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50 First Dates

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Original title

50 First Dates

Year

2004

Running time

99 min.

Country

United States

Director

Peter Segal

Screenwriter

George Wing, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Cast

Music

Teddy Castellucci

Cinematography

Jack N. Green

Producer

Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, Anonymous Content, Flower Films

Genre

Romance. Comedy | Romantic Comedy. Time Loops

Synopsis

When Arctic marine life veterinarian Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) isn’t tending to the sea animals at Sea Life Park in Hawaii, he’s breaking the hearts of mainland tourists in search of a vacation romance. A long-term relationship for Henry is out of the question. It would scuttle his 10-year dream of sailing to Alaska to study the underwater life of walruses. Henry is close to making his dream come true when his schooner, the Sea Serpent, suffers a mishap during a trial run, which lands him at the Hukilau Café. He’s immediately smitten when he sets his eyes on one of its patrons, the beautiful young Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore), who is seated alone, having breakfast. Intrigued, he returns to the Hukilau the following day. Lucy is again seated alone with her waffles. Henry joins her and as they chat, he becomes more and more interested. Ignoring his own rule about dating local girls, he makes a date to meet her for breakfast the next day. But when he arrives and makes a reference to their previous conversation, she thinks he’s some kind of freak and calls for help. Lucy has no idea who he is. And Henry realizes that if he wants to win her affections, he’s going to have to start over again every day for the rest of his life.

Critics' reviews

"The movie doesn't have the complexity and depth of 'Groundhog Day' (...) but as entertainment it's ingratiating and lovable (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"It’s a kick to see the adorably sexy Barrymore back in relaxed form again (...) Right now, she’s the closest thing to sunshine you’ll find at the movies (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"About 25 too many."

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
"A chick flick for guys, with a pH balance in perfect equilibrium between the crass and the sweet."

Michael O'Sullivan: The Washington Post
"Stupid, coarse and abysmally unfunny."

Rex Reed: The New York Observer
"'50 First Dates' is working awfully hard to be romantic and not hard enough to be a comedy."

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"As a comedy, '50 First Dates' is standard Sandler, but as a love story it left me pleasantly buzzed, if not quite punch-drunk."

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
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15 My Favorite Romantic Comedies (241)
46 My Top 10 Movies from 2004 (73)
77 Movies that Don't Seem that Special but are Very Special to Me (52)

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