Fairness requires me to report, however, that it may appeal to, as they say, kids of all ages. When skeeter bronson sandler babysits his sisters courteney cox children, his imagination runs wild as he dreams up elaborate bedtime stories always. Adam sandler, keri russell, guy pearce, russell brand. Adam sandler talks about his new film coming out on dvd and bluray.
Also the latest dvd release dates with movie stats, cast, movie posters and trailers. Bedtime stories dvd, 2009, single disc for sale online. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Adam sandler became a comic star by mining arrested development for laughs. Every night he tells them bedtime stories and the next day the stories really come true good or bad. This movie proves how terrible adam sandler is as a comedian and a film producer. Since then, samantha has appeared in numerous cameo roles. The movie opens at a hollywood bungalow hotel in the 70s. See more ideas about bedtime stories, bedtime and adam sandler. Hoping to make the most of the mysterious phenomenon, skeeter spins one outlandish yarn after another, but the childrens unexpected contributions to the stories turn skeeters life upside down. Bedtime stories stars adam sandler, keri russell, guy pearce.
For adam sandler, who has lived most of his onscreen life in the realm of pg, bedtime stories represents a new direction. She leaves her two kids with him for a week while she goes out of state to look for a new job. Neutral the main problem i had with this movie was that it couldnt decide if it wanted to be a kids movie or just another adam sandler movie. Bedtime stories 2008 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Bedtime stories is an adventure comedy starring adam sandler as skeeter bronson, a hotel handyman whose life is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true. Though it may earns some chuckles from preteens, this kidfriendly adam sandler comedy is uneven, poorly paced, and lacks the requisite whimsy to truly work. That said, i enjoyed the bedtime stories coming true part of the story very much, i. Adam sandler plays skeeter bronson, a hotel handyman who agrees to babysit his newly divorced sister wendys courteney cox two kids with the help of wendys friend jill kerri russell while she goes to an outofstate job interview. While hes taking care of his niece and nephew, skeeter begins a nightly tradition of telling bedtime stories the children contribute to, only to realize. It is adam sandlers attempt to do a sandler movie for families that doesnt quite work.
Adam sandler brings his unique brand of comedy to bedtime stories, which hits. Keri russell and adam sandler disney boxoffice commodity adam sandler is repositioned as kidfriendly in bedtime stories, a disney movie that plays better on a balance sheet than a screen. Bedtime stories 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Adam sandler plays an unmarried brother of courtney cox. Bedtime stories was a terrible film that gave disney a bad name. Hotel handyman skeeter bronson adam sandler gets an unexpected surprise when he discovers that the tall tales he has been telling his niece and nephew are somehow coming true.
Starring adam sandler, keri russell, russell brand and courteney cox. Russell brand at an event for bedtime stories 2008 adam sandler and teresa palmer. Bedtime stories is a 2008 american fantasy comedy film directed by adam shankman and written by matt lopez and tim herlihy. Everything about adam sandlers wife jackie sandler. Bedtime stories script transcript from the screenplay. It will therefore win the boxoffice crown big time, with adam sandler crushing tom. When skeeter bronson sandler babysits his sisters courteney cox children, his imagination runs wild as he dreams up elaborate bedtime stories always casting himself as the hero. Adam then offered samantha the role of a waitress in his film big daddy. With his characteristic sarcasm dialed down and his profanity and sexual humor nearly absent, sandler halfstumbles his way through this unfamiliar terrain. Bedtime stories is a 2008 comedy, fantasy film produced by happy madison and distributed by the walt disney company.
An adventure comedy starring adam sandler as skeeter bronson, a hotel handyman whose life is changed forever. Today he is 53, and has starred in 69 movies in total, 28 since bedtime stories was released. But when his fantastic fables start to happen in real life, skeeter tries to. Adam sandlers bedtime stories jonathan curiel, chronicle staff writer. The most famous phrases, film quotes and movie lines by adam sandler. Adam sandler stars as skeeter bronson, a handyman whose life changes as the stories he tells his niece and nephew start to come true. When he tries to help his family by telling one outlandish tale after another, its the kids unexpected contributions that bedtime stories is an adventure comedy. Bedtime stories movie simple english wikipedia, the. While the pooh books and movies highlight virtues such as friendship, courage, selflessness, patience and forgiveness, bedtime stories primarily highlights skeeters greed. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of. A hotel handymans life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.
Parents need to know that, unlike most adam sandler movies, this one is actually aimed at kids, so expect a lot of interest from elementary schoolers on up. Adam richard sandler was born september 9, 1966 in brooklyn, new york, to judith levine, a. Finally, the bedtime stories script is here for all you fans of the adam sandler movie. Stream bedtime stories online on 123movies and 123movieshub. Entranced, the children add their own ideas to these onceuponatime tales of heroics and chivalry. I love disney films and had never heard of bedtime stories. All actors adam sandler, keri russell, guy pearce, russell brand, richard griffiths, teresa palmer. Adam sandler was 41 in bedtime stories when he played the character skeeter bronson.
Once upon a time, adam sandler played a resentful handyman. Bedtime stories lumbers, repeating plot points and jokes, meandering from scene to scene and seeming to forget where it was headed. Funnyman adam sandler stars in walt disney pictures bedtime stories, the magical family comedy thats packed with adventure and lots. Maybe its unfair to compare and contrast pooh and adam sandler, but it is instructive, so, um, bear with me for a moment. Formed his production company, happy madison productions, which is behind most of his films. The premise of the moviethe bedtime stories come true in real life the next daycould have resulted in a truly memorable movie. Im glad i bought this dvd as the lead actor, adam sandler, can sometimes be a little too much for. Bedtime stories is a 2008 movie directed by adam shankman starring adam sandler release dates. I am not a kid of any age and do not qualify, but this is a harmless and pleasant disney comedy and one of only three family movies playing over the holidays.
When skeeter bronson adam sandler is asked to babysit his niece and nephew, he amuses the pair by telling bedtime stories. A man adam sandler discovers that the tall tales he tells his niece and nephew come true. It was adam sandlers first attempt at a family movie and as well as the first happy madison movie to be distributed by the walt disney company. Funnyman adam sandler stars in walt disney pictures bedtime stories, the magical family comedy thats packed with adventure and lots of heart. It would have been alot better if they had toned it down to a g rating. Bedtime stories is reminiscent of night at the museum, but without a cohesive plot, jeopardy, danger, or something important at stake. With adam sandler, keri russell, courteney cox, guy pearce. With sandler at the helm, though, the movie turned into a predictable and uninspired and overly long two hours. The kids are happy to add their own flourishes too.
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