Bedtime Stories Preview

Bedtime Stories stars Adam Sandler as Skeeter Bronson, maintenance man for an upscale hotel who was actually supposed to be the manager. Skeeter's dad was the founder of the hotel and when financial hard times forced him to sell, the buyer promised to make Skeeter manager once he was old enough. Unfortunately, that promise wasn't kept; instead, Skeeter was kept on the sidelines. Skeeter is asked to watch his niece and nephew for a few days while his sister Wendy (Courtney Cox) takes a trip to Arizona to follow up on a new job offer. After putting the children to bed, they ask him to tell them a bedtime story. He tells them about a Roman Gladiator named Skeeticus. After performing a spectacular stunt, the children suggest that it starts raining gumballs. Skeeter thought it was an odd twist to the story, until it actually happened to him the next day. He quickly catches on that the stories he tells at night, come true the next day. He decides to take advantage of this knowledge by using them for his own gains: women, car, money and job will all be his once these bedtime stories come true. But here's the catch, the kids are the ones who control the story and Skeeter has a hard time controlling them to tell the stories he wants told.

It's tough to tell from the preview which Adam Sandler character will be showing up. He seems to have two very different characters: the goofy, almost slightly mentally challenged Sandler of Mr. Deeds, Waterboy, Billy Madison and Little Nicky; or the awkward but sweetly romantic Sandler of The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, 50 First Dates, Anger Management and Click. The first character produces some sophomoric, slapstick comedy which is nice to watch when you really don't want to have to think too much and are just looking for a little chuckle. The latter gets you emotionally involved, has a decent plot, and takes you on a sweet journey where you are pulling for Sandler's character the whole way. One thing that is guaranteed in this movie is something I love about all of Sandler's movies: he uses his same core group of friends in all of his movies. I hope that this movie is more along the lines of 50 First Dates and not so much Billy Madison, but again, it's tough to tell exactly from the preview. It should be fun to see how wild and crazy the kid's imaginations get with the bedtime stories and how they play out in real life. If Sander doesn't get too goofy, I think this could be a fun and decent movie. We shall see . . .