Sandler plays a despised handyman at a hotel, witch once belonged to his father. Originally, he was supposed to be the manager of this hotel, but its new owner, does not have much confidence in him and rather keeps him as a handyman. When Sandler is forced to help his sister out and babysit her children, a chance of redemption is offered, when the tales that he tells them during bedtime, witch are inspired by his own life, starts to influence reality.
OK, first thing. Sandler, while not a favorite of mine and admittedly a downright bad actor, has always possessed something endearing to me. Maybe if i watched more of his stinkers i would learn to loathe him accordingly but i never quite been able too, and in this one i believe he has found his match. Children films, bad acting doesn't matter to much (kids doesn't notice or care) if the film is campy enough (and this is VERY campy)and i fore one think he manages to come across as a really likable average-Joe.
The script is very unfocused, but there is no mistaking the imagination involved here, the whole film realized with a gleefully off-the wall spirit that i personally found very disarming. For sure, some of the humor is lame as hell. But it IS a children's film, and for all the bad parts there are also parts that amused me. (I would love to live in a world where you could impress a girl by jumping at a fat guys stomach). The parts where Sandler tries to invoke the fairytale into his own life, resulting for instance, in him getting robbed, are especially funny. But the growing relationship with the handyman and the kids and the other babysitter, while maybe overly cute, are there to. Its well rounded in this respect.
All in all, an enjoyable film, even if its to long and has some embarrassingly bad parts.
OK, first thing. Sandler, while not a favorite of mine and admittedly a downright bad actor, has always possessed something endearing to me. Maybe if i watched more of his stinkers i would learn to loathe him accordingly but i never quite been able too, and in this one i believe he has found his match. Children films, bad acting doesn't matter to much (kids doesn't notice or care) if the film is campy enough (and this is VERY campy)and i fore one think he manages to come across as a really likable average-Joe.
The script is very unfocused, but there is no mistaking the imagination involved here, the whole film realized with a gleefully off-the wall spirit that i personally found very disarming. For sure, some of the humor is lame as hell. But it IS a children's film, and for all the bad parts there are also parts that amused me. (I would love to live in a world where you could impress a girl by jumping at a fat guys stomach). The parts where Sandler tries to invoke the fairytale into his own life, resulting for instance, in him getting robbed, are especially funny. But the growing relationship with the handyman and the kids and the other babysitter, while maybe overly cute, are there to. Its well rounded in this respect.
All in all, an enjoyable film, even if its to long and has some embarrassingly bad parts.