Bedtime Stories

Skeeter (Sandler) is an employee at a hotel owned by his father’s friend Barry (Richard Griffiths). Skeeter’s dad had given Barry the land for the hotel on the condition that Skeeter would one day run the hotel. However, Barry has something else on his mind. He decides to put his future son-in-law as the manager instead of Skeeter.

In the midst of this plot, Skeeter’s sister (Courtney Cox) entrusts him to baby-sit her two kids. When Skeeter reluctantly tells bedtime stories to his nephews, his life changes completely with his stories becoming alive the next day. He then travels to medieval era, the Wild West, Greece and space trying to fulfil his dream of becoming a hotel manager through vital inputs from the children through his bedtime stories.

Sandler is at his family friendliest here, almost beating Jim Carrey in facial stretching. With Keri Russell as his lover, they make a perfect couple. In addition, you have an all-star cast in the form of Sandler’s evergreen friend Rob Schneider (a pickpocket here), Carmen Electra and Courtney Cox. Russell Brand as a hotel staff who comes out with a healthy dose of weird humour stands out among them. Except for Courtney (as Sandler’s sister she is wasted), the rest of the cast including the kids bring a whiff of fresh air in this fantasy flick with a happy ending .

This is one of the few wholesome family entertainers of the month from Walt Disney. It has a well-balanced dose of adventure and comedy
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English(U)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths
Director: Adam Shankman