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DVD 50 First Dates (Widescreen Special Edition)
With generous amounts of good luck and good timing, 50 First Dates set an all-time box-office record for the opening weekend of a romantic comedy; whether it deserved such a bonanza is another issue altogether. It's a sweet-natured vehicle for sweet-natured stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, and their track record with The Wedding Singer no doubt factors in its lowbrow appeal. But while the well-matched lovebirds wrestle with a gimmicky plot (she has no short-term memory, so he has to treat every encounter as their first), director Peter Segal (who directed Sandler in Anger Management) ignores the intriguing potential of their predicament (think Memento meets Groundhog Day) and peppers the proceedings with the kind of juvenile humor that Sandler fans have come to expect. The movie sneaks in a few heartfelt moments amidst its inviting Hawaiian locations, and that trained walrus is charmingly impressive, but you can't quite shake the feeling that too many good opportunities were squandered in favor of easy laughs. Like Barrymore's character, you might find yourself forgetting this movie shortly after you've seen it. --Jeff Shannon
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sweet & sexy
I'm a huge fan of both Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, so I love the pairing of these two. It seems odd to put these two together but they have great chemistry. As much as I love seeing Adam Sandler in raunchy comedies, I also love seeing him in romantic comedies. Henry Roth is a ladies man afraid of commitment until he meets Lucy. Their first meeting is great and then he finds out that she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the very next day. So Henry tries to win her over each day. 50 First Dates is very similar to Groundhog Day but its sweet and sexy and it works. I was surprised.
Forgotten Love
Adam Sandler, typically a vulgar, careless person, expressed a totally different side of his acting abilities in this film. Instead of playing an entirely comedic role, Sandler was a loving, caring man who developed a relationship with a beautiful woman, Drew Barrymore. Barrymore as well, playing the part of a gorgeous young lady plagued by the occurrence of a car accident, does a beautiful job of portraying her character. She falls in love with Sandler, but the car wreck causes her to relive a single day of her life over and over, causing her to forget all about her meeting with Sandler. Once Sandler figures out her handicap, he desperately tries to conjure up a way to help her remember him and their relationship to preserve the love they feel for each other. I highly recommend this movie. It is worth seeing multiple times.
-Cdawg
if a face could launch a thousand ships....
Drew Barrymore burns up the screen. She ignites it, torches it, tosses gasoline all over it and lights a match. Various humanoid patterns seem to flit around her, like shades from the afterworld. I really can't be sure and, I gotta be real honest here, I don't really care.
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