50 Funny Moments

The final movie that we rented that I watched was 50 First Dates, and it was the best of the four. I’ll admit that Adam Sandler movies for me are kind of hit-and-miss. I can’t say that I am a fan of his movies. I have liked some of his movies including Mr. Deeds, Punch-Drunk Love, and The Wedding Singer, his last collaboration with Drew Barrymore. 50 First Dates manages to be better than all those movies.

There are a lot of things I enjoyed about the movie. For one thing, I liked the characters. Adam Sandler’s character is basically a fairly normal guy who doesn’t yell and scream or act like a little kid or have a strange voice. It felt like you were seeing the way Adam Sandler probably is in real life. Drew Barrymore’s character was good as well. She is a character who has a good head on her shoulders and won’t let a simple thing like short-term memory loss get in her way. I even enjoyed Rob Schneider’s character, a guy who is kind of dumb but evidently loves his kids so as to always have them around him.

One thing I especially liked is the way they treated Drew Barrymore’s condition. It seemed fairly realistic, and (slight spoiler) they didn’t make her suddenly get better. This gave the movie a bit of underlying sadness. She will never remember anything she experiences again, no matter how happy or tragic. The movie isn’t a drama, but that simple fact gives it a little more depth.

All in all, this is a fun movie with likable characters and romance without being sappy. So far it’s two for two when it comes to Adam and Drew. They should do more movies together.