50 First Dates taglines: Imagine having to win over the girl of your dreams... every friggin' day. The ultimate bachelor will face the ultimate challenge.
50 First Dates (Published: 50 First Dates) is an American comedy film from 2004. It was directed by Peter Segal, wrote the screenplay, George Wing. The leading roles played Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
The veterinarian Henry Roth lives in the U.S. state of Hawaii and is regarded as a womanizer. He avoids long-term relationships, until he to know Lucy Whitmore, with whom he falls in love. Soon he finds that Lucy suffers from amnesia due to an accident and forgets every night the previous day. Her father and her brother deceived her every day, a day before, following the last day on which she can remember.
Henry advertises every day to Lucy. One day she gets a parking ticket, because the approval of their cars has expired months ago. This is first convinced that it was a mistake, then she learns the truth. After she has calmed down, she spent a pleasant day with Henry.
Henry is preparing for Lucy a videotape that explains the background of their accident. Lucy keeps a diary, which she reads every day. Henry makes his girlfriend to marry him, she accepts - the next day she can not remember anything.
Lucy comes to the conclusion that Henry - who dreams of a research trip - leads an unfulfilled life. It puts an end to him and writes to her diary. After some time, Henry and Lucy realize that he has become the man of her dreams, whom she married in her pictures again and again you paint. In the end, Lucy wakes up on a research and looks at the videotape, which is reminiscent of the accident, their hours together with Henry and the marriage of the two. Henry does it - again - before her daughter.
The plot was constructed in one of the reviewers criticized as too simplistic, but another described it as imaginative. Were strongly criticized some of the minor characters act as Ula, a friend of Roth's. However, have been praised Sean Astin, Blake Clark, who played Lucy's brother and father. Also recognized were the main characters.
James Berardinelli described the scenario at ReelViews as "not waterproof" ( "far from watertight"), at a point other than "idiotic". The film is more of a romantic comedy than a typical comedy with Adam Sandler.
The lexicon of international film said the film was a "QRS comedy, exploring the tragic implications of the action at any moment." "Any approach of Romanticism" suffocating "in uninspired bonds at heavy action adventures and many plates corny jokes."
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore as the best team won the MTV Movie Awards they were nominated for the same price as Best Actor. The film was also nominated for Best Picture.
Adam Sandler (as Best Comedy Actor) and the film won the Teen Choice Awards, Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler was nominated for the same price in some other categories. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore won the People's Choice Award. In addition, Adam Sandler won the Kids' Choice Award, nominated for the Drew Barrymore was. Teddy Castellucci won for the film score for BMI Film Music Award.
The production cost was estimated at approximately 75 million U.S. dollars. The film played in cinemas around the world about 196.5 million U.S. dollars, including about 120.9 million U.S. dollars in the cinemas of the United States.
50 First Dates directed by Peter Segal