50 First Dates (2004)

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Directed by Peter Segal.

Starring Sean Astin, Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Dan Aykroyd.

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Re-teaming Adam Sandler with Drew Barrymore, his co-star from The Wedding Singer, as well as Peter Segal, his director on Anger Management, Fifty First Dates finds the funnyman playing veterinarian Henry Roth. More than content with a life of one-night-stands, Henry decides to give up his noncommittal lifestyle when he meets and falls for Lucy (Barrymore). However, when he discovers that Lucy has no short term memory, Henry finds himself having to win her heart again with every new day. Sean Astin and Rob Schneider also star. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

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An Ode to Depression (via Adam ...
by usesoap in usesoap Blog

disliked it.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. [What do you think?]
"While scarping though yet another barrel’s bottom in attempting to drum up the words to encapsulate yet another Adam Sandler cinematic gastric bypass, I opted to take the higher road and rely on the pre-eminent wit of one Noel Coward for inspiration in slogging through “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.” His ode to depression, “The Bad Times are Just Around the Corner” accurately sums up just about every filmic experience I’ve had with one Adam Sandler. With the exception of some chuckles in “Happy Gilmore,” I have yet to find a redeeming quality to any of his films. But as each of his subsequent films continue to make box office dollars, I have now relinquished myself to the fact that there I am in the minority and that this comedic abomination is going nowhere soon. So I might as well embrace my disparity, just as the late, great Coward had more than 50 years ago. Ode to Depression (via Adam Sandler)with apologies to Noel Cowar ... " [More]

Half of a Hundred Antecedent Re ...
by immaBOHEMIAN in immaBOHEMIAN Blog

liked it.

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"I think I enjoy Adam Sandler playing slighty more heartfelt movies...well...Click was pretty terrible..but it seems like he's still got that funny edge, but he's always adding in something serious. Like the ending, which I won't ruin for you, or the part when she first discovers the thing...it's hard to talk about a movie without giving much away. But I liked it. I wouldn't say I LOVED it but it's a cute movie and despite the plot points not all really adding up, the fact that a romantic comedy attempted it gives it points in my book. " [More]

50 First Dates
by MovieBabe in MovieBabe Blog

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"By Tricia Olszewski 50 First Dates is an Adam Sandler movie. It’s also directed by Peter Segal, the guy who did Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. But those aren’t the least auspicious things about it. In the first few minutes, a sea lion vomits, an androgynous woman repeatedly humiliates herself, and, God help us, Rob Schneider shows up as a glassy-eyed, skimpily clad Hawaiian who stores joints in his ass crack. (When Schneider’s character says, “My life sucks,” you can’t help but agree.) In a montage of his multiculti conquests, veterinarian Henry (Sandler) is introduced as the playa of the islands, an unfeeling cad who romances out-of-towners and then reveals that he’s, say, a CIA agent in order to cut ties with them. (“You can call me, but I’ll be in Peru.”) Thank goodness, both Sandler and the movie grow up after he meets Lucy (Drew Barrymore), a local who lost her short-term memory in an accident on her father’s ... " [More]

I Really liked it
by DrewBarrymoreGirl in DrewBarrymoreGirl Blog

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"I thought is was awsome, im not just saying that cuz im a big fan of Drew barrymore. i saw this movie way before i became a fan i thought thta it was funny, romantic,and sad. But it was more funny than romantic i wanna buy it on DVD but havent seen it any where that much anyway i say its a must see thats why i gave it 5 stars, Its on tommarow night by the way at 9:00 pm on channel USA. " [More]

Re: Welcome to the Group!
by pippin06 in Totally Over-rated

liked it.

"[quote user="Risselada"] I think determining if a movie is overrated is a simple calculation of a certain ratio. That is the ratio of your perception of how much acclaim a movie has received (both how pervasively it has been acclaimed and to what extent) to your personal feelings of how good the movie is. So the ratio is "perception of acclaim" to "personal assessment of quality". So there could be a number of different types of situations where the ratios could come out to be rather extreme. For instance, the movies 50 First Dates and The Lord of the Rings have been mentioned. One person questioned whether 50 First Dates could be overrated when it doesn't seem to be very widley or deeply acclaimed. Well if your perception was that it has even somewhat of a decent amount of acclaim, but your personal opion of the movie is that it's the absolute worst piece of shit ever committed to film, then you would be very surprised that people even gave it a decent rating. Your assessme ... " [More]

Re: Welcome to the Group!
by Risselada in Totally Over-rated

hasn't rated it.

"I think determining if a movie is overrated is a simple calculation of a certain ratio. That is the ratio of your perception of how much acclaim a movie has received (both how pervasively it has been acclaimed and to what extent) to your personal feelings of how good the movie is. So the ratio is "perception of acclaim" to "personal assessment of quality". So there could be a number of different types of situations where the ratios could come out to be rather extreme. For instance, the movies 50 First Dates and The Lord of the Rings have been mentioned. One person questioned whether 50 First Dates could be overrated when it doesn't seem to be very widley or deeply acclaimed. Well if your perception was that it has even somewhat of a decent amount of acclaim, but your personal opion of the movie is that it's the absolute worst piece of shit ever committed to film, then you would be very surprised that people even gave it a decent rating. Your assessment would be that the fact ... " [More]

50 First Dates
by superdrive0 in Totally Over-rated

disliked it.

"Everyone liked 50 First Dates because Adam Sandler was in it, but it really wasn't that good. The plot pretty much made no sense. Also, most of the jokes in the movie were not very funny. I don't want to say what happens at the end so that I wont spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it (though I don't know why you would want to), but for those who did see it, didn't you think the conclusion was really dumb? Something like that would never work! " [More]

Is this any good?
by Kami in Movies we do not want to see

hasn't rated it.

"I've heard it's funny but I have no desire to see it. Not a fan of Drew or Adam Sandler. Is it a must see? " [More]

Review by All Movie Guide

All Movie Guide

is neutral about it.

50 First Dates pulls off a neat little trick. The opening 20 minutes are filled with familiar Adam Sandler movie bits (walrus puke, sexually ambiguous co-worker, a horny and ethnic Rob Schneider) that even he seems tired of but knows need to be there for his core audience. In a pleasant surprise, the movie manages to disengage from its autopilot setting once the film's high concept kicks in. The Memento-meets-Groundhog Day conceit is actually thought out by first-time screenwriter George Wing. The film actually takes the time to figure out how Drew Barrymore's inability to make new memories affects those who love her most, and manages to find complications and solutions that are logical and thematically resonant. Director Peter Segal and Sandler, recognizing that they have been given a charming love story, are confident enough to back away from the more pedestrian moments of outlandishness that open the film. Sandler and Barrymore made a winning duo in The Wedding Singer. That film marked the first time Sandler tried to take his film persona in a new direction -- something he attempted more boldly in Paul Thomas Anderson's underappreciated Punch-Drunk Love. Sandler obviously learned from his experience on Punch-Drunk Love how his infantile screen persona can be allowed to grow up. With 50 First Dates, he has taken the lessons from that film, and packaged them in a way that his audience can accept. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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