Bedtime Stories (2008)

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

Writers:

Matt Lopez (screenplay), Tim Herlihy (screenplay)

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Courteney Cox

2 wins & 5 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

Storyline

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 who promises to hire Skeeter in a general manager position when he has 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...

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Plot Keywords:

surrealism | narrated by character | 2000s | 21st century | year 1974 | 

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Taglines:

Every day is a new adventure.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild rude humor and mild language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 December 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cuentos que no son cuentos

Filming Locations:

Santa Paula, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,450,296, 28 December 2008, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$110,101,975

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$212,874,442

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, Gunn Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Just before Skeeter is offered the Ferrari horse there is a poster on the tree advertising "Hybrid Mules" for sale. As well as being a reference to Jill's choice of car, a mule is a horse/donkey hybrid.

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Goofs

The door to Skeeter's hotel room changes from opening to the right on the inside shots, then to the left on the outside shots.

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Quotes

Mickey: Look's like Bugsy's eaten a lot of burgers in the last ten minutes.
Skeeter Bronson: Wow!
Mickey: He keeps going like that, we could make bacon out of Bugsy.
[Bugsy looks at them]
Skeeter Bronson: He's kidding, Bugsy. Take it easy.

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Crazy Credits

The Walt Disney logo turns into a pop-up page from a storybook.

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Connections

References Star Trek (1966)

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Soundtracks

Fire
Written by Ralph Middlebrooks, Clarence Satchell, Willie Beck (as William Beck),
Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner (as Leroy Bonner), Marshall E. Jones (as Marshall Jones),
, Marvin Pierce, James 'Diamond' Williams (as James Williams)
Performed by Ohio Players
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

I liked Bedtime Stories

My granddaughter, 11, picked the movie as I am generally a ScFi guy. I have to say that I enjoyed and laughed as much as she did. I didn't see anything hackneyed or clichéd moments lend itself to funny cookie cutter movies, except the role reversal with the waiter thing, but oddly enough, that can happen in real life...the movie moves at a nice brisk pace, making you want a little more depth at certain points such as sibling interaction, but it is about that phase between is Santa real and the real world. And yes Santa is real..No its not a Santa movie..take the kids to it and find out, enjoy, or vice versa, I recommend it highly. You will not feel leaving the movie ripped off by any means, which not surprisingly happens more often than not. May you all enjoy it as we did.