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Bedtime Stories (2008) 6.1
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6.1/10 from 62,099 users
Metascore: 33/100
Reviews: 110 user | 142 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com A hotel handyman's 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 | ... | ||
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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 bankrupt. 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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Country:
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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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Patrick: Bugsy.
Skeeter Bronson: Why do you call him Bugsy?
Patrick: Because of his eyes.
Skeeter Bronson: Well let's see his eyes.
[sees Bugsy's huge eyes and screams]
Skeeter Bronson: Wow! Those eyes would be big on a cow!
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Written and Produced by Marc Shaiman
Performed by Guy Pearce
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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. See more »Goofs
It is mentioned that Skeeter lives in Room 109, but above the door, the number is 111. See more »Quotes
Skeeter Bronson: What's on my head?Patrick: Bugsy.
Skeeter Bronson: Why do you call him Bugsy?
Patrick: Because of his eyes.
Skeeter Bronson: Well let's see his eyes.
[sees Bugsy's huge eyes and screams]
Skeeter Bronson: Wow! Those eyes would be big on a cow!
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At The Nottingham Broadway Mega ResortWritten and Produced by Marc Shaiman
Performed by Guy Pearce
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Despite being a much milder and family-friendly flick, Bedtime Stories will not disappoint Adam Sandler fans provided they accept that they have to share him with a much younger audience as well.
Bedtime Stories is a PG-rated comedy about hotel maintenance guy Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler), who babysits his impossibly cute niece Bobbi (Laura Ann Kesling) and nephew Patrick (Jonathan Morgan Heit) for his uptight sister Wendy (Courteney Cox). He shares his duties with Wendy's co-teacher/friend Jill (Keri Russell), taking on the night shift, which is when he discovers that the stories he tells them come true the next day. Skeeter uses his new discovery to his advantage when he decides to create a happier ending for his own life, which is made miserable daily by his hotel nemeses Kendall (Guy Pearce) and Aspen (Lucy Lawless).
Sure, the scenarios are pretty ridiculous sometimes, but indulging in children's fantasies is a longlost pleasure that this famcom creates for his adult audience, while wisely introducing Sandler to his future audiences by appearing in a diluted version of himself. If you're not into warm-and-fuzzies (why fight it?!?), you might find this too saccharine for your moldy taste buds.