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50 First Dates (2004)

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Reviews Counted:169

Fresh:75

Rotten:94

Average Rating:5.4/10

Consensus: Gross-out humor overwhelms the easy chemistry between Sandler and Barrymore.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude sexual humor and drug references

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Feb 13, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $120,776,832

Synopsis: Scatological and sentimental, satirical and sincere, 50 FIRST DATES pairs Adam Sandler with Drew Barrymore in this romantic comedy about the power of love and short-term memory loss in Hawaii.... Scatological and sentimental, satirical and sincere, 50 FIRST DATES pairs Adam Sandler with Drew Barrymore in this romantic comedy about the power of love and short-term memory loss in Hawaii. Henry Roth (Sandler), the local marina veterinarian, only dates tourists because he's afraid of commitment--that is, until he meets Lucy (Barrymore). Unfortunately, Lucy lost her short-term memory months ago in a car accident, and for her, each day is October the 13th. She follows the same routine every day--breakfast at the same restaurant, pineapple-picking with her dad, and eventually bed time, where sleep wipes away her short-term memory. Henry, however, refuses to be forgotten, and as his puppy love matures, he embarks on a quest to restore her memory, or at least be a part of her everyday routine. But vying for Lucy's attention isn't always easy. Sandler explores various neophytic approaches before making a video for Lucy to watch every morning, reminding her of who she is and what she's doing. The film includes a trademark Sandler ballad as Henry serenades Lucy with his ukulele and a series of familiar salacious puns. Rob Schneider plays Henry's best friend, a goofy native stoner whose physical hijinks earn numerous laughs, and a cameo by Dan Akroyd as Lucy's doctor rounds out the cast. [More]

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Dan Aykroyd, Amy Hill, Missi Pyle, Blake Clark, Luisa Strus

Director: Peter Segal

Director: Peter Segal
Screenwriter: George Wing
Producer: Jack Giarruputo, Steve Golin, Nancy Juvonen, Daniel Lupi, Adam Sandler, Larry Kennan
Composer: Teddy Castellucci
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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...despite Sandler's usual crutch of going way over the top -- 50 First Dates is still a pretty watchable and funny movie.

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
02/12/04
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

A drab Groundhog Day retread.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
02/12/04
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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A misogynist comedy obsessed with penis length, bashing sexually ambiguous people and letting a stunted, dopey male snare his ditzy dream babe. . . . cheap, slumming comedy.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
02/12/04
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Drew Barrymore brings out the best in Adam Sandler

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
02/12/04
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Lucy wakes up every morning with no memory of anything that happened the day before. For the rest of us, everything in this movie is just too, too familiar.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
02/12/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Sandler wants to be charming and still fill his movie with gross comedy, to have his cake and puke it up, too.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
02/12/04
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

When Rob Schneider is the best thing about your movie, you know you have a problem.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
02/12/04
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

Sweet, deeply felt and funny.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
02/12/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

While it's not his best work, it's certainly not the worst thing Sandler has made.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
02/12/04
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

50 First Dates is the perfect date movie, one that should appeal to teens into Sandler's mean-spirited shtick, while drawing coos and oohs from those traditionalists drawn to something softer and dreamier.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
02/12/04
Glenn Lovell
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
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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.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
02/12/04
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Sandler and Barrymore have some kind of romantic-comedy alchemy together that makes him seem like a genuine catch of a lovable man-boy and makes her flightiness seem cute.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
02/12/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Where Singer had playful angst and skinny-tie nostalgia, Dates has sophomoric locker-room humor.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
02/12/04
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

Sticky but ingratiating.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
02/12/04
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday
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This pedestrian pic starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore never gets out of neutral, and should have been left in park -- back in the junkyard.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
02/12/04
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
CNN.com
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Sandler's movies always have combined juvenile humor with sentimentality, but the two rarely have seemed so out of synch.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
02/12/04
Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
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Despite its absurdist premise, and the danger of falling into Groundhog Day repetitiveness, 50 First Dates is convincing and works remarkably well.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
02/12/04
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

Pushes all the right buttons and pushes them expertly.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
02/12/04
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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[Rob] Schneider's contribution? Well, he says 'poi poi' a lot.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
02/12/04
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

Decidedly a mixed bag--still, it has enough laughs and charm to be moderately engaging, a definite cut above the usual run of gross-out studio farces released nowadays.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
02/12/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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