I think Adam Sandler is a smart, talented entertainer and I also enjoy Drew Barrymore and the two together is a special treat. I also admire these actors because, for the most part, they never seem to make it into the scandal sheets. Sandler has been in some real "dogs," and I tell myself it was just for the money.
After reading some of the reviews on this site, I almost didn't go to see "Blended," expecting toilet humor and fart jokes and lots of sexual innuendo. Fortunately, I went anyway, and THOROUGHLY enjoyed it. This movie has very little to offend, strikes some very deep feelings and highlights some of the real challenges of single parenting. ANY parent, single or not can relate to a lot of the situations that arise.
The comedy is just right, without being slapstick or over the top. The touching moments come sometimes when you least expect them, and while sure to bring a tear, the movie doesn't milk the drama. The scenery is gorgeous. The one-liners and timing are perfect. For me, the film never dragged, and while it has an optimistic ending, everything isn't all sewn up in a happily-ever-after-scenario. We know that, if these were real families, there would be more bumps in the road, more laughs and more lessons to be learned.
This is a good family movie--not much to cover your kids' ears over--and a great movie for anyone who has been a parent, and especially anyone who has tried to enter the dating/new relationship stage after the death or divorce of a spouse.
Go see it!!
Blended
2014
Action / Comedy / Romance
Blended
2014
Action / Comedy / Romance
Plot summary
After a blind date gone horribly wrong, Jim and Lauren agree they never, ever want to see each other again. Well, that's all about to change when the two find themselves and their respective families (including children) all stuck together in one suite at an African Safari vacation spot.
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Touching Comedy
Comedy mean ADAM SANDLER for me this is old comedy :) :) :) :) :)
Whenever I want to watch comedy movies, when I feel so sad and need to be laughing is the only name that comes to mind ADAM SANDLER and his team. I have watched all the movies and there is nothing else that makes me so happy and laughing in this life.
Adam Sandler If a new movie comes out, even if it gets very bad points from the critics, it does not matter to me I love even the worst movie I love them very much All Adam Sandler movie are very nice to me.
Adam Sandler movies, I have a sense of old comedy, so if you do it in a new movie, then you have a sense of comedies in those old movies.Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler a very good duo saw it in 50 first dates movies before. I like this kind of stuff that is featured in this movie, which is tom character that is in 50 first dates movies in a place where I enjoy it in the movie.
I liked it very much like watching my family almost 6-7 times and my family watched it more than once and still wants to watch more. the critics' points are low not important a movie you will enjoy very much.
still a bit of chemistry but all wasted
Jim Friedman (Adam Sandler) and Lauren Reynolds (Drew Barrymore) are on a horrible blind date. It's her first date since divorcing the cheating Mark (Joel McHale) and he brought her to Hooters. He's a widower and it's his first date in 20 years. She's a closet organizer with her friend Jen (Wendi McLendon-Covey). She has two boys Tyler and Brendan. Jim manages a Dick's sporting goods store. He has a boyish girl Hilary (Bella Thorne) whom he calls Larry, Espn (Emma Fuhrmann) who talks to her dead mother and the smallest Lou (Alyvia Alyn Lind). When Jen breaks up with Dick and cancel their African safari, both Jim and Lauren take advantage unbeknownst to each other.
They're trying very hard to be funny without really getting there. This could be a good rom-com if Sandler and Barrymore can recapture the magic. Sandler is too much of a downer at the beginning. He needs to pick up some energy. They just need more time together. I like the drug store section but the section at Lauren's home feels EXTREMELY forced. It's a shame because there is still some chemistry between them. They could make a charming rom-com about two single parents but this is not that. These pairing had better days.