50 FIRST DATES

With Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider
Directed by Peter Segal

Sandler and Barrymore reunite after the enjoyable Wedding Singer with this Hawaii set romantic comedy. Henry Roth is a vet at an aquarium with a dream to travel on his yacht to study his favourite sea animal, the walrus. He's a bit of a womanizer but when he meets a girl in a diner one morning he's struck - and she really likes him as well. Unlucky for him Lucy is afflicted with short-term memory loss after a car crash with her dad. She starts each day out having forgotten the previous. Intent on not giving up, Henry meets her every day for the first time and tries to get her to fall in love with him before she goes to sleep - only to come up with a creative way to do the same the next day. The result is some funny situations with admirable supporting roles helping it along, Sandler's sidekick Schneider taking the biggest chunk as his Hawaiian surfing moron pal. Slapstick and saccharine romantic moments play side-by-side in a surprisingly enjoyable little flick that feels a lot like a Farrelly brothers premise. Not exactly Memento, but what did you expect from a Sandler vehicle?
PS. I didn't notice Schneider saying "You can do it!" - that joke tired the first time it came around

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