sandler's renowned plastic surgeon Danny finding out the power of sympathy and the sex that comes with it with his wearing of a wedding ring, only that he hasn't got married just yet, playing on how some swingers just love to get it going with married men.
Palmer needing proof meant Danny's persuasion (with benefits in kind) of his assistant / reception Katherine (Jennifer Aniston), a divorcée with two kids, to pose as his soon to be ex-wife, and then roping in her children Maggie (Bailee Madison) and Michael (Griffin Gluck) to pose as his as well.And it goes two ways, since Katherine has a thing about her rival from school for many years (I shall not name this A-list actress so as not to spoil the surprise on her comedic performance, so don't go up looking IMDb.com, OK?), and uses her pretense with Danny to try and keep up with the Joneses.
The photo taking scene on the golf course is priceless, and possibly one of the funniest in the film.Then comes the dramatic, romantic half, where you can see it coming from a mile away when both Sandler and Aniston's Danny and Katherine come on screen, with their banter, the premise, the setup and such all spelling f-o-r-m-u-l-a, and you'll just about know what happens between them.
The romance between Danny and Palmer then looked like a shade of Ben Stiller's The Heartbreak Kid in a way, and like many other romantic comedies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Hawaii serves as the perfect backdrop for friendships and relationships to unravel, and also to provide the Hilton hotel another major product placement opportunity after Up in the Air.A film like this will never steer clear of toilet humour, and they are here by the truckloads.
AS was as usual, funny and not pretending to be something that he is not.The bottom line is that you should not over-analyze this movie, or expect a great romantic story between main characters, but just prepare yourself for a great laugh.P.S. You should also check the official website (http://www.justgowithit-movie.com/), and the advertisement "Tell your girlfriend it's a ROMANTIC COMEDY".
I take it as to fool your girlfriend that it's a romantic comedy so she'd come to see it, and she won't get disappointed.P.S.S. I just made my review 'cause I really liked the movie, while half of reviews were negative, and all the stuff they are complaining about are related to their false expectations..
Thumbs up on making the feel of the movie stand out this much.There is a really good chemistry between Aniston and Sandler, and they really brought the story to life and they were in their aces in this movie.I was pleasantly surprised by this movie, as I had expected it to be another of Sandler's mass-produced half-funny comedies.
So if you like romantic comedies and are a fan of either (or both) Sandler or/and Aniston, then "Just Go With It" is definitely worth checking out.
Adam Sandler can be a bit hit & miss for me but here he is perfect, as is the lovely Jennifer Aniston, starting out as his homely lab assistant and then turning out all glammed up and as beautiful as we all know that she can be.Most enticing though, is model Brooklyn Decker, who is ravishing in every scene that she is in and soon is Danny McCabee's (Sandler) younger than he girlfriend.
Adam Sandler was especially good and even though I've never liked Jennifer Aniston, she did a fine job here.
Jennifer Aniston was her usual character but I didn't dislike her and actually found myself thinking 'Hmm, I'd like to wake up next to her..' You can tell what is going to happen almost as soon as the movie starts but I found it quite watchable.
Sandler plays Danny, who called off his wedding day when he heard his wife talking behind his back with her friends.Going to a bar with his ring on, he attracts a women and tells her a sympathy story leading to them sleeping together.
This works, until he meets Palmer (Decker), a beautiful women who finds the ring in his jean pocket.Danny panics and tells lie after lie that he is married, but getting a divorce to his office worker Katherine (Aniston).
Not even good for a bad laugh.It comes as no surprise Just Go With It is directed by Dennis Dugan who worked on other bad comedies like The Benchwarmers, Big Daddy, and Grown Ups. It seems ever since I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, a decent comedy, Dugan has had nothing but fun placing Sandler in every character possible.
God help us.Starring: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nick Swardson, Dan Patrick, Brooklyn Decker, Nicole Kidman, and Dave Matthews.
I might be a bit biased about this because I have a personal sympathy for Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler but I found this movie entertaining, simple and relaxing.
The dialogue wasn't bad, the acting was pretty much what this movie needed, a pleasant appearance from the lovely Nicole Kidman, it has funny moments and not funny in a retarded way, no nonsense and no stupid development of both characters and story and last but not least, it has a solid "feel-good" atmosphere.
Jennifer Aniston actually had good chemistry with Sandler and I was surprised by how great they work together as they are two actors I would have not imagine together as "lover".
Nicole Kidman was wonderful as the bitchy school friend of Aniston's character and I might add that she was the best looking I have seen her on film in a long time.
If you haven't watched too many Sandler Aniston movies you might still like it.
Adding to Jennifer Aniston's growing portfolio of Rom-Coms comes Just Go With It, but despite a huge budget, this embarrassing flop ends up going nowhere.The premise is a good one: a plastic surgeon (Adam Sandler) is in romantic pursuit of a much younger girlfriend (Brooklyn Decker), and trying to smooth over a lie that keeps on building with the help of his assistant at the clinic (Jennifer Aniston).
This film genre, though I usually enjoy the comedy side, tends to be rather heavily focused on the romance.Adam Sandler's character was well played, and very funny, going to extraordinary lengths to cover up a lie he'd made to the gorgeous Brooklyn Decker (who would have made the film worth watching even if the story was rubbish).
Sandler and Aniston were on good form, but it was the involvement of the kids that made this film so funny.
We laughed so hard through most of the movie, and the ending is what we expected, but was done nicely.Adam and Jennifer were outstanding and believable.
Nick Swardson is along for the ride as Sandler's dippy friend who provides a few laughs along the way but little else and the young actors who portray Aniston's kids are kind of grating after a short while.
The story is illogical, predictable and another step downward in the once great comedic career of Adam Sandler.Sandler plays Danny Maccabbee, a once 'funny looking' goof who turned to plastic surgery (in order to fix his own problems with attracting ladies) twenty years earlier when his fiancée broke his heart on their wedding day.
Then when Palmer discovers Katherine has kids Danny idiotically tells her their his and has to carry on the charade for an entire Hawaiian trip vacation (with Katherine's family).Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston are both talented and funny actors but they do an extremely poor job of picking roles.
I used to be pretty much the #1 first person to line up to go see the new Adam Sandler movies, it started great with hilarious and off the wall comedies like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler was my favourite on Saturday Night Live and I loved his funny movies too, but they got less funny over time and his dramatic roles were good (Punch Drunk Love, Spanglish, the one where he plays the dying comedian with Seth Rogen...) but I am just getting tired of his shtick, the latest movies like the buddy film with King of Queens guy and David Spade etc are just awful and these romantic comedies should not be his thing, they are just pathetic to watch.
I thought the preview looked good, and I love Adam Sandler (like many of us do) but I thought this movie was awful!
Honestly, for the past few years I have been losing interest in both Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston movies.
Everything culminates in a "family" trip to Chaos Hawaii with Danny, Palmer, Katherine, Maggie, Michael and Danny's cousin Eddie (Nick Swardson), where (throughout the chaos) Danny finds out that his heart is actually taking him towards the woman that knows him best.Adam Sandler has been creating very unique romantic comedies for years that are able to reach out to a wider audience.
"Just Go With It" is a 2011 comedy starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston.
He tells her he's getting a divorce, so he uses his assistant Kate Murphy (Aniston) as his current wife and her kids as his to impress her.The film was funny in some ways, I do like that Sandler brings his best to this film and that Aniston even throws in entertainment.
Just go with it is a remake of the far superior 1969 film, Cactus Flower which won Goldie Hawn a Best supporting actress Oscar.Adam Sandler plays Danny a renowned plastic surgeon who improved his own looks and pretends to be in an unhappy marriage to sleep with hot women.
When she later sees him with a wedding band, Danny has to convince his assistant (Jennifer Aniston) to pretend to be his soon to be divorced wife and her two kids to be their own kids and they go off to holiday in Hawaii where Danny plans to propose to Palmer.While in Hawaii Aniston meets up with an old college rival played by Nicole Kidman where they have petty feuds.It all leads up to Danny discovering the Aniston is actually very attractive, has a sexy body and they have a romantic spark with each other.The film has the usual Sandler hallmarks.
Here he teams up with Jennifer Aniston -which was bound to happen sooner or later since she makes the same romantic comedy over and over again as well.Here Sandler is a plastic surgeon who enlists the help of his loyal assistant (Aniston) to pretend to be his (soon to be) ex-wife to help him woo a much younger schoolteacher and everyone ends up in Hawaii (because Sandler has admitted that's where he likes to film movies).Anyways the plots not really important, its a pretty silly movie with some terribly unfunny (stupid) dialogue.
Zero chemistry between Sandler and Aniston, who both portray the same characters we've seen from them in all their other movies along with a clichéd plot and just too long in general.I'm not sure what Nicole Kidman was doing here but she must have had fun with her role even if her hula/coconut scene went on about 10 minutes too long.
Danny (Adam Sandler) is a plastic surgeon in Southern California who thinks he has met the love of his life, Palmer (Brooklyn Decker).
Of course the film kept some of the 'Adam Sandler comedy' such as when a little boy runs into his 'junk' and yells, "He put his pee-pee on my face!" Danny yells back, "He put his face on my pee-pee!" While the actors fit their characters perfectly, a few parts were greatly dramatized.
It is not Adam's best film, but it is still funny and entertaining.The movie is about a plastic surgeon who pretends to be married just to get girls.
i don't want to spoil anything, but the girl is into acting and improv in the movie, which I think makes this movie genius because YOU KNOW there is some improv going on, and not just with Sandler, but with a lot of the actors playing alongside him, including Jennifer Aniston.
I cried my eyes out sitting in the theater seeing the Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston movie Just Go With It. Outstanding acting, incredibly funny jokes, and a very accurate rating for a PG- 13 rating.
The characters in the film like think up their own movie on the spot, being creative in the process and there's the good happy ending.
Just Go With It is about a good-hearted plastic surgeon (Adam Sandler) who likes pretending he is married to get women unexpectedly finds that in order to land the 23-year old blonde of his dreams (Brooklyn Decker, a former model) he needs to fabricate an entire family an an impending divorce.
If you like comedy, this one was entertaining like the usual Adam Sandler movies.
I used to like Adam Sandler's movies.
The characters are as dumb as can be, and none of the main actors Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, or Brooklyn Decker share chemistry.
I enjoyed it, but then again I like Jennifer Aniston and I think Adam Sandler is funny..
JUST GO WITH IT – CATCH IT ( B ) Just like all Adam Sandler's movies, "just go with it" is a slapstick comedy and hilarious.
This one does the same just like Grown Ups. Sandler and Aniston share a good chemistry, which makes it funny and enjoyable.
It also seemed like Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston were trying too hard.