Bedtime Stories (2008)
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Reviews Counted:102
Fresh:25
Rotten:77
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Though it may earns some chuckles from pre-teens, this kid-friendly Adam Sandler comedy is uneven, poorly paced, and lacks the requisite whimsy to truly work.
Theatrical Release:Dec 25, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $109,993,847
Synopsis: Having promised to make a film his own kids could enjoy, Adam Sandler (YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN) delivers the goods in the charming fairy tale BEDTIME STORIES. As the film opens we meet Marty... [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Guy Pearce, Keri Russell, Richard Griffiths
Director: Adam Shankman
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Reviews for Bedtime Stories
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A family-friendly Adam Sandler movie that, even with its strained plot developments, is tame without being lame. Full Review |
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 2/5 |
If you are forced to attend, then at least Bedtime Stories is tolerable, and occasionally fun -- when it forgets to be dumb. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
...ultimately comes off as the most entertaining Adam Sandler comedy to hit theaters since 2004's 50 First Dates... Full Review |
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Enjoyable, silly and a wee bit whimsical. It's also treacherously predictable at times, the two leads lack chemistry and it has the token horrible Rob Schneider cameo. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
The real charm of Bedtime Stories is how it works as a family film. Full Review |
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64/100 |
Given that Sandler's main appeal has always been to the 12-year-old in all of us, it probably makes sense for him to aim his movies directly at that age group. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
A big step backward for director Adam Shankman ('Hairspray'). Full Review |
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2.5/10 |
Bedtime Stories lacks the required thrills, imagination, comedy and drama required to be a truly entertaining family film. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Guy Pearce abraça o embaraço com toda a vontade, mas nem isso salva esta porcaria constrangedoramente mal escrita, atuada e dirigida do fracasso. Um filme de Adam Sandler para crianças: alguém alerte a UNICEF.
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1.5/4 |
A potentially interesting movie that comes crashing down as hard as that proverbial beanstalk. Full Review |
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1/5 |
I've seen better special effects in Troma releases... Full Review |
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2/5 |
Far from another Jumanji, any magic director Shankman tries to inject is squashed by Sandler’s distressingly annoying turn, while Russell Brand and Keri Russell look uncomfortably crowbarred in. Full Review |
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2/6 |
It descends into pathos, undermined by an insipid romantic subplot and the usual platitudinous guff about self-belief. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Appalling, hypocritical and dull. Imagine not watching this movie, then make that wish come true. Full Review |
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2/5 |
It’s a pleasing concept, and Sandler is at his least obnoxious, but surely Adam Shankman’s family comedy could have been wittier. Full Review |
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2/5 |
There's a surface liveliness to the movie, but it has that plasticky Disney quality and lack of real heart. Full Review |
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2/5 |
With the right material – think the day-glo campery of Hairspray – director Adam Shankman is capable of good things. Here you get the distinct impression there’s not enough room to accommodate Sandler’s ego. Full Review |
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December 23, 2008:
There is one big Sandler moment, when he discovers how to use a sandwich to brush his teeth. But I'll pass on the Cinderfella part, where instead of shoes, he promises to stick around 'like the stink on your feet.' Nose clips, please. 
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