50 First Dates
Henry Roth (Sandler) is a veterinarian living in Hawaii who enjoys the company of vacationing women. He leaves the playboy life behind after he falls for Lucy (Barrymore), who suffers from short-term memory loss. Since she can never remember meeting him, Henry has to romance Lucy every single day and hope that she falls for him.
I have to confess that I’m somewhat of a Adam Sandler fan. His offerings aren’t always the most intelligently comic offerings that can be had for a laugh, but he amuses none the less. I find him more amusing than Ben Stiller who doesn’t really hit the funny mark for me. Sandler’s latest film, 50 First Dates, offers an interesting and well-thought out premise for the main protagonist.
What would you do if you only had one day to spend with the woman of your dreams, and that one day would always be the first day that you met her. That’s right, you’d have to chat her up over and over again, succeed or fail, and enjoy the day knowing that the next day you would have to start from square one again, with trying to chat her.
Essentially, it is a romantic comedy although don’t let dissuade you from seeing this film. The lighthearted comedy and humour helps to keep it from getting dragged down into a soppy love story. The only reservation I hae about the film is that at one point it made fun of the mentally disturbed (in fact, if you think about it, the whole film is based on that). I don’t believe that any of the conditions they bring up in the film are real life conditions, but if so, then it’s a little cold to be laughing or making fun of that shit.
All in all, it’s a film that’s worthy of the Adam Sandler title. It ends on a positive note even if a little surprising for the usual Hollywood crap endings that dog romantic comedies. It ain’t brain surgery, nor thought provoking, but it will amuse for a suitable 90 mins.
The film is definitely worthy of the Adam Sandler name to it.
