Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! 50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd. Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii, "Why Drew Barrymore Loves Making Movies With Adam Sandler", "A LocationsHub Movie Marathon: Escape to Hawaii", "Picture-Perfect Movie Locations To Visit on Your Next Trip to Hawaii", "FILM REVIEW; A Love That's Forever, If Only for a Day", "Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, professional soul mates", "Memories aren't made of this: amnesia at the movies", "Losing memories overnight: a unique form of human amnesia", "Reverse Groundhog Day: U.K. man wakes up every day thinking it's March 14, 2005 and doctors have no idea why", "Groundhog Day: Woman with rare amnesia wakes up thinking every day is October 15, 2014", "Amnesia sufferer Nikki Pegram loses benefit", "Idea from Adam Sandler film used to soothe dementia patients", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=50_First_Dates&oldid=980068529, Articles with dead external links from August 2020, Articles needing additional references from January 2010, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2020, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Stephen Walker, Michael Conroy, Richard Brown, Pomaika'i Brown as Nick, the Hukilau café chef, The Makaha Sons of Ni'Ihau – "Aloha Ka Manini", This page was last edited on 24 September 2020, at 12:08. Trailer.

Its funny and harmless, with Drew Barrymore bringing a lot to the equation. Coming Soon, Regal Henry Roth lives in a Hawaiian paradise with the company of endless women with no strings attached. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Rob Schneider's character is just hilarious and if you don't laugh at him, well........ O.K, so this is my 23rd time, and this is your 1st, which averages out as our 12th time. In 2014, Barrymore said it had been more of a drama and was re-written by Sandler and they reworked it into more of a comedy. It's true that neither of the two are particularly good actors (Sandler especially), but the way the two interact is irresistible and adorable at times. ...has an unexpected emotional undertow and enough hard-won laughs to make it succeed.

She watched the tape and is hurt, but eventually comes to her senses and she is able to spend the day by picking up where the tape says she left off. All Critics (176) Marlin and Doug figure this out due to Lucy singing the Beach Boys "Wouldn't It Be Nice" on the days when she meets Henry. |, May 29, 2008 Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards. Its funny and harmless, with Drew Barrymore bringing a lot to the equation. Was this review helpful to you? |, May 12, 2020

The film's comedy tends to take away from the story, but otherwise it was a warm introduction for me into the world of rom-coms. Despite being prominently featured in the film, neither Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" nor The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice" was included on the soundtrack. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details".


[16] The other is a woman who reportedly believes every day is October 15, 2014. Now, I've heard that on the 12th date, I am entitled to unlimited boob access. Henry reluctantly helps her destroy her journal entries of their relationship. One day, as Henry is about to sit with Lucy at breakfast, she notices a police officer writing her a ticket for her expired plates. In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again. They reconcile. One is a man in the UK, originally from Germany. | Rotten (97). Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore shine in this sweet, flirty comedy about a man who falls for a woman with short-term memory loss. 50 First Dates is a classic Adam Sandler film, and has not only amazing humor, but beautiful Hawaiian landscapes that never fail to take the breath away, and of course, it's extremely entertaining.

Rob Schneider's Ula is by far the funniest character he's every played and Sean Astin is utterly hilarious as Doug. Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. 50 First Dates. It was funny yet sad at the same time.

Playboy vet Henry sets his heart on romancing Lucy, but she has short-term memory loss; she can't remember anything that happened the day before. 15 of 17 people found this review helpful. Stop it! The percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. He's getting too old to be a goofy character like he used to.

You're almost there! Both Henry and Lucy enjoy the company of each other and feel the start of a serious relationship occurring. Gross-out humor overwhelms the easy chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, who bring some energy and yucks to this tale of a girl with short-term memory loss and the guy who tries to get her to love him.

A few weeks later, Henry is preparing to leave for his sailing trip. The website's consensus states, "Gross-out humor overwhelms the easy chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, who bring some energy and yucks to this tale of a girl with short-term memory loss and the guy who tries to get her to love him.

Henry Roth lives in a Hawaiian paradise with the company of endless women with no strings attached. [12], Sandler and Barrymore won the award for Best On-Screen Team at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScoregave th… The soundtrack is also perfectly put together, each song feeling tropical and awesome at the same time.


On the way back, a car accident left Lucy with anterograde amnesia. Copyright © Fandango. Henry Roth is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The website's consensus states, "Gross-out humor overwhelms the easy chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, who bring some energy and yucks to this tale of a girl with short-term memory loss and the guy who tries to get her to love him." And it is such a spectacularly beautiful place for a romantic comedy. This movie paints itself into a corner from which it cannot emerge without becoming an utter disaster as far as I'm concerned.

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Flower Films, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Critical Consensus: "Click" Doesn’t, Ahem, Click; "Waist" Isn’t Deep Enough, Box Office Preview: Sandler "Clicks" With New Comedy, January 26, 2006 On a weekend trip to Hawaii, a plastic surgeon convinces his loyal assistant to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife in order to cover up a careless lie he told to his much-younger girlfriend. View production, box office, & company info. Ends up making you pine for Lucy's gift of forgetting. In 2010, researchers described a woman who developed the kind of memory impairment after she was involved in a car accident.

Within the witlessness and crudeness is a touching (or mawkish, depending on your perspective) romantic comedy trying to get out. "[7] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 48% based on 38 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews. She spends more time with Henry and goes to see some of her old friends. The restaurant owner Sue explains to Henry that one year ago, Lucy and her father Marlin went up to the North Shore to pick a pineapple for his birthday. Most of the film was shot on location in Oahu, Hawaii on the Windward side and the North Shore. Looking for a slightly scary movie to watch this Halloween? Not really your typical over the top Adam Sandler movie, but most if not all Adam Sandler fans will love this one. The story kept me interested. Unfortunately, their chemistry and screen presence is about the only thing that keeps the movie going.

Powered by JustWatch Just in time for Valentine's Day, "50 First Dates" is a spin on the " Groundhog Day " notion of a day that keeps repeating itself. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team. | Rating: 3/5 Sign up here. Some time later, Lucy wakes up and plays the tape marked “Good Morning Lucy”. Lucy then sees that she is on Henry’s boat, which finally made it to Alaska. Robert Abrams of NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital considered this idea "both innovative and thoughtful."

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After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attraction grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship. Written by Please click the link below to receive your verification email. Regal Approaching Lucy the next day, Henry is confused when Lucy fails to recognize him. As a parting gift, he gives Henry a Beach Boys CD. It is heard over the film's end credits. She wakes up every morning thinking it is October 13. Ten-Second Tom's ten-second memory is similar to the second-to-second consciousness of Clive Wearing, a British man whose long- and short-term memory centers were destroyed from a viral infection of the brain caused by the herpes virus.

(2004). The next day, Lucy shows no recollection of ever meeting him. [5] The Hukilau Cafe where Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler had breakfast each morning is still standing at Kualoa Ranch,[6] as well as the roadway and gate in the valley where they met each day.

This is until he meets Lucy Whitmore. This is until he meets Lucy Whitmore.

The fictitious memory impairment suffered by Barrymore's character, "Goldfield's Syndrome", is similar to short-term memory loss and anterograde amnesia. Forgot your password? Henry abandons his trip and travels to the art class.

Many of the supporting characters, particularly Barrymore's character's brother and Sandler's character's cousin are put on-screen to provide comic relief, which only sometimes works.

The movie's premise of a girl who has her memory reset every morning seems similar to Groundhog Day or the more recent Edge of Tomorrow is familiar, and led me to believe the movie would be very by-the-books.

Use the HTML below. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. Looking for something to watch? All rights reserved. Anonymous Content, This is the moment Henry discovers that Lucy actually suffers from short term memory loss and can't remember each individual day. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 45% based on 176 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 5.41/10. "[11] Sharks are like dogs: they only bite when you touch their private parts.