Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
With generous amounts of good luck and good timing, 50 First Dates set an all-time box-office record for the opening weekend of a romantic comedy; whether it deserved such a bonanza is another issue altogether. It's a sweet-natured vehicle for sweet-natured stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, and their track record with The Wedding Singer no doubt factors in its lowbrow appeal. But while the well-matched lovebirds wrestle with a gimmicky plot (she has no short-term memory, so he has to treat every encounter as their first), director Peter Segal (who directed Sandler in Anger Management) ignores the intriguing potential of their predicament (think Memento meets Groundhog Day) and peppers the proceedings with the kind of juvenile humor that Sandler fans have come to expect. The movie sneaks in a few heartfelt moments amidst its inviting Hawaiian locations, and that trained walrus is charmingly impressive, but you can't quite shake the feeling that too many good opportunities were squandered in favor of easy laughs. Like Barrymore's character, you might find yourself forgetting this movie shortly after you've seen it. --Jeff Shannon |
Customer Reviews
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Hilarious and Heart Touching, May 10, 2023
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore team up once more to make a great comedy /love story. Drew plays the role of a woman who through a traumatic car accident has lost her long term memory, thus every morning she wakes up forgetting the previous day. She is eventually met by a man who falls in love with her but who keeps trying to make her fall in love with him every day.
0 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
 Lame attempt to make a great movie, Apr 21, 2023
I was expecting a lot more out of this movie then what I got.
It's basically about a girl who lost her short-term memory in an auto-moblie accident and some guy tries to get her to fall in love with him, yadda, yadda, yadda...
There was a lot of jokes that fell flat on their backs' in this movie, after awhile it really begins to annoy you.
The acting is nothing great and the diolouge is flat-out horrible.
Sandler doesn't give a good performance and Barrymore is okay.
Basically, it's a repeatitive movie that delivers lame jokes and the same thing every ten minutes.
If you're looking for a good movie, look elsewhere.
This is a very lame, unfunny, boring and stupid movie. Save your money for something worthwhile.
2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
 Falls flat in places in should deliver, Apr 6, 2023
50 First Dates features two romantic comedy superstars Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, who worked together previously in the romantic comedy, The Wedding Singer. 50 First Dates involves the relationship between Henry (Sandler) and Lucy (Barrymore), who suffers from short term memory loss after a car accident that she does not remember. Lucy forgets all new memories formed each night and Henry must find new ways to romance her each day.
The plot is promising and does offer some good situations. Sandler's trusty sidekick Rob Schneider provides a good scene in which he beats up Sandler to get Barrymore's attention and she ends up beating him up.
However, it's Barrymore and Sandler who don't deliver here. The script is okay and the scenery is beautiful. There just isn't a spark there and they both seem like they aren't fully into the film. 50 First Dates is admirable in its attempt to touch the psychological basis of short-term memory loss and offers some solid laughs, but dissapoints in the long run.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Not the next Bill Murray , Apr 5, 2023
Although this is a transparent remake of Groundhog Day, it is not a completely shameless ripoff in the sense that it is dedicated to Sandler's late dad, a lot of cash was spent photographing Hawaii (very pretty), and they were trying very hard to make a movie that did not suck. Overall, it pretty much succeeded. But every scene reminds you that Groundhog Day was a much funnier, insightful, romantic, and philsophical movie. Oh, and Groundhog Day had much better slapstick and flat out shtick rather than toilet humor. Oh, and the dramatic and comedic acting was a lot better. Uh, and the writing....
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
my favorite, Mar 30, 2023
I first saw this movie on a flight from Miami to Paris, and it was OK. I saw it again, and I loved it. It's a brilliant mix of comedy, romance, and a lot of sick minds(my favorite). If you get the DVD, the blooper reel is totally hillarious. I hope you like it, too.
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