Bedtime Stories (2008)

Director:

Adam Shankman

Writers (WGA):

Matt Lopez (screenplay) and
Tim Herlihy (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 December 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Whatever they dream up... he has to survive.

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Bedtime Story | Handyman | Singing In Car | Imagination | Boss' Daughter

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

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

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild rude humor and mild language.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

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

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Gunn Films

Trivia:

Cameo: [Rob Schneider]appears as a thief in the "real life" story and as a Native American horse trader in one of the Western story sequences. He says his signature line 'I can do it' in the "story" scene.

Goofs:

Continuity: When at the beach after Skeeter is hit by Jill, Jill's hat ends up on Skeeter's head perfectly fitted to the back of his head, even though Jill was on top of Skeeter.

Quotes:

Little Boy: What's in that bag?
Skeeter Bronson: Chocolate Chip Cookie.
Little Boy: [Grabs the bag] FOOD!
[Runs off with kids following him]

Movie Connections:

References Toy Story (1995)

Soundtrack:

Eternal Flame

Good family fun...

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!!!