final verdict for: "Bedtime Stories" (2008): Oh hello there Disney! Family Comedy? Sure, bring it on!
In this flick we find Adam Sandler in one of his typical roles. The little dumbie who deserves better (here by his father's last will), but is denied his luck by the guy who bought his father's hotel. When his sister, an elementary school principal has to go on a trip to get a new job after her school is planned for being closed, he gets to keep their children and through the bedtime stories he makes up with the kids and that gradually come true, little by little he is getting closer to reaching his aim, to become the hotel's manager as his father wished for him.
The plot itself is nothing special, it's basically a reiteration of countless Adam Sandler movies before. However, this movie reaches a perfection in this subgenre (if you may call it so) that is nowhere to be found in other Sandler comedies. The story is very well developed and truly holds something for the whole family. The small bedtime stories, alongside the (admittedly weird) guinea pig, are great for children and the struggle of Sandler and the love story that goes along with it are appealing for their parents.
The actors' perfomances are as good as they can get, given the type of movie we are confronted with. Nothing outstanding, but solid enough. And thanks god, Courtney Cox didn't have enough screen time to ruin this movie, as she usually does with everything she is involved with.
Camera, editing and music are good too. As with the performance, there are no surprises, but it does the job very well.
The only real downside of this one is the deus ex machina ending, that seemingly comes out of nowhere, to to ensure an otherwise impossible happy ending.
The use of frame narration is another thing that was put into really good use here.
Over-all, I was more than happy with this one. Light entertainment that deserves not too much of thinking, but more leaning back and enjoying the well thought through story to the very end.
A good 7 out of 10, as far as I am concerned!
In this flick we find Adam Sandler in one of his typical roles. The little dumbie who deserves better (here by his father's last will), but is denied his luck by the guy who bought his father's hotel. When his sister, an elementary school principal has to go on a trip to get a new job after her school is planned for being closed, he gets to keep their children and through the bedtime stories he makes up with the kids and that gradually come true, little by little he is getting closer to reaching his aim, to become the hotel's manager as his father wished for him.
The plot itself is nothing special, it's basically a reiteration of countless Adam Sandler movies before. However, this movie reaches a perfection in this subgenre (if you may call it so) that is nowhere to be found in other Sandler comedies. The story is very well developed and truly holds something for the whole family. The small bedtime stories, alongside the (admittedly weird) guinea pig, are great for children and the struggle of Sandler and the love story that goes along with it are appealing for their parents.
The actors' perfomances are as good as they can get, given the type of movie we are confronted with. Nothing outstanding, but solid enough. And thanks god, Courtney Cox didn't have enough screen time to ruin this movie, as she usually does with everything she is involved with.
Camera, editing and music are good too. As with the performance, there are no surprises, but it does the job very well.
The only real downside of this one is the deus ex machina ending, that seemingly comes out of nowhere, to to ensure an otherwise impossible happy ending.
The use of frame narration is another thing that was put into really good use here.
Over-all, I was more than happy with this one. Light entertainment that deserves not too much of thinking, but more leaning back and enjoying the well thought through story to the very end.
A good 7 out of 10, as far as I am concerned!
