
Not a typical Sandler flick...not too sure on this!!
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I must preface by saying I am a Sandler fan....I love his light hearted, silly comedic movies...and this began as such. It had all the typical Sandler ingredients - silly, daft humor, his regulars making a cameo - a la Rob Schinder, the old man iwht the filthy mouth - a typical Sandler move, and the funky soundtrack loaded with 70s rock and 80s pop...it had the promise of becoming another Sandler favorite!
He also threw in some Hollywood stars - Christopher Walken who I love, in a perfectly eccentric role; kate Beckinsale who sadly tried and failed at an authentic American accent, The Fonzie.....Henry Winkler and the hysterical Sean Astin who seemed very at home in some Speedo type swimwear throughout this movie!!
This movie started well....albeit predictable with the Bed, Bath and Beyond scene giving away the reasoning behind the plot -though there is a twist at the end which, granted , was a nice touch! It began as funny, daft and loveable...but changes somewhere in the middle - and though the one liners keep coming, they seem out of place, in the sentimental and sometimes downright sad scenes.
The message of the movie was a good one and certainly one we can all heed in todays fast paced dod eat dog world, but I am not so sure that sandler was the right one to deliver it - or indeed maybe it would have worked but for the fact that all te previews of this did not speak of the darker moments to come!!
A good movie but for me not one of my top Sandler productions!!
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