Universal Pictures, Rated PG-13
Directed by Frank Coraci
Written by Tim Herlihy
The latest and best Adam Sandler vehicle actually manages to make Adam Sandler a nice guy, and Drew Barrymore as adorable (if not more so) as she was in "E.T." I enjoyed all of the previous Adam Sandler films enough (except for "Bulletproof"), but none of them was much of a stretch for Sandler. This time, he's really acting, and he's not half-bad at it. Sandler plays a wedding singer in 1985 named Robbie Hart, who loves weddings and is the most likable guy you ever met when he's doing a gig. The fact that he's happily engaged has a lot to do with this. At least he thinks he's happily engaged. He's left standing at the altar by his fiancee', who is so detestable, you can't tell what he saw in her, other than she used to be a groupie of Robbie's when he was in a real band. Then he meets Julia (Barrymore), whose fiancee' Glen is even more detestable and he also cheats on her. It seems both are in love with getting married, which is one of the many things which make them perfect for each other, and never before have I wanted two characters to get together so much. We've seen this plot before, but Sandler and Barrymore are so likable and so funny, not to mention the great twist of this story taking place in the '80s (what with all the Rubik's cubes and songs that are good sometimes and bad other times, and the Miami Vice references), that you have to love the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet wished they had the same chemistry. *** 1/2He took the words right out of my mouth!
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