50 First Dates

Director: Peter Segal Peter Segal

Overview

Re-teaming Adam Sandler with Drew Barrymore, his co-star from The Wedding Singer, as well as Peter Segal, his director on Anger Management, Fifty First Dates finds the funnyman playing veterinarian Henry Roth. More than content with a life of one-night-stands, Henry decides to give up his noncommittal lifestyle when he meets and falls for Lucy (Barrymore). However, when he discovers that Lucy has no short term memory, Henry finds himself having to win her heart again with every new day. Sean Astin and Rob Schneider also star.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/20/2006
UPC:	0043396151246
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	17,622

Special Features

Seamless menu navigation; Actor & director's commentary; Gag reel; "Talkin' Pidgin" featurette

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Adam Sandler	Henry Roth
Drew Barrymore	Lucy Whitmore
Rob Schneider	Ula
Sean Astin	Doug Whitmore
Lusia Strus	Alexa
Dan Aykroyd	Dr. Keats
Amy Hill	Sue
Allen Covert	10 Second Tom
Blake Clark	Marlin Whitmore
Maya Rudolph	Stacy
Missi Pyle	Noreen
Pomaika'i Brown	Nick
Lynn Collins	Donna
Adam Del Rio	Actor
Katheryn Winnick	Young Woman
Joe Nakashima	Old Hawaiian Man
Peter Dante	Security Guard
Dom Magwili	Security Guard
Jonathan Loughran	Jennifer
J.D. Donaruma	Young Man
Wayne Federman	Patient
Kent Avenido	Cooks Helper
Sharon Omi	Cafe Regular
Glen Chin	Cafe Regular
Christian Gutierrez	Ula's Kid
Kristin Bauer	Female Firefighter
Denise Bee	Ula's Wife
Marguerite Cazin	Henry & Lucy's Daughter
Peter Chen	Caddy
Albert Chi	Waiter
Chantell D. Christopher	Salon Patron
Esmond Chung	Sheriff
Nicola Hersh	Woman in Car
Brian L. Keaulana	Jet Skiier
Melissa Lawner	Tan Friend
James Lee	Ula's Kid
Kylie Moore	Ula's Kid
Julianne Morris	Noreen
Keali'i Olmos	Ula's Kid
Michael K. Osborn	Sea Lion Trainer
Aukuso Gus Puluti	Café Regular
Virginia Reece	Red Head
Nectar Rose	Blonde in Office
David Suapaia	Stacy's Boyfriend
Jackie Titone	Dentist
Tache Uesugi	Ula's Kid
Ishtar Uhvana	Salon Worker
Brenda Vivian	Salon Patron
Shenika Williams	Salon Patron
Yan Lin	Coroner
Pete Anthony	Conductor

Technical Credits

George Wing

Peter Segal	Director
Michael Adams	Stunts
Alan Au	Production Designer
Scott Bankston	Co-producer,Executive Producer
James Bayliss	Set Decoration/Design
Michael Brady	Stunts
Max Brehme	Production Manager
Leslie Brown	Costumes/Costume Designer
Stephen Campanelli	Camera Operator
Teddy Castellucci	Score Composer
Brycen Counts	Stunts
Michael Dilbeck	Musical Direction/Supervision
Adam Druxman	Asst. Director
Sheena Duggal	Special Effects Supervisor
Paul Eliopolus	Stunts
Michael Ewing	Executive Producer
Robin Fredriksz	Makeup
Tara Fuller	Stunts
Jack Giarraputo	Producer
Steve Golin	Producer
Jeff Gourson	Editor
Kevin Grady	Associate Producer
Jack N. Green	Cinematographer
Robert Greenfield	Set Decoration/Design
Gary Guercio	Stunts
John Hockridge	Asst. Director
Sony Pictures Imageworks	Animator,Special Effects
Martha Johnston	Set Decoration/Design
Nancy Juvonen	Producer
K.N.B. EFX Group	Makeup Special Effects
David Kelson	Sound/Sound Designer
Larry Kennar	Co-producer
Daniel Lupi	Executive Producer
Ellen Lutter	Costumes/Costume Designer
Roger Mussenden	Casting
Ann Pala	Makeup
Jay Roach	Executive Producer
M. Jay Roach	Executive Producer
Michael A. Russell	Costumes/Costume Designer
Domenic Silvestri	Art Director
Joseph Urbancszyk	Camera Operator
William W. Weiske	Production Manager
Tim Wiles	Production Manager
George Wing	Screenwriter
Lila Yacoub	Production Manager

Editorial Reviews

The success of Adam Sandler confounds innumerable detractors, who find most of his screen characters boorish, dimwitted, and frequently mean-spirited. In his latest film, however, the erstwhile Saturday Night Live star plays a slightly more endearing character, and he is also re-teamed with Wedding Singer costar Drew Barrymore, whose natural lovability rubs off on him. Sandler plays Henry, a water-park veterinarian whose seemingly idyllic life in Hawaii has failed to yield a lasting relationship. That all changes when he meets Lucy Whitmore (Barrymore), an adorable islander with only one drawback: She's afflicted with short-term memory loss and awakes every morning with all recollection of the previous day erased. The bulk of the movie revolves around Henry's progressively elaborate efforts to reintroduce himself each day, win Lucy's heart, and somehow imprint himself on her consciousness. Sandler's friend and SNL crony Rob Schneider plays an eccentric islander who helps Henry; Dan Aykroyd appears as Lucy's sympathetic doctor; and Sean Astin pops up as her self-absorbed but protective brother. Director Peter Segal demonstrates a keen appreciation of the material and doesn't allow Sandler to get carried away with the outrageous mugging he tends to rely on. Barrymore is typically adorable, and her warmth lends even more appeal to an already sympathetic character. Not without its gross moments but generally more restrained than most Sandler vehicles, 50 First Dates is a charming little comedy that will disarm the star's most vociferous critics and delight his diehard fans.

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse

50 First Dates pulls off a neat little trick. The opening 20 minutes are filled with familiar Adam Sandler movie bits (walrus puke, sexually ambiguous co-worker, a horny and ethnic Rob Schneider) that even he seems tired of but knows need to be there for his core audience. In a pleasant surprise, the movie manages to disengage from its autopilot setting once the film's high concept kicks in. The Memento-meets-Groundhog Day conceit is actually thought out by first-time screenwriter George Wing. The film actually takes the time to figure out how Drew Barrymore's inability to make new memories affects those who love her most, and manages to find complications and solutions that are logical and thematically resonant. Director Peter Segal and Sandler, recognizing that they have been given a charming love story, are confident enough to back away from the more pedestrian moments of outlandishness that open the film. Sandler and Barrymore made a winning duo in The Wedding Singer. That film marked the first time Sandler tried to take his film persona in a new direction -- something he attempted more boldly in Paul Thomas Anderson's underappreciated Punch-Drunk Love. Sandler obviously learned from his experience on Punch-Drunk Love how his infantile screen persona can be allowed to grow up. With 50 First Dates, he has taken the lessons from that film, and packaged them in a way that his audience can accept.

All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert

As a comedy, 50 First Dates is standard Sandler, but as a love story it left me pleasantly buzzed, if not quite punch-drunk.

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

The unlikely sweetness of the story carries the day. What is most astonishing is the confidence with which the filmmakers push their premise to its logical conclusion, turning an ending that could have been either laughable or appalling into something so effortlessly heartfelt as to be nearly sublime.

New York Times - A.O. Scott