Adam Sandler has succumbed to the dark side and done a Disney film. Oh the humanity. Bedtime Stories is about a hotel maintenance man (Sandler) who is watching his niece and nephew while their mother is away. He soon learns that the parts of the bedtime stories he tells them that the kids make up ends up coming true in a weird way. He tries to manipulate this to his advantage in running the hotel that was promised to his father years ago with partially comical results.To be perfectly honest, the low value of Sandler stock has crashed in the last couple of years ending with that flaming trainwreck that was Don't Mess With The Zohan. Sandler's films have never been great and when he tries to do a drama it's crap. So I have to say that Bedtime Stories is probably the best he could do. Sandler plays the PG Sandler with his usual voices and stupid rants that only make sense in an early '90's SNL skit. He's not the only one to get his balls cut off because Russell Brand is in this, too. He was great in Forgetting Sarah Marshall but is only in this because he's hot right now. His character is only funny once and the rest of the time you're wondering what in the hell he's doing there. Kerri Russell is really the only good thing going for this flick and even she can't work through some of the crap dialogue thrown at her.
But this is a Disney film and all of their magic is thrown into it. It's not meant to win awards and wow its audience it's made to sell tickets and DVD's and Blu Rays. Kids will like it. Adults will be disappointed. But it's still better than Zohan.
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