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Saturday January 01, 2005

50 First Dates

4 stars (out of 5).

I admit it. I have a soft spot for sappy love stories with happy endings. I'm just a sappy, happy kinda guy, I guess. Still, this movie could have gone so wrong. From a plot that sounds a lot like Groundhog Day (which I found incredibly annoying), to Drew "Charlie's Angels" Barrymore, Adam "Anger Management" Sandler, and Rob (okay, I loved The Hot Chick -- so sue me!) Schneider, I was not expecting anything I'd remember the morning after. Much less, fondly. Instead, all of the actors -- and the film itself -- showed a lot of heart. The thing under-promises and, in my book, really over-delivers.

Roger Ebert liked it for all the right reasons. Unlike him, I much prefer it to Groundhog Day. You want to see a great Bill Murray film, get Lost.

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I agree that it could have gone *so* wrong, and was also delightfully surprised and warmed by the film. I love the way they made it work.

Posted by Dan on January 03, 2005 at 01:02 PM EST #