I won't lie, I used to love Adam Sandler movies. I'll still laugh heavily at Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer and Big Daddy but somewhere along the line either I matured (not likely) or Sandler's movies have just plain sucked (with some notable exceptions Punch Drunk Love, Funny People). I was hoping Just Go With It would break that trend. It didn't. Aside from a few funny moments (mostly involving the children) Just Go With It is filled with terrible sight gags (Nick Swardson giving the Heimlich to a obviously fake sheep, Sandler mocking a largely unseen mans facial hair), unbelievable and completely predictable plot lines, forced sentimentality and half-assed "acting" (Jennifer Aniston looks completely bored the entire time). On the plus side there's a lot of scenes of Brooklyn Decker in a bikini and even though she's a terrible actress, she fills that particular piece of swim-wear beautifully. Just Go With It is certainly not as terrible as lets say, Click but aside from hardcore Sandler fans, I can't imagine too many people having a great time going with it.
Rating: 2
He makes comedies for everyone now, not just teenagers. He's only not done a few comedies "Punch Drunk Love" "Reign Over Me", those aren't for laughs. This movie is still for laughs, but just because you don't laugh doesn't mean others won't laugh. Did you give this a bad review just because YOU didn't laugh? Thanks for the help then ... NOT! You shouldn't review comedies if you can't see the big picture.
ReplyDeleteComedy is obviously very subjective. But for me to say positive things about something just because others may feel different is not something I'm ever going to do.
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