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Overview
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Release Date:
25 December 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
Whatever they dream up... he has to survive. more
Plot:
A family comedy about a hotel handyman whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true. | full synopsis
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1 win
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4 nominations
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Good family fun...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Adam Sandler | ... | Skeeter Bronson |
 | Keri Russell | ... | Jill |
 | Guy Pearce | ... | Kendall |
 | Russell Brand | ... | Mickey |
 | Richard Griffiths | ... | Barry Nottingham |
| Teresa Palmer | ... | Violet Nottingham |
 | Lucy Lawless | ... | Aspen |
 | Courteney Cox | ... | Wendy |
 | Jonathan Morgan Heit | ... | Patrick |
 | Laura Ann Kesling | ... | Bobbi |
 | Jonathan Pryce | ... | Marty Bronson |
| Nick Swardson | ... | Engineer |
| Kathryn Joosten | ... | Mrs. Dixon |
 | Allen Covert | ... | Ferrari Guy |
 | Carmen Electra | ... | Hot Girl |
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Rated PG for some mild rude humor and mild language.
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99 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #44892) |
Ireland:PG |
Australia:G |
South Korea:All |
Singapore:PG |
Netherlands:6 |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
Germany:o.Al. |
New Zealand:PG |
Philippines:G (MTRCB) |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Taiwan:GP |
South Africa:PG |
Sweden:Btl |
Portugal:M/6 |
Argentina:Atp |
Peru:PT |
Finland:K-7 |
Mexico:A |
UK:PG
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On the demolition board, one of the names is 'Harry Otto', who is the assistant art director of the movie.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Skeeter (Adam Sandler's character) playfully nicknames Bobbi "Mistress Stinky" and Patrick "Master Smelly". Toward the film's end, shortly after Tricia Sparks approaches Patrick, Skeeter mistakenly refers to Patrick as "Master Stinky."
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Skeeter Bronson:
I don't know but it's been said, Bugsy's eyes pop out of his head, march, march, march.
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Movie Connections:
References "Enterprise" (2001)
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Soundtrack:
Hokey Pokey
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We went to this movie with my two kids (ages 7 and 10, both girls), my Brother-in-law and his wife and their two kids (ages six and nine, both boys.) We were a bit apprehensive about this due to the poor critics ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. (Frankly, the critics gave it abysmal ratings and I almost avoided this entirely because of those ratings.) And perhaps they were right. But I know that despite the critics we all enjoyed it greatly. Maybe it was just the mood we were all in or the good meal we just had before the movie but we laughed throughout. Obviously there is no high-brow humor here or social commentary to be made. It's just a movie who's sole purpose is simply to have fun.
Cookie cutter? Perhaps. In fact, in retrospect I'm sure it was. But it was still enjoyable.
So if your looking for something more than what you see in the previews, forget it. It isn't happening. This movie makes no pretenses about what it is exactly about: good fun. If your looking for anything other than that, you're going to be disappointed.
On the down side, some of the best moments were captured in the previews. While this certainly isn't the first movie to this (not the last I'm sure), it always seems to take something away from the experience of watching the movie. But there were plenty of other twists and turns in this movie that helped minimize the effect this had on the overall viewing experience.
Overall this movie was a delight for kids both big and small in our group. You'll enjoy it if you watch it with a child's eye...and not those big ones Bugsy has!!!