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50 First Dates
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 on appeal for crude sexual humor and drug references
Starring
Adam Sandler,
Drew Barrymore,
Sean Astin,
Rob Schneider,
Dan Aykroyd,
and
Missi Pyle
Marine biologist Henry Roth (Sandler) finds the perfect woman, Lucy Whitmore (Barrymore) and falls head over heels for her. But when he sees her the following day, she hasn't a clue as to who is he due to a rare brain disorder that wipes her memory clean every night. Now, with the help of his friend Ula (Schneider), Henry has to concoct new and increasingly clever ways to meet her and get her to fall for him every day. (Sony Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
George Wing
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Peter Segal
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 15, 2004
Video: June 15, 2004
Theatrical: February 13, 2004
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| RUNNING TIME: |
99 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Premiere
Sara Brady
The film feels like a natural successor to "The Wedding Singer's" strange blend of humor and humanity, a gently silly comedy that's actually romantic without making anyone sick in the process. And that just might be a first.
80
Empire
Simon Braund
Charming and effective feel-good fare.
80
Film Threat
Kevin Carr
As corny as it is, there’s a lot of heart to 50 First Dates. But this happens more in spite of Adam Sandler than because of him. The heart comes from Drew Barrymore, really, and some of the supporting cast.
75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that the film doesn't resort to an easy cheat at the end. It plays things straight, and still manages to satisfy, making this one of Sandler's most appealing outings to date.
75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Funny, sweet and only mildly offensive.
75
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
As a comedy, 50 First Dates is standard Sandler, but as a love story it left me pleasantly buzzed, if not quite punch-drunk.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie doesn't have the complexity and depth of "Groundhog Day" (which I recently saw described as "the most spiritual film of our time"), but as entertainment it's ingratiating and lovable.
70
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
A chick flick for guys, with a pH balance in perfect equilibrium between the crass and the sweet.
70
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
The unlikely sweetness of the story carries the day. What is most astonishing is the confidence with which the filmmakers push their premise to its logical conclusion, turning an ending that could have been either laughable or appalling into something so effortlessly heartfelt as to be nearly sublime.
70
Slate
David Edelstein
Wing and director Peter Segal and Sandler and Barrymore have built a comedy around the thrill of first attraction, the sadness that comes from knowing it can't last, and the challenge of finding something in the heart to hang onto.
63
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The plot -- it's inspired and ridiculous at the same time -- is best described as "Groundhog Day" meets "Memento."
63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
A terrible movie by all reasonable standards -- yet it leaves a sweet taste.
63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
For all the irrelevant silliness, though, the movie never loses sight of its romantic center, and the script doesn't cop out with phony miracles or sudden changes of direction.
63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
I don't think 50 First Dates is a great movie, or a particularly funny one, but I admired its romanticism and its gentle plea for the acceptance of difference. Of how many romantic comedies can you say they are sweet and disturbing?
58
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
A sweet but weightless and witless romantic comedy, Sandler is not only deeply unfunny, he's deliberately unfunny.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A mildly pleasing romantic comedy, a trifle held together by Drew Barrymore's charm and a decent high-concept gimmick.
50
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
So unself-conscious and breezy that you find yourself sailing along with it; its flaws become as negligible as harmless barnacles nestled well below the water line.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
Although its goofy high-concept premise won't bear much scrutiny, it offers a less predictable ride than their first pairing, and lush Hawaiian locations to boot.
50
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Possesses an undeniable heart. The bad news is that it will still be buried underneath layers of stale Sandlerisms tomorrow, and the next day, and the next.
50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
The film repeatedly disappoints because Sandler and his director...have so little faith in focusing on the two characters' plight that they interrupts the romance repeatedly for vulgar, Farrelly brothers-style sexual and ethnic jokes that are so relentlessly unfunny they may not even rouse Sandler's core constituency of 12-year-old males.
50
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's a kick to see the adorably sexy Barrymore back in relaxed form again after the "Duplex" debacle and that calamitous "Charlie's Angels" sequel. Right now, she's the closest thing to sunshine you'll find at the movies.
50
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
If you've never seen a Sandler movie, however, this isn't the one to start with. Proceed only if you're sure you like the guy.
50
USA Today
Claudia Puig
50 First Dates is working awfully hard to be romantic and not hard enough to be a comedy.
50
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
The movie's sole selling point turns out to be its sweetness. Sandler, Segal and writer George Wing obviously like all of the characters despite the constant ribbing, and Sandler and Barrymore are as cuddly as a pair of love-struck walruses. But only a sucker would get too close.
50
TV Guide
Ethan Alter
Sandler's shtick is the main thing dragging down this otherwise pleasant romantic comedy, but he's come a long way since the crude, juvenile "Billy Madison" (1995).
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
At each stage of the romance, the movie digresses with a series of swing-and-miss gags, often with an abusive twist.
50
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
You can tell they're desperate when they unashamedly resort to showcasing cutesy sea-creature behavior. Sandler is a funny guy. Let him work for his own laughs. He doesn't need a puking walrus to prop him up.
50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Dull and sappy, though anyone who finds Sandler dreamy should love it.
42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Sandler and Barrymore generate some believable, if low-voltage, chemistry: they're both so shallow and conceited and dingy that you think -- yes! -- in real life, these two people probably would go for each other in a second.
40
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Schneider hams it up as a paunchy middle-aged Hawaiian stoner in an eyebrow-raising ethnic caricature that more than once calls to mind Mickey Rooney's unfortunate Japanese turn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
40
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
What do you get when you mix Adam Sandler with SPAM gags, a trained vomiting walrus, a wall-to-wall soundtrack of calypso covers of 1980s pop hits, and Rob Schneider in native-Islander brownface? You get a pretty crappy movie, but for one major mitigating factor: Drew Barrymore.
40
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
As Adam Sandler vehicles go, this isn't quite as dire as "Eight Crazy Nights," but any movie that has to fall back on Rob Schneider rubbing his nipples has some serious script issues.
30
LA Weekly
John Patterson
Oscillating gracelessly between the coarse and the merely saccharine, 50 First Dates, directed with zero visual or comedic flair by Peter Segal (Anger Management, Tommy Boy), showcases Sandler's cuddlier side as it reprises the tepid chemistry that he and Barrymore road-tested in "The Wedding Singer."
25
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
It's hard to enjoy this when you're barraged by bathroom humor, animal stunts, and gags about a character whose memory loss is so bad he's called Ten-Second Tom.
20
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Has nothing going for it -- and much going against it.
20
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Adam Sandler's 50 First Dates isn't just slovenly and smarmy but creepy.
20
Newsweek
David Ansen
The creepy subtext of his (Sandler's) behavior is something this crude, mirthless comedy tries not to notice.
20
Village Voice
Laura Sinagra
The barf stream of gay jokes, pussy jokes, fat wife jokes, more gay jokes, and walrus penis jokes ends up making you pine for Lucy's gift of forgetting.
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