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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.
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It descends into pathos, undermined by an insipid romantic subplot and the usual platitudinous guff about self-belief. Jan 5, 2009 | Rating: 2/6 | Full Review…
It descends into pathos, undermined by an insipid romantic subplot and the usual platitudinous guff about self-belief.
Tom Huddlestone
It's a pleasing concept, and Sandler is at his least obnoxious, but surely Adam Shankman's family comedy could have been wittier. Jan 5, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's a pleasing concept, and Sandler is at his least obnoxious, but surely Adam Shankman's family comedy could have been wittier.
Edward Porter
There's a surface liveliness to the movie, but it has that plasticky Disney quality and lack of real heart. Jan 5, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
There's a surface liveliness to the movie, but it has that plasticky Disney quality and lack of real heart.
Peter Bradshaw
In Bedtime Stories Adam Sandler gives his most bearable performance yet. Jan 5, 2009 | Full Review…
In Bedtime Stories Adam Sandler gives his most bearable performance yet.
Nigel Andrews
After sitting through this fractious fairy tale, we feel as plucked as a Christmas goose. Dec 29, 2008 | Full Review…
After sitting through this fractious fairy tale, we feel as plucked as a Christmas goose.
Richard Corliss
An innocuous but haphazard family comedy that seems less crafted for children than dreamed up by a team of them. Dec 29, 2008 | Full Review…
An innocuous but haphazard family comedy that seems less crafted for children than dreamed up by a team of them.
Dan Kois
Bedtime Stories is undoubtedly one for the kids but, with its bright and breezy tone and old-fashioned, inoffensive charm, it may well win over a few of their parents too. Oct 31, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Bedtime Stories is undoubtedly one for the kids but, with its bright and breezy tone and old-fashioned, inoffensive charm, it may well win over a few of their parents too.
Nikki Baughan
Bedtime Stories is one of those stories told at bedtime: safe, comforting and predictable. But there is a topping: it has Adam Sandler, a hero whose main virtue isn't his looks, kingdom or valour but a likeability that helps you overlook all of it. Apr 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Bedtime Stories is one of those stories told at bedtime: safe, comforting and predictable. But there is a topping: it has Adam Sandler, a hero whose main virtue isn't his looks, kingdom or valour but a likeability that helps you overlook all of it.
Shubhra Gupta
There's nothing fresh in Sandler's role that you haven't seen in almost every movie he's ever done -- the same mumbly, underachiever-schlub notes he's been hitting for years, only taken down a notch for his first PG-rated comedy. Sep 28, 2011 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
There's nothing fresh in Sandler's role that you haven't seen in almost every movie he's ever done -- the same mumbly, underachiever-schlub notes he's been hitting for years, only taken down a notch for his first PG-rated comedy.
Neil Pond
A family-friendly Adam Sandler movie that, even with its strained plot developments, is tame without being lame. Aug 14, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/4
A family-friendly Adam Sandler movie that, even with its strained plot developments, is tame without being lame.
Mike Scott
If you are forced to attend, then at least Bedtime Stories is tolerable, and occasionally fun -- when it forgets to be dumb. May 27, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
If you are forced to attend, then at least Bedtime Stories is tolerable, and occasionally fun -- when it forgets to be dumb.
Andrew Osmond
...ultimately comes off as the most entertaining Adam Sandler comedy to hit theaters since 2004's 50 First Dates... May 1, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
...ultimately comes off as the most entertaining Adam Sandler comedy to hit theaters since 2004's 50 First Dates...
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