A WASTE OF 50 DATES
Glenn gives you 50 reasons why you shouldn't see the "romantic" "comedy" 50 First Dates
The pineapple is the best thing about 50 First Dates
50 Reasons Why You Shouldn�t See 50 First Dates

1. Sean Astin�s ridiculous and embarassing performance
2. Rob Schneider�s stupid performance
3. Adam Sandler�s (more than usual) smarmy performance
4. Sean Astin and Rob Schneider�s accents
5. The male/female employee at the zoo (played by Lusia Strus)
6. It�s reliance on cute animals
7. Ditto with annoying brats
8. It�s constant barrage of Hawaiian seascapes
9. It�s too long (yes, even at 99minutes. I swear it felt longer)
10. It�s screenplay is woeful
11. It�s bizarre tonal changes
12. Drew Barrymore�s awkward wet t-shirt scene, which is in the wrong movie
13. The stretching of plausibility: Adam Sandler as the male Hawaiian version of "Sex & The City"�s Samantha?
14. It isn�t romantic
15. It isn�t funny
16. The lack of any emotion
17. It isn�t remotely close to being good
18. It lacks everything that makes great romantic comedies great
19. It Has an uncomfortable use of comedy (see the dream sequence)
20. It wastes the admittedly wonderful chemistry of Drew & Adam
21. It doesn't use Drew Barrymore to her utmost ability
22. The story is actually quite sad yet it is played as an extremely broad comedy with transsexuals (maybe) and penguins
23. The weird violent nature of it
24. It�s smarmy
25. It�s cocky
26. The director, Peter Segal (also of the better but still bad
Anger Management) has NO knack for comedy
27. A weird and extremely unfunny cameo by serial-bad-movie-cameo-artist Dan Ackroyd (see also;
Loser)
28. Out of place slapstick comedy (that isn�t funny, either)
29. Bad animal sex jokes
30. The fact that the condition Drew Barrymore suffers from isn�t even real!
31. The screenwriter doesn�t even care enough to tell us what job Adam Sandler has (we assume he�s a marine biologist but we�re never actually told. See no. 11)
32. It gives away the ending of
The Sixth Sense (would you forgive your friend for doing that?)
33. It�s quasi-homophobic
34. It�s quasi-racist (or, just why didn�t they hire a Native Hawaiian instead of dressing Rob            Schneider up in silly make-up?)
35. The vomiting walrus
36. Unlike other movies of the genre you walk out in other but a good mood!
37. I did not laugh once
38. I did not even smile once
39. The obvious plot hole that Drew Barrymore cannot spend all day watching tapes of things that have happened. That�s just stupid
40. The sometimes overly preachy dialogue � �Yesterday Is History, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a present.�
41. During the date/waking up portion it is very repetitive
42. Very sitcom-esque
43. �Look at me. I�m quirky�
44. It�s few �sincere� moments are too droll to be of any substance
45. It�s self-important
46. Drags out some of its running gags and sub-plots way too long
47. Adam Sandler�s crying scene. Just pathetic
48. People actually think they can compare this with
Groundhog Day and even more                      blasphemous in comparison, Memento! It doesn't even come close!
49. It�s a confused mess
50. �There actually aren�t 50 dates (sorry to ruin the surprise)

So, if you're after a delightful, romantic, charming, dramatic, impeccibly acted and directed and funny movie from 2004... don't see this. Try
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind instead. But if you are after a romantic comedy that is neither funny nor romantic, but is actually smarmy and uncomfortable, give this a try. D-
Stop the pain and go to Glenn's place for coffee
Or go Home and veg on the couch
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