50 First Dates

Released: 2004
Comedy (but not really)
Director: Peter Segal
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore
Running Time: 99 minutes
Rated: PG-13

The breakdown:  A man falls in love with a woman that cannot build new memories.

I treated myself to this piece of crap last night.  I do not like Adam Sandler because he doesn't actually act.  He just treats every movie like what would Adam Sandler do in this situation and says it or does it.  He doesn't actually play a character, he just plays himself in every movie I've ever seen him in.  That's not really acting.

I also don't like Drew Barrymore.  She was probably best in Firestarter and E.T. and then it was all downhill from there where her acting has gotten worse and worse.  I don't even think she's convincing as the spokesperson for Cover Girl Cosmetics.

So these two together make a really terrible couple.  The script is not funny, the plot is totally unrealistic, and the "acting" from the main two leads is abysmal.

So here's the plot.
Adam Sandler is supposed to be this hot playboy on one of Hawaii's islands who sleeps around with tourists and never wants to settle down.  He pretends to be things like secret agents and lies through his teeth to women.  He's really a veterinarian and does genuinely seem to care about animals.

One day he goes into a restaurant and sees Drew Barrymore's character.  They start talking and hit it off.  They agree to meet the next morning at the same place, and when they do, she acts like she's never met him.  He's pulled aside by the waitress and she explains that due to a head injury during a car accident last year, Barrymore cannot keep new memories.  She has total short term memory loss after one day.  So while she sleeps, she loses everything that happened the day before.  She wakes up everyday and thinks it's the day right before the accident, her father's birthday.

Sandler finds out that her family has been lying to her as to not upset her and just pretends everyday is the father's birthday.  They watch the same movie, eat the same meal, do the same things, all for her benefit.  Adam Sandler decides he wants to pursue a relationship with her and makes a video that she can watch everyday so she's up to date on what she's missed over the past year and it's explained to her that she had an accident and lost her memory.

Over time, he falls in love with her, and they sort of date.  The family approves of him and he asks her to marry him.  She says yes, but of course, forgets everything the next morning.   She eventually breaks up with him, saying that she's holding him back from the boat trip that he wanted to take for the past 10 years and that it will be too hard for him to take care of her everyday.  He reluctantly agrees to her wishes and he gets ready for his boat trip.  Her father comes to see him off in port and says she's living now in a care facility for memory loss and teaching art to the other patients.

SPOILER**********If you want to see this movie stop right here.






He sees this as a good sign and leaves his boat to go find her.  He asks her if she now remembers him and she still doesn't, but she says she dreams of him all the time without understanding why.
They get married, have a baby and sail around the world with her father in tow.

Somehow I know this movie appeals to some people, but for me, it's complete rubbish.
Do NOT see this movie.
1 out of 5 for the animal actors.