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Year: 2004 Rated: PG-13 Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable Country Of Origin: U.S. Running Time: 99 Format: Color Genre(s): Comedy; Romance Production: Columbia; Flower Films; Happy Madison Released By: Columbia There's a surprisingly sweet romance at the core of this Adam Sandler comedy, despite the standard-issue scatological humor and an annoying supporting turn by Rob Schneider in ethnic drag. Marine-veterinarian Henry Roth (Sandler), unofficial king of the Hawaiian vacation hook-up, is always available to swoop into the life of attractive female tourists and swoop back out just before her vacation ends. Between short-term romances, Henry works at the local aquarium with his best friend, Ula (Schneider), and prepares for his upcoming voyage to Alaska, where he hopes to study walruses in their natural habitat. Those plans are put on hold when he meets lovely Lucy (Drew Barrymore), who captures the eternal bachelor's heart. But there's a catch: About a year ago, Lucy survived a car crash that damaged her short-term memory; she remembers everything about her life before the accident, but new memories vanish while she sleeps — including all knowledge of her new admirer. Lucy's father (Blake Clark) and steroid-popping brother (Sean Astin) have tried to shield her from the truth by pretending that every day is the day of the accident; when that fails, they take her to Dr. Keats (Dan Aykroyd), who patiently walks the understandably distraught Lucy through what really happened. With her family's reluctant blessing, Henry tries to find an easier way of reintroducing Lucy to her life every morning. His unorthodox methods allow them to enter into a real relationship, until the subject of Alaska rears its ugly head. Is Adam Sandler finally maturing? He's been dialing down his belligerent screen persona since the disastrous LITTLE NICKY (2000), and this is easily his most relaxed and normal performance to date. In fact, it's the kind of role John Cusack once made his own; there's even a scene where Henry stands in the rain crying. Reuniting Sandler and Barrymore was a smart move; as in 1998's THE WEDDING SINGER, her natural sunniness helps offset his frat-boy narcissism, and their scenes together are so charming that it's a letdown whenever the movie reverts to sophomoric gags about penis size and fat women. Ultimately, Sandler can't quite pull off the transition from prankster to sensitive leading man; he's clearly still committed to satisfying his core audience. Sandler's shtick is the main thing dragging down this otherwise pleasant romantic comedy, but he's come a long way since the crude, juvenile BILLY MADISON (1995). --Ethan Alter
Cast Adam Sandler: Henry Roth Charlie Abrahams: Lucy Whitmore Rob Schneider: Ula Sean Astin: Doug Whitmore Lusia Strus: Alexa Amy Hill: Sue Allen Covert: Ten Second Tom Blake Clark: Marlin Whitmore Maya Rudolph: Stacy Nephi Pomaikai Brown: Nick Joe Nakashima: Old Hawaiian Man Peter Dante: Security Guard Dom Magwili: Security Guard Jonathan Loughran: Jennifer J.D. Donaruma: Young Man Wayne Federman: Patient Kent Avenido: Cook's Helper Sharon Omi: Cafe Regular Aukuso Gus Puluti Sr.: Cafe Regular Christian Guiterrez: Ula's Kid James Lee: Ula's Kid Kylie Moore: Ula's Kid Keali'i Olmos: Ula's Kid Tache Uesugi: Ula's Kid Esmond Chung: Sheriff Kristin Bauer: Female Firefighter Ishtar Uhvana: Salon Worker Brenda Vivian: Salon Patron Chantell D. Christopher: Salon Patron Shenika Williams: Salon Patron Nectar Rose: Blonde in Office Jackie Titone: Dentist Yan Lin: Coroner Nicola Hersh: Woman in Car Virginia Reece: Red Head Melissa Lawner: Tan Friend Katheryn Winnick: Young Woman David Suapaia: Stacy's Boyfriend Peter Chen: Caddy Julianne Morris: Noreen Marguerite Cazin: Henry & Lucy's Daughter Kevin James: Factory Worker Michael Osborn: Sea Lion Trainer Denise Bee: Ula's Wife Albert Chi: Waiter Brian L. Keaulana: Jet Skiier	Credits Peter Segal: Director George Wing: Writer Steve Golin: Producer Nancy Juvonen: Producer Jack Giarraputo: Producer Michael Ewing: Exec. Producer M. Jay Roach: Exec. Producer Daniel Lupi: Exec. Producer Scott Bankston: Co-Producer Larry Kennar: Co-Producer Kevin Grady: Assoc. Producer Jack Green: Cinematographer Jeff Gourson: Editor Teddy Castellucci: Musical Composer Alan Au: Production Designer Domenic Silvestri: Art Director Robert Greenfield: Set Decorator Roger Mussenden: Casting Eddie Soria: Special Effects John C. Hartigan: Special Effects David Kelson: Sound - mixer K.N.B. EFX Group: Make Up - effects Rose Librizzi: Make Up Carme Tenuta: Make Up Webster Whinery: Stunts
Reviews Review #1 Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler had great chemistry in "The Wedding Singer," and managed to find it again in "50 First Dates." Though the set-up in this light romantic comedy is a bit strained, once you get into the main interaction with the two stars you get both the laughs and the emotion that you hope for in a film like this. Barrymore and Sandler won the MTV Award for Best On-Screen Team, and they do click together in a quiet and understated way. Barrymore plays Lucy Whitmore, a woman who lost her short-term memory in an automobile accident and lives each day over and over again, like Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day." Sandler, meanwhile, is Henry Roth, a marine park veterinarian with a soft spot for a giant walrus and tourist women with vacation mentality. He´s a scammer of the highest order who specializes in one night stands every night of the week, and age, race, class, even gender doesn´t seem to matter. But there´s something about this local girl who makes houses out of her breakfast waffles that he finds irresistible. The trouble is, any headway he makes with her one day is lost overnight because she's a headcase. Literally. An accident has destroyed her short-term memory, so he has to meet her and win her over day after day. Though Columbia publicity bills it as "the ultimate bachelor" facing "the ultimate challenge," it´s really a sweeter film than that. Director Peter Segal ("My Fellow Americans," "Tommy Boy,") takes the high road for the most part, avoiding the situational silliness and lowbrow humor that plagued his "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps." Sure, there's a gross-out barf joke, and the minor characters are so silly that you think they've taken one too many surfboards to the head. But Barrymore's naturally quiet flirtatiousness sets the tone, and it's perfect for Sandler to react to. He's a basically normal guy this time around, with a nice guy streak that makes you wonder how he could have been such a cad with all those tourist women. There are flaws, certainly. For one thing, George Wing's script doesn´t move the premise beyond gimmickry to where it can become an arena for character development. Maybe that´s because Wing spends so much of the time trying to explain the actions of the people in Lucy´s life. Okay, she has a trauma injury that knocked out her short-term memory, but why in the world would her father (Blake Clark) and brother (Sean Astin) reenact the last day she remembers, complete with newspapers printed up and family showings of the same movie every night? And why would the people at the diner where she ate breakfast that pre-fateful day play along with the ruse? Lucy has a doctor (Dan Akroyd), so why is it up to Henry to shake her out of her memory loss by introducing elements into her life that show time has passed and that every day isn´t really Sunday, October 13th? And why wouldn´t it occur to her family to try such mild shock therapy? These are some pretty big questions, but Sandler and Barrymore are actually so good in their roles that you can almost accept the characters´ irrational behavior as "Northern Exposure" erratic, and nothing more. As the people in Lucy´s life circle the Spam wagons to protect her from this new man in her life, you can almost forgive any lack of logic in their actions. But brace yourself for some over-the-top minor characters. Rob Schneider plays a Cheech & Chong clone named Ula, who supposedly trains the animals at the marine attraction by feeding them hash brownies. And Henry´s assistant Alexa (Lusia Strus) is as much of a Teutonic caricature as Dr. Evil´s right-hand woman in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." On the flip side, Clark and Astin are wholly believable and engaging as the concerned father and brother, and Hukilau Cafe denizens Sue (Amy Hill) and a cook Henry calls Tattoo Face (Pomaika´i Brown) add enough local color to make for quite a mural. == Review #2 Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler had great chemistry in "The Wedding Singer," and managed to find it again in "50 First Dates." Though the set-up in this light romantic comedy is a bit strained, once you get into the main interaction with the two stars you get both the laughs and the emotion that you hope for in a film like this. Barrymore and Sandler won the MTV Award for Best On-Screen Team, and they do click together in a quiet and understated way. Barrymore plays Lucy Whitmore, a woman who lost her short-term memory in an automobile accident and lives each day over and over again, like Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day." Sandler, meanwhile, is Henry Roth, a marine park veterinarian with a soft spot for a giant walrus and tourist women with vacation mentality. He´s a scammer of the highest order who specializes in one night stands every night of the week, and age, race, class, even gender doesn´t seem to matter. But there´s something about this local girl who makes houses out of her breakfast waffles that he finds irresistible. The trouble is, any headway he makes with her one day is lost overnight because she's a headcase. Literally. An accident has destroyed her short-term memory, so he has to meet her and win her over day after day. Though Columbia publicity bills it as "the ultimate bachelor" facing "the ultimate challenge," it´s really a sweeter film than that. Director Peter Segal ("My Fellow Americans," "Tommy Boy,") takes the high road for the most part, avoiding the situational silliness and lowbrow humor that plagued his "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps." Sure, there's a gross-out barf joke, and the minor characters are so silly that you think they've taken one too many surfboards to the head. But Barrymore's naturally quiet flirtatiousness sets the tone, and it's perfect for Sandler to react to. He's a basically normal guy this time around, with a nice guy streak that makes you wonder how he could have been such a cad with all those tourist women. There are flaws, certainly. For one thing, George Wing's script doesn´t move the premise beyond gimmickry to where it can become an arena for character development. Maybe that´s because Wing spends so much of the time trying to explain the actions of the people in Lucy´s life. Okay, she has a trauma injury that knocked out her short-term memory, but why in the world would her father (Blake Clark) and brother (Sean Astin) reenact the last day she remembers, complete with newspapers printed up and family showings of the same movie every night? And why would the people at the diner where she ate breakfast that pre-fateful day play along with the ruse? Lucy has a doctor (Dan Akroyd), so why is it up to Henry to shake her out of her memory loss by introducing elements into her life that show time has passed and that every day isn´t really Sunday, October 13th? And why wouldn´t it occur to her family to try such mild shock therapy? These are some pretty big questions, but Sandler and Barrymore are actually so good in their roles that you can almost accept the characters´ irrational behavior as "Northern Exposure" erratic, and nothing more. As the people in Lucy´s life circle the Spam wagons to protect her from this new man in her life, you can almost forgive any lack of logic in their actions. But brace yourself for some over-the-top minor characters. Rob Schneider plays a Cheech & Chong clone named Ula, who supposedly trains the animals at the marine attraction by feeding them hash brownies. And Henry´s assistant Alexa (Lusia Strus) is as much of a Teutonic caricature as Dr. Evil´s right-hand woman in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." On the flip side, Clark and Astin are wholly believable and engaging as the concerned father and brother, and Hukilau Cafe denizens Sue (Amy Hill) and a cook Henry calls Tattoo Face (Pomaika´i Brown) add enough local color to make for quite a mural. == Review #3 Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler had great chemistry in "The Wedding Singer," and managed to find it again in "50 First Dates." Though the set-up in this light romantic comedy is a bit strained, once you get into the main interaction with the two stars you get both the laughs and the emotion that you hope for in a film like this. Barrymore and Sandler won the MTV Award for Best On-Screen Team, and they do click together in a quiet and understated way. Barrymore plays Lucy Whitmore, a woman who lost her short-term memory in an automobile accident and lives each day over and over again, like Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day." Sandler, meanwhile, is Henry Roth, a marine park veterinarian with a soft spot for a giant walrus and tourist women with vacation mentality. He´s a scammer of the highest order who specializes in one night stands every night of the week, and age, race, class, even gender doesn´t seem to matter. But there´s something about this local girl who makes houses out of her breakfast waffles that he finds irresistible. The trouble is, any headway he makes with her one day is lost overnight because she's a headcase. Literally. An accident has destroyed her short-term memory, so he has to meet her and win her over day after day. Though Columbia publicity bills it as "the ultimate bachelor" facing "the ultimate challenge," it´s really a sweeter film than that. Director Peter Segal ("My Fellow Americans," "Tommy Boy,") takes the high road for the most part, avoiding the situational silliness and lowbrow humor that plagued his "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps." Sure, there's a gross-out barf joke, and the minor characters are so silly that you think they've taken one too many surfboards to the head. But Barrymore's naturally quiet flirtatiousness sets the tone, and it's perfect for Sandler to react to. He's a basically normal guy this time around, with a nice guy streak that makes you wonder how he could have been such a cad with all those tourist women. There are flaws, certainly. For one thing, George Wing's script doesn´t move the premise beyond gimmickry to where it can become an arena for character development. Maybe that´s because Wing spends so much of the time trying to explain the actions of the people in Lucy´s life. Okay, she has a trauma injury that knocked out her short-term memory, but why in the world would her father (Blake Clark) and brother (Sean Astin) reenact the last day she remembers, complete with newspapers printed up and family showings of the same movie every night? And why would the people at the diner where she ate breakfast that pre-fateful day play along with the ruse? Lucy has a doctor (Dan Akroyd), so why is it up to Henry to shake her out of her memory loss by introducing elements into her life that show time has passed and that every day isn´t really Sunday, October 13th? And why wouldn´t it occur to her family to try such mild shock therapy? These are some pretty big questions, but Sandler and Barrymore are actually so good in their roles that you can almost accept the characters´ irrational behavior as "Northern Exposure" erratic, and nothing more. As the people in Lucy´s life circle the Spam wagons to protect her from this new man in her life, you can almost forgive any lack of logic in their actions. But brace yourself for some over-the-top minor characters. Rob Schneider plays a Cheech & Chong clone named Ula, who supposedly trains the animals at the marine attraction by feeding them hash brownies. And Henry´s assistant Alexa (Lusia Strus) is as much of a Teutonic caricature as Dr. Evil´s right-hand woman in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." On the flip side, Clark and Astin are wholly believable and engaging as the concerned father and brother, and Hukilau Cafe denizens Sue (Amy Hill) and a cook Henry calls Tattoo Face (Pomaika´i Brown) add enough local color to make for quite a mural. == Review #4 Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler had great chemistry in "The Wedding Singer," and managed to find it again in "50 First Dates." Though the set-up in this light romantic comedy is a bit strained, once you get into the main interaction with the two stars you get both the laughs and the emotion that you hope for in a film like this. Barrymore and Sandler won the MTV Award for Best On-Screen Team, and they do click together in a quiet and understated way. Barrymore plays Lucy Whitmore, a woman who lost her short-term memory in an automobile accident and lives each day over and over again, like Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day." Sandler, meanwhile, is Henry Roth, a marine park veterinarian with a soft spot for a giant walrus and tourist women with vacation mentality. He´s a scammer of the highest order who specializes in one night stands every night of the week, and age, race, class, even gender doesn´t seem to matter. But there´s something about this local girl who makes houses out of her breakfast waffles that he finds irresistible. The trouble is, any headway he makes with her one day is lost overnight because she's a headcase. Literally. An accident has destroyed her short-term memory, so he has to meet her and win her over day after day. Though Columbia publicity bills it as "the ultimate bachelor" facing "the ultimate challenge," it´s really a sweeter film than that. Director Peter Segal ("My Fellow Americans," "Tommy Boy,") takes the high road for the most part, avoiding the situational silliness and lowbrow humor that plagued his "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps." Sure, there's a gross-out barf joke, and the minor characters are so silly that you think they've taken one too many surfboards to the head. But Barrymore's naturally quiet flirtatiousness sets the tone, and it's perfect for Sandler to react to. He's a basically normal guy this time around, with a nice guy streak that makes you wonder how he could have been such a cad with all those tourist women. There are flaws, certainly. For one thing, George Wing's script doesn´t move the premise beyond gimmickry to where it can become an arena for character development. Maybe that´s because Wing spends so much of the time trying to explain the actions of the people in Lucy´s life. Okay, she has a trauma injury that knocked out her short-term memory, but why in the world would her father (Blake Clark) and brother (Sean Astin) reenact the last day she remembers, complete with newspapers printed up and family showings of the same movie every night? And why would the people at the diner where she ate breakfast that pre-fateful day play along with the ruse? Lucy has a doctor (Dan Akroyd), so why is it up to Henry to shake her out of her memory loss by introducing elements into her life that show time has passed and that every day isn´t really Sunday, October 13th? And why wouldn´t it occur to her family to try such mild shock therapy? These are some pretty big questions, but Sandler and Barrymore are actually so good in their roles that you can almost accept the characters´ irrational behavior as "Northern Exposure" erratic, and nothing more. As the people in Lucy´s life circle the Spam wagons to protect her from this new man in her life, you can almost forgive any lack of logic in their actions. But brace yourself for some over-the-top minor characters. Rob Schneider plays a Cheech & Chong clone named Ula, who supposedly trains the animals at the marine attraction by feeding them hash brownies. And Henry´s assistant Alexa (Lusia Strus) is as much of a Teutonic caricature as Dr. Evil´s right-hand woman in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." On the flip side, Clark and Astin are wholly believable and engaging as the concerned father and brother, and Hukilau Cafe denizens Sue (Amy Hill) and a cook Henry calls Tattoo Face (Pomaika´i Brown) add enough local color to make for quite a mural. ==
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