50 First Dates

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50 First Dates

PG-13

Released Feb 13, 2004

1h 36m

Romance

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Wally Hammond

Time Out

Quite what age group this soft-centered entertainment is aimed at is hard to divine.

Jan 26, 2006

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

This dopey film has virtually nothing going for it but its genial stars.

Rated: C-

May 3, 2005

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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

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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

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

...has an unexpected emotional undertow and enough hard-won laughs to make it succeed.

Rated: B-

Aug 26, 2009

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Jenna G.

I understand why everyone might want this to be a horror movie and give it bad ratings, but let’s be for real. You could take ANY movie, twist it enough, and you’d get a horror movie. This is a cute romcom that shows us what it’s like to be in love with someone so fully that you’d do anything for them. So glad I finally watched this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/09/25

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Jace T

50 First Dates is arguably just a cute and kind of creepy movie. If you take it at face value, it is a cute romantic comedy where the guy chases the girl, and love begins to blossom. When I was young, I most definitely took it that way and loved this movie. However, after listening to several reviews, and viewing this movie differently, with the illness Drew Barrymore has in this film, this could be described as a horror. There are some really funny horror edits of this movie out there on YouTube.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/13/25

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Chase H

It’s a very rewatchable movie. It’s not a 4.5/5 in the same sense as a Christopher Nolan or Quentin Tarantino film is a 4.5/5, but for what the movie has to offer and try’s to achieve it is definitely a 4.5/5

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/30/25

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Duda O

Típico filme do Adam Sandler que todo mundo concorda que seria melhor sem o Adam Sandler. Fico com dó da garota por te quer passar por tudo isso tantas vezes mas, ao mesmo tempo, é o filme mais romântico que já vi em toda minha vida. Piadas de cocô, de peido, de vômito, de mulher masculinizada. Típico do Adam Sandler, até mesmo o gordo do Adam Sandler. Tem mais alguma coisa a dizer?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Brian D

78%. 5/3/25 - seen several times, of course. Hilarious film. Rob Schneider's character is awesome. Same with Lucy's brother. Also a pretty cute story with his courtship of her. And really like the setting. 5/5 rewatch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/07/25

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Chase C

Loved this movie. Not sure why there is so much hate. If you ask me, the notebook kind of rips this off, haha.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/02/25

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Peter Segal

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Adam Sandler

Henry Roth

Drew Barrymore

Lucy Whitmore

Rob Schneider

Ula

Sean Astin

Doug Whitmore

Lusia Strus

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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: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Flower Films, Anonymous Content, Happy Madison Productions, Sony Pictures Television
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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