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Bedtime Stories (2008) 6.0
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6.0/10 from 47,470 users
Metascore: 33/100
Reviews: 104 user | 140 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Adam Shankman |
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| Adam Sandler | ... | ||
| Keri Russell | ... | ||
| Guy Pearce | ... | ||
| Russell Brand | ... | ||
| Richard Griffiths | ... | ||
| Teresa Palmer | ... | ||
| Lucy Lawless | ... | ||
| Courteney Cox | ... | ||
| Jonathan Morgan Heit | ... | ||
| Laura Ann Kesling | ... | ||
| Jonathan Pryce | ... | ||
| Nick Swardson | ... | ||
| Kathryn Joosten | ... | ||
| Allen Covert | ... | ||
| Carmen Electra | ... | ||
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In 1974, Marty Bronson builds the Sunny Vista Motel in Los Angeles, California, with the intention of raising his son Skeeter and his daughter Wendy in the place where he works. However he is not a good businessman and the hotel goes bankruptcy. Marty is forced to sell his motel to Barry Nottingham that promises to hire Skeeter in a general manager position when he grown up. Years later, Barry builds a new hotel; forgets his promise to Marty; and Skeeter Bronson is only the handyman of his hotel. The general manager is the arrogant Kendall, who is engaged with the shallow Barry's daughter Violet Nottingham. When the Webster Elementary School where Wendy is the principal will be closed to be demolished, she needs to travel to Arizona for a job interview. Wendy asks her friend Jill, who is teacher in the same school, to watch her son Patrick and her daughter Bobbi during the day and Skeeter to watch them during the night. Skeeter meets the estranged kids with his best friend Mickey and ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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bedtime story | handyman | child | uncle nephew relationship | arrested development |Taglines:
Coming True Christmas Day See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for some mild rude humor and mild language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
25 December 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cuentos que no son cuentos See more »Box Office
Budget:
$80,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,551,605 (UK) (26 December 2008)Gross:
$109,993,847 (USA) (6 March 2009)Company Credits
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Mickey: Oh, yeah, yeah. Mmm. By the way, um... I am, uh, legally obliged to tell you that I suffer from... sleep panic disorder.
Skeeter Bronson: OK, what's, uh, sleep panic disorder?
Mickey: Believe me, you don't want to know.
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Trivia
Violet Nottingham (Teresa Palmer) is a spoof of Paris Hilton. Both are daughters of hotel owners who are always parting and being chased by the media and paparazzi in their daily basis. See more »Goofs
In the scene where Skeeter first spends the night with the kids, Jill and the kids are making signs. On the sign that Bobbi is working on first the C is not colored in. A little while later the C is almost completely finished; a few seconds later the C is just started, and a few seconds later it is just a little bit less colored in than just a second before. See more »Quotes
Skeeter Bronson: You mind sleeping over? I'm gonna duck out a few hours.Mickey: Oh, yeah, yeah. Mmm. By the way, um... I am, uh, legally obliged to tell you that I suffer from... sleep panic disorder.
Skeeter Bronson: OK, what's, uh, sleep panic disorder?
Mickey: Believe me, you don't want to know.
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The thing about Bedtime Stories is that it is light, funny, easy to digest and all around great for the whole family.
It's just like any other Sandler's movies except this one doesn't contain any only-for-adults jokes.
It might not be the movie I'd recommend to someone who is in for something serious or something that is seriously funny, but this movie has got it all. There's comedy, slight drama and a lot of action; from cowboys to the outer space.
Great writing and great acting.
Really, there's nothing to complain. It's just a very entertaining family movie, which we don't get a lot these days.
I recommend Bedtime Stories to any Disney fans and also to anyone who'd enjoy Adam Sandler's movies, minus the sexual and dirty jokes.