Bedtime stories (2008) makes you want to ‘believe in happy endings’: or does it? Adam Shankman (Hairspray) gives you Disney, and boringly so. One must not ignore the stark effort made to envelope several elements of cinema on overdrive.
Adam Sandler, known for his raunchy and slap-stick roles, plays Skeeter Bronson; a handyman, in what should be his own hotel, but was sold by his father (the narrator-yes it is a narrative) to Richard Griffiths (Barry Notthingham).s Hope prings eternal, and Sandler is finally given the chance to prove himself worthy of owning what is rightfully his, when he plays babysitter to his niece and nephew. With them he creates stories that turn into reality that help him on his way to ownership.
Though an intentional comedy, there was severe need for comic relief, and a continuous joke about a bug-eyed guinea pig or Russell Brand’s (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) astute stupidity are a one-off laugh.
Bedtime Stories definitely provides for 98 minutes of zero family awkwardness.
In theory I have seen this movie five times-it puts me to sleep easily. This is not Sandler (who confesses at a press conference, that is is easier on his conscious to know that his kids are watching this movie, rather than any of his others); and I am sure Keri Russell (Waitress) and Shankman have seen better days. James Chrisopher (Times Online) sums it up well: “Adam Shankman’s idea of directing a Walt Disney film is to pump quantities of schmaltz into every available hole.”
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Totally agree with you. Bedtime Stories was not worth going to the cinema. you either like or don’t like adam sandler. there’s no either or.
Bedtime Stories put me to sleep!
Good stuff Es..if u were aiming to kill the guy… it think u stabbed him hard. check for spelling, i think u have 1. I don’t think u need to make it longer, unleass u want to turn it into a feature (Sandler’s career). The music festival would be better as a feature.
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darl-vader