50 First Dates (2004)

Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore

Ok. So this movie was basically a crappy, humorless, rip-off version of Memento. Aren’t Adam Sandler movies supposed to be funny?? It wasn’t even remotely entertaining.

And I feel confident saying that the walrus in the movie that does silly little tricks is a better actor than Drew, Adam, and Rob Schneider.

There were a few funny moments in the movie. First, when the little kid says “nipples”. There’s just something inherently funny about a little kid saying the word nipples. The second instance was when Drew loves the smell of Adam’s hands because they smell like fish. This was funny mainly because Drew is freaky enough in real life to ACTUALLY enjoy the smell of fish on someone’s hand. (Although, she is not nearly as weird as French-kissed-my-brother Angelina Jolie).

And the final funny moment came when Drew beats the crap out of Rob Schneider with a baseball bat. This was something that needed to be done for real after Schneider made Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo. Is it wrong that I found the beating of another human being funny??

Finally, I don’t understand this trend with movie stars these days. They play Oscar worthy (and in some cases, Oscar winning) roles in critically acclaimed or blockbuster movies and then follow it up with sub-par crap. Like Sean Astin in this movie. This was the first movie he made following the hugely successful Lord of the Rings trilogy. Another example would be Russell Crowe following up his Oscar winning performance in A Beautiful Mind with Master and Commander. I just don’t understand this trend. Are they intentionally trying to sabotage their careers?? I don’t get it.