Hot chicks with perfect bodies and strong one-liners make up the crux of the movie.Sandler fans will love the hyper standard fare meted out in his movies as it is always infused with high doses of humor, laughable scenes and perfect female forms shown in a thorough manner.
The film is basically a remake of the 1969 film “Cactus Flower”. But, it’s purely an experience of deja vu for the Indian masses or at least the bollywood buffs. The story is pretty recent in the minds of our desi viewers as the 1969 movie was remade in Hindi as “Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya” in 2005, which was a Salman Khan- Sushmita Sen-Katrina Kaif starrer.
A hi-profile plastic surgeon, Danny Maccabee (Adam Sandler) is duped by a woman, who breaks his heart at the altar and after which; he begins to attract women with the help of his marriage ring. The only person who is aware of his true story is Katherine Murphy (Jennifer Anniston), his assistant who herself is a divorcee with two children. Then he meets the gorgeous young Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) and he believes that he would like to settle down with her. But to convince her, he leads her on with a string of lies which finally leads him to an ultimate realization and true happiness.
The movie is truly hilarious in so many places that one would be in stitches half the time. Nicole Kidman plays her role to the tee as Devlin Adams, college friend of Jennifer Anniston. The constant sparring and rivalry of the two beautiful actresses were well played in the movie. Nicole looks awesome in the movie with a body of a twenty year old. The scene where she shows her butt to the audience is hilarious. As the hula girls on stage in a fancy restaurant, in Hawaii, the two women charmed the pants off the men.
Jennifer is an amazing actress and has played her character of the assistant superbly. Her change from the all-covered, drab, bookish look to hot wife (a lie to lead on Palmer) of Adam makes your jaw go wide open with eye ball pops.
The reel kids of Anniston also play their roles remarkably well. The girl Maggie (Bailee Madison)’s fake British accent and the boy Michael (Griffin Gluck)’s moroseness is in part, their act towards helping Sandler, win the girl’s heart which is played out perfectly by them.
How can one not mention, the man who plays Danny’s cousin Eddie (Nick Swardson) who makes you feel “yuck” in certain scenes especially the one where he helps to revive a sheep supposedly in the throes of death.
The background scores of the movie which also include a mix of various hit numbers (Rihanna, Sting etc) interspersed together are fitting to the emotions played out in the scenes.
The movie has been shot in Los Angeles and Hawaii. One can imagine, what with the well taken cinematography which consists of waterfalls, beaches, hotels, gorgeous scenery and yes, let’s not forget the hot “Baywatch like” women!
Adam Sandler has brought together a beautiful and well matched team in this movie with tailor made parts.
The “in your face” adult comedy makes you laugh so hard and also makes you feel the romance and intenseness of the reel life characters. As finally, true love is claimed and well, supposedly, just supposedly, peace and calm reigns.
Cast & Crew:
Production: Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Prods.
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Nick Swardson, Brooklyn Decker, Dave Matthews, Bailee Madison, Kevin Nealon, Griffin Gluck
Director: Dennis Dugan
Screenwriters: Allan Loeb, Timothy Dowling, based on Cactus Flower, screenplay by I.A.L. Diamond, stage play by Abe Burrows, based upon a French play by Barillet and Gredy
Producers: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Heather Parry
Editor: Tom Costain
Music: Rupert Gregson-Williams
Cinematographer: Theo van de Sande
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