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50 First Dates

Play trailer 2:26 Poster for 50 First Dates PG-13 Released Feb 13, 2004 1h 36m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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. So every morning, Henry has to woo her again. Her friends and family are very protective, and Henry must convince them that he's in it for love.
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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.

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Simon Braund Empire Magazine Gossamer thin, but lots of fun nevertheless. Rated: 4/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Wally Hammond Time Out Quite what age group this soft-centered entertainment is aimed at is hard to divine. Jan 26, 2006 Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness This dopey film has virtually nothing going for it but its genial stars. Rated: C- May 3, 2005 Full Review Cory Woodroof 615 Film Aside from some of the churlish material, this has to be one of Sandler’s best from his original run. He’s actually committed to a vision here, and the story actually tries to find the poignancy in its premise rather than just the humor. Oct 21, 2022 Full Review Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Effective combination of sweet romantic comedy and broad slapstick that often plays like a direct cross between Groundhog Day and When Harry Met Sally. Rated: 2.5/5 May 12, 2020 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com ...has an unexpected emotional undertow and enough hard-won laughs to make it succeed. Rated: B- Aug 26, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Absolute gem of a feel-good movie. I love everything about this movie and watch it every 5-10 years. It’s a romantic comedy done right - even men will enjoy it. It’s heartwarming and hilarious. Sandler and Barrymore’s chemistry is as stellar as always. It quite possibly has the best plot of any romantic comedy ever made. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/25 Full Review Blu B As far as Sandler movies go, this one is defintely one of the better ones and probably the best of the barrymore collabs. It's halfway decent all around but defintely has it's ups and downs along the way. Drew Barrymore is good and probably the best thing in this. she has decent chemistry with Adam Sandler but it's not anything amazing. The dialouge and direction is all pretty basic stuff. It's part Sandler comedy and part Romance with the romance element defintely being the stronger part. The humor...is one of the issues. It's alright but some jokes are so dumb and stupid. Sandler is just alright in this too and just feels like he's doing his thing playing himself. Schnieder is stupid, Astin I hope your family was unharmed in the kidnapping that forced you to be here and play a roid bro too. The setting is nice too but the direction is pretty basic stuff. The plot hits the basic beats of any romcom and it actually doesn't feel like gags just happen for the most part. There's actully relationship growth which was suprising and really helps with a cuple good laughs but very inconsistent. The climax also feels forced and like it has to be there because it's a romcom and it's the law I guess. You could remove it completely and nothing really changes. If the humor was better or removed and had better effort from Sandler/direction this would have a chance at being one of the better romcoms of it's time. Anyone who is a die hard Barrymore or Sandler fan actually may like this. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/25 Full Review Audience Member I’ve watched this movie what seem like a million times and it’s still just adorable. I only just today caught the Tommy Boy reference in it when Sandler takes Barrymore to see the brain specialist (Aykroyd) and he mentions how their facility is funded by Callahan Parts in Sandusky Ohio! 🤦🏼‍♀️how I’ve never caught that before is beyond me. Made me laugh so hard! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/25 Full Review Mackenzie S One of the best movies of all time. Sooooo soooo good. Definitely a feel good movie, makes you laugh makes you cry & makes you laugh even more. 100/10 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Shadow K Absolutely loved this movie could not recommend enough Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Kevin P A decently charming rom-com with cute animal ambassadors that becomes surprisingly engaging with the memory loss storyline, but gets tainted by the unintentionally creepy ending. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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. So every morning, Henry has to woo her again. Her friends and family are very protective, and Henry must convince them that he's in it for love.
Director
Peter Segal
Producer
Jack Giarraputo, Michael Ewing, Steve Golin
Screenwriter
George Wing
Distributor
Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Happy Madison Productions, Flower Films, Anonymous Content, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
PG-13 (Drug Reference|Crude Sexual Humor)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 13, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 26, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$120.8M
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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