Despite the trailers making it look cute, this review totally slams it. I'll let ya know if it's really that bad when I go check it out! Caution: strong language!
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/48451 Massawyrm craves the taste of cold steel and the sweet release of death while watching JUST GO WITH IT
Published on: Feb 11, 2011
I do believe that Adam Sandler’s films are getting progressively worse.
Based upon a classic French farce, Walter Matthau fans will know it best as a remake of CACTUS FLOWER, the 1969 comedy with Ingrid Bergman and an incredibly young Goldie Hawn (for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.) The story revolves around a guy (Sandler) who discovers that the easiest way for him to get laid is to fake being married, that mysteriously forgets his long running winning streak when he meets a 23 year old super vixen (Brooklyn Decker) only to fumble the ball when she discovers the bogus wedding ring in his jeans pocket. Rather than come clean or construct a much more plausible lie, Sandler invents a fake wife and cons his nurse (Jennifer Aniston) into playing the role in order to convince the vixen that a divorce between the two is imminent. When she subsequently drops the ball and reveals that she has kids, Sandler cops to being a father and everyone has to go on vacation together in order to keep the stupid little charade going.
The lies begin getting so deep and convoluted that the audience has a hard time keeping up – or even caring – so when the story’s big twist comes around, it feels awkward and unbelievable, even by the movie’s own standards. Worst of all, the film doesn’t seem to care much about its own conclusion. Despite spending two hours setting up uncomfortable situation after uncomfortable situation, it checks right out when things are about to get interesting, wrapping up by explaining the climax in voice over. It knows exactly what its ending is supposed to be, despite not bothering to set up anything plausible to even support it. So it just goes there.
There is nothing even remotely redeeming about this film; it feels less like a real movie and more like an extended parody meant to flesh out his FUNNY PEOPLE universe. I hope everyone who worked on it had a great time in Hawaii – because they’ve no doubt earned themselves a little time in h#** for what they’ve done to comedy. %^&* this movie.
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