Review – 50 First Dates

Hey, let’s remake The Wedding Singer only with a bizarre medical twist. To be fair, this isn’t a total remake. But like its predecessor, this production relies heavily on the romantic tension of an unlikely relationship between characters played by Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Here the frankly somewhat ridiculous complication is that Barrymore has a head injury that partially destroys her short-term memory in such a way that every night when she falls asleep she forgets everything that happened that day. Naturally that makes forming a relationship with Sandler more than a little tough despite their obvious mutual attraction. Some of the romance is cute, some of the jokes are funny, and some of the physical comedy works (especially Rob Schneider getting hit with a baseball bat). But overall this one’s just a little too silly for its own good. Mildly amusing