50 First Dates (DVD)

50 First Dates, works on the basis that everybody lives in Hawaii, everybody has jobs they love. All the scenery is beautiful; you can just go and lie on the beach after joyful work, and no matter what nasty things happen to you, they all become recovered in the end. If you watch this with that attitude you should have a right laugh. It’s a happy, fun romantic comedy. With two of my favourite actors in! The Story Henry Roth is a vetenerian, who ...
...doubt the best thing about 50 First Dates, she is funny, sweet, heart breakingly raw and she simple glows in this role. I don’t care what you say; it’s a wonderful performance that deserved to have more material to work with. When her character Lucy finds out about her accident and amnesia. She is heart breaking, my girlfriend and cousin cried. She pours everything in. She manages to make a stupid, flat character. Into someone that you really like ...

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Life is good for Henry Roth. He is a successful vet at a sea life centre in Hawaii, with his charm and winning smile he has the pick of the visiting tourist out for a holiday romance and is looking forward to the day he can set sail on his boat to study his beloved sealife in their natural habitat. With this in mind, he steers a wide berth from any kind of commitment, preferring to tell his conquests wild stories about what he actually does for a ...
...one day, he steps into a local diner (with a strange specialty of spam) and spies a very pretty blonde constructing her waffles into a structure of some sort and strikes up a conversation with her. He and Lucy hit it off right away and both decide that they should meet for breakfast the next morning to continue the conversation they have started. So, the next morning, he brightly strolls into the diner however when he sits down next to her, she ...

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...hour. Channel Five was showing 50 first dates - a perfect easy Sunday film that wouldn't make me think too hard. I wasn't expecting much although I remembered the Wedding Singer and the fantastic chemistry between Sandler and Drew so assumed at worst it would make me smile slightly. Release Date: April 2004 Director: Peter Segal Genre: Romantic Comedy Run Time: 99 minutes Certification: 12A Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore ¬¬¬Plot summary¬¬¬ ...
...no intention of committing to anything or anyone until one day he meets the woman of his dreams, Lucy. Everything seems too good to be true as the pair instantly hit it off, until Henry discovers, the woman he is meant to spend the rest of his life with suffers short-term memory loss following an accident,, meaning everyday she awakes with no recollection of the previous day. This dilemma leaves Henry with a challenge. Each day Henry has to come ...

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...of a romantic comedy. 50 first dates is collaboration between the delectable Drew Barrymore and the Sweet silly Adam Sandler. Did you watch the wedding singer? They had wonderful chemistry going there and I was hoping to see the same thing in this new offering. You see I myself am rather partial to a bit of Adam Sandler. There is something about his voice and his eyes and the way he says “I love you” that just makes this English lady swoon. My husband ...
...by the information. 50 first dates is funny. Nope scratch that it is hilarious! I will admit some of the humour is a bit childish and silly but hey we all need to be a bit silly now and then don’t we? A lot of the humour is aimed at Ula who is played by Rob Schneider who you will recognise if you’ve seen any of Sandler’s other movies. Ula is the character you will either love or love to hate. He’s a seemingly crazy local fella who has a thing about ...

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50 First dates is a feel-good film. It falls into the RomCom genre but this shouldn't put any guys off watching this. Anyone whose seen The Wedding Singer will already know that the on screen comedy timing/chemistry between lead characters Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler is a must see and it's repeated in this film! What's it about ***************** This Peter Segal directed film opens with a montage of suntanned women (and a man) recounting ...
...The recall how they "went cliff diving", "snorkling", "danced in the rain" and many other exciting things they did with their holiday romances. The odd thing is that despite being super-romantic - the relationships ended with excuses like the "guy didn't own a phone", "ran away" or was "gay," leaving them confused. So who were these amazing holiday romance guys…. one guy, Henry Roth (Sandler), that's who? Henry's life is a series one night stands ...

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~~~PLOT~~~ Henry Roth (ADAM SANDLER) is a veterinarian at Hawaii's Sea Life Park, where he looks after walruses and ribs his gender ambiguous colleague, Alexa (LUSIA STRUS). Henry, is popular with the pretty holidaying tourists and has plenty of brief flings but doesn’t commit because of his 10 year plan to study the underwater life of walruses in Alaska. Then one day, when his boat test for his Walruses project goes wrong, it leads him to Hukilau, ...
...cook Nick (NEPHI POMAIKAI BROWN). There, he is enthralled by pretty Lucy Whitmore (DREW BARRYMORE) who's contently creating pyramids with her breakfast waffles. The two have an instant connection and chat about fish and waffles (Lucy even delights in sniffing his fish smelling hands). The pair make a date to meet the next morning for breakfast. But the next day she doesn't recognize him. Sue tells Henry that Lucy suffered a brain injury about a year ...

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►►► Synopsis Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is a happy go lucky sort of guy; he has a good job as a vet on a Hawaiian island as well as dating many of the attractive holiday makers with the knowledge that once the holiday is over nothing will ever come of them. That is until he meets local girl Lucy (Drew Barrymore) and immediately falls head over heels in love with her. The only trouble is Lucy has a rare illness which when she wakes ...
...before, not even meeting Henry. Desperate to win her over, Henry sets about romancing her everyday in the hope that one day she will remember him. ►►► Opinion After the surprise success of "The Wedding Singer" which saw the pairing of Sandler and Barrymore hit the big screen, it came as no surprise to me when they paired up again for the 2004 romantic comedy "50 First Dates". Whilst this is definitely your typical Sandler comedy, ...

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...** Availability ** 50 First Dates is now available to buy and rent of DVD and video and can be obtained for as little as £8 from play.com (at the time of writing.) ** Overall ** Overall I would recommend that you give this film a chance. It is far from a classic and not something that I would want to buy, but it entertained me for a couple of hours and is something that I would recommend you to try. Probably want to rent it rather than buy it ...

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...ends are tied up. 50 FIRST DATES (2004) PG - 99 Minutes Director - Peter Segal Cast - Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Dan Aykroyd This is textbook romantic comedy fare for Sandler who is not stretched by his character at all. That said he does have a certain charm that allows the audience to warm to him and you do want him to succeed in his attempts to woo Lucy. The movie is carried though by Barrymore in a performance ...
...life. She expresses every emotion with vigor and makes you really care and relate to her characters situation. The supporting cast is a little patchy, with a quirky cameo as the rather blunt doctor by Dan Ackroyd and an over the top camp comedy outing for the risable Rob Schneider as Henrys buddy Ula. The animals on show also offer comic sidelines when called upon, although the well hung walrus gag ran thin on the third outing. I may just have ...

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50 First Dates is a romantic comedy released 13th February 2004. It runs for approximately 99 minutes & is rated 12. The film was made on a budget of $75,000,000 and grossed an estimated $196,482,882 worldwide. The film received mainly good reviews, a lot said that Adam Sandler became more likeable in this film because he didn’t use his usual ‘gross out’ comedy routines. 50 First Dates is directed by Peter Segal, he’s also worked on the films: The ...
...is the film that reunites Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore for the first time since their 1998 hit film The Wedding Singer. Adam Sandler over the years has become famous for his visual humour for instance in Happy Gilmore he can be seen wrestling a shark & an old man! Adam Sandler has appeared in: Big Daddy, Mr Deeds & The Waterboy. Drew Barrymore is famous for her versatility, she’s appeared in comedy films, action films, dramas & of course E.T… you ...

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...films. These 2 films were 50 First Dates and Maid in Manhattan. They were both only £5 each so it was definitely worth it, according to both my mom and Woolworths. This film follows a girl called Lucy, who had a very fatal car accident, and she is diagnosed with amnesia, so every single day she thinks that it's the day of her accident. However, this person called Henry, is new in Hawaii and meets her one day, at a cafe. He doesn't know she has amnesia ...
...other the next day, only she had totally forgotten about that arrangement. Then Henry has a really good idea, but will it work, or will it not work? Drew Barrymore plays the amnesia girl, Lucy. Drew acted out her part really good, I would think that it's next to impossible to play that part! She played it well, and it shows how good of an actress she is. However I do not rank her as one of my many favourite actresses, I don't know why, but she isn't ...

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Imagine waking every day believing you were at exactly the same point in time, not being able to remember what you did yesterday, the people you met, the places you went to. Imagine being told every day that you suffered a terrible car accident that has left you without any short term memory. Well that's the life sentence that has been dished out to pretty Hawaiian school teacher Lucy Whitmore and no matter what the efforts of her loving father and ...
...Henry Roth is the local veterinarian at the sea-life centre, (and of dubious intentions to the visiting tourists) but who falls head over heels in love with Lucy and even after realising her condition, makes it his life work to try to make some sort of relationship together. That's the plot setting of "50 First Dates" which sees the romantic comedy pairing of Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore once again grace the big screen with their lovely brand ...

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Henry Roth is a commitment-phobe vet based in Hawaii, who spends his time bedding tourists. But one day he meets local girl Lucy. They hit it off and he can’t wait to see her again. The only problem is that Lucy has no short-term memory and the next time she sees him, she can’t remember having met him before. So Henry has to make her fall in love with him every time they meet. Just what the world needs, another romantic comedy. There seem to be ...
...this year, what with “Something’s Gotta Give” and “Along Came Polly” amongst others. So what makes this one so special? Well, unfortunately the answer is nothing. Sure it reunites the stars of “The Wedding Singer”, one of the more endearing rom-com products of the past few years, but that means that their chemistry is no real surprise. The characters in themselves are nothing special, the supporting cast is uninspiring as is the plot and there seems ...

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I'll admit straight away that for one reason or another I'm not a massive fan of Adam Sandler. I've found his portrayal of characters in some films a little over the top and annoying (the stupid voices in 'The Water Boy' and 'Little Nicky' for example). So when I was dragged along to the cinema one night by some friends who actually do like Adam Sandler to see his new film which, from one trailer that I had seen on TV, appeared to be another of his ...
...I must admit that I was wrong! '50 First Dates' tells the story of Henry Roth (Sandler), an American marine veterinarian in Hawaii who likes to bed the tourists but run at the first sign of them wanting any long-term commitment. You see, he was hurt by his first girlfriend at college so is now afraid of history repeating itself. However, one morning he is dumbstruck by the sight of local girl Lucy (Drew Barrymore) eating breakfast in a local cafe. ...

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50 First Dates 50 First Dates is a fantastic movie that I very nearly didn't rent but am I very glad that I did. Picture us on a saturday night and the kids are in bed and we have a bottle of red wine. Okay the scene is set, so off we go: Henry Roth played by ADAM SADLER, is a vet at an aquarium in Hawaii. He is renowned for his womanizing and one night stands with tourists. The opening scenes show lots of women simultaneously talking about their ...
...a fun site all about 50 first dates. It includes games, downloadables, behind the scenes, and more. www.sonypictures.com/movies/50firstdates There is also a link from here to the Adam Sandler website if you really like the guy! I also add my opinions to dooyoo where I previously posted this review under the name Helen23. ...

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