Bedtime Stories (Review)

What I knew going in:
Adam Sandler stars as himself, a total goofball whose niece and nephew have the ability to make their bedtime stories come to life in the real world.

Hype:
Meh. I'm a big kid at heart, but not big enough to spend $10 on this in the theater unless I was taking my own niece to see it. Since I never show a child a movie I haven't already seen, it was time to see if this was going to be a family friendly flick or something more along the lines of Happy Gilmore.

Opening Thoughts:
Sandler's back to his original form - unpredictable, silly, and out in left field somewhere. Unlike with Jim Carrey's Yes Man, it works in this film because of its lighthearted tone. What kind of mom doesn't let their kids watch TV or eat hamburgers? What kind of mom makes birthday cake out of all-natural healthy organic only ingredie.... is that GRASS as a replacement for icing? Well, now I know what it would be like to live under the yolk of militant veganism...

Bottom Line:
Made for big kids as well as little kids, Bedtime Stories just flat works as a great piece of escapist entertainment. It has a fairly predictable plot, but it amuses you enough along the way that the lack of a "Shocking Twist" won't bother you in the least. There's a reason this broke 100 mil at the domestic box office. While not quite enough to get the wholehearted !Q! approval, anyone looking for light-hearted family romantic comedy could a lot worse.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960731/