50 First Dates (DVD 2004)

Drew Barrymore suffers a short term memory problem - every night her day is wiped clear, so she re-lives everyday the same day. Adam Sanders got to be ingenious to have the same girl fall in love with him everyday. That’s the best of the movie, it’s romantic, even moving, and as she puts it every evening: ‘Nothing beats a first kiss!’

But forget about the rest. Poor dialogs, cheap directing, narrow script. The film starts with trying to be funny and falls completely through. Then it tries to be moving and that’s better. If you can hold it long enough the tone changes and Drew Barrymore will probably hook your feelings (she’s actually brilliant at it). Then you end up having a good time.

Behind that there is the seriousness of the memory impairment, with the dramatic consequences for the friends, family, boyfriend, and for the patient. To that regard the films shows that when there’s no solutions to problems, well love can be the solution. So that’s about a bunch of people who love each others, and that’s just how they work it out. And nowadays, a bunch of people who love each others, that’s good to see, even on movies.

So if you like it romantic and not complicated, you’ll enjoy this one.