A hotel handyman's life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.A hotel handyman's life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.A hotel handyman's life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations
Abigail Droeger
- Young Wendy
- (as Abigail Leone Droeger)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe bulldog shown in the movie is Adam Sandler's beloved pet, Motzaball.
- GoofsIt is mentioned that Skeeter lives in Room 109, but above the door, the number is 111.
- Quotes
Luau Waitress: Kona coffee ice cream.
Skeeter Bronson: Yeah? What's the catch? You're gonna light it on fire? 'Cause I'm on to you, honey.
Luau Waitress: No fire. It would melt. Just take the ice cream and a chill pill.
- Crazy creditsThe Walt Disney logo turns into a pop-up page from a storybook.
- SoundtracksHokey Pokey
Written by Taft Baker, Larry Laprise, Charles Macak
Performed by Ray Anthony and His Orchestra
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
Featured review
Slightly funny and moralistic
Skeeter is a guy that worked hard all his life for a hotel his dad used to own. He's got high hopes to gain full control over it some day as that was promised to his father by the new owner. Many years have gone by and he's still in a low position though.
Due to circumstances Skeeter has to take care of his niece and nephew for a short while and the young kids prove to be a bit of a challenge for him, but he manages to do it. They demand a bed time story every night, and he gives it to them. He makes up stories himself, but soon all kind of weird things start happening.
And so on. The film rolls on like any typical Disney film. There's the backing story of a "hero" having to "rescue" some people in distress, there's the villain and the regular injustice. Added to that is the funny implications of what happens when a made up story becomes true. This addition gives this film some good laughs, and all in all it works out well enough, worthy of cinema time but not much more than that.
6 out of 10 gum-ball rain showers
Due to circumstances Skeeter has to take care of his niece and nephew for a short while and the young kids prove to be a bit of a challenge for him, but he manages to do it. They demand a bed time story every night, and he gives it to them. He makes up stories himself, but soon all kind of weird things start happening.
And so on. The film rolls on like any typical Disney film. There's the backing story of a "hero" having to "rescue" some people in distress, there's the villain and the regular injustice. Added to that is the funny implications of what happens when a made up story becomes true. This addition gives this film some good laughs, and all in all it works out well enough, worthy of cinema time but not much more than that.
6 out of 10 gum-ball rain showers
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- LazySod
- Jan 15, 2009
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Chuyện Kể Lúc Nửa Đêm
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $110,101,975
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,450,296
- Dec 28, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $212,874,864
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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