Bedtime Stories

  • 2008


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25 % Rotten
$ 212 Million
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Positive Reviews 21
Negative reviews 32
Average Rating 2.4/5
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1.0
Theyve packed their movie with so much random special effects adorability dancing bug eyed guinea pigs, drop kicked elves that all one can do is surre .. Austin Chronicle
2.0
While kids will get a few giggles out of this scattershot Disney fantasy comedy, adults probably wont find much to laugh at. Screen Daily
1.5
Theres a medieval skit, a Western parody, a mini epic in ancient Greece/Rome and a sci fi action episode. Screen Daily
3.1
Bedtime Stories is not my cup of tea. Even the saucer. Fairness requires me to report, however, that it may appeal to, as they say, kids of all ages. Rogerebert
2.0
The premise, while utterly botched by Shankmans direction, could have easily delivered a perfect dose of holiday imagination and charm, the kind that .. Cinema Blend
2.0
His fantasies of heroism get to be played out when he watches his niece and nephew while his sister (Courteney Cox) is away for a week. Ny Daily News
2.5
And also that a limited imagination makes for so so movies, like Bedtime Stories, a likable but thin Disney vehicle for Adam Sandler that will play be .. Philly
3.1
But Bedtime Stories does have a comic buoyancy, even as its plot trots on a predictable course. Philly
3.1
Its by no means as terrific as Andersons film, but its pleasant and wont ruffle the nerves of any stressed out parents. Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Adam Sandlers latest feels as if its barely going through the motions. Usa Today
3.1
...ultimately comes off as the most entertaining Adam Sandler comedy to hit theaters since 2004s 50 First Dates... Reel Film Reviews
1.8
Thats Adam Sandler in Bedtime Stories, a simple minded kid comedy directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray) that takes two bad genres live action Disney d .. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
At the same time, Skeeter ends up having to watch his young niece, Bobbi (LAURA ANN KESLING), and nephew, Patrick (JONATHAN MORGAN HEIT), when their d .. Screen It
1.3
The shortage of wit and the excess of goo can be summed up in Sandlers line to these children of divorce: Im like the stink on your feet Ill always be .. Rolling Stone
2.5
And the storys undertones healthy eating, celebrity obsessions, the clash between commerce and community turn out to be mere name checking in the race .. Shadows On The Wall
2.0
Bring on the raining gumballs and the angry dwarvesThe engaging premise should appeal to fans of both fairytales and paranormal dramas. View London
1.5
Often excruciating, Bedtime Stories doesnt know what it is or what it wants to say.In the hands of such fabulists as the long dormant Bill Forsyth (Lo .. Film Journal
3.8
Its a muddled and altogether generic lesson thats occasionally interrupted by a limp romantic subplot, but the kids in the audience wont mind: Theyll .. Star Tribune
2.0
Theres a surface liveliness to the movie, but it has that plasticky Disney quality and lack of real heart. Guardian
2.5
No matter how silly the tale, youngsters love hearing adults put their own spin on a fantasy or adventure saga. Reel Talk Reviews
1.0
Adam Sandler in Bedtime Stories a truly woeful film An enormous amount of money has been thrown at the fantasy sequences, but it cant save a script th .. Daily Mail
1.5
Kids love Adam Sandler, who has played more than his share of men who would be boys, so a cockeyed kiddie fantasy flick ought to be a natural fit for .. Ew
2.0
Some giggles for the kids, but otherwise this puts the ho hum into ho ho ho.More ho hum than ho ho ho. Empire
2.0
If only the film had realised its strengths and concentrated on this stuff rather than the boring adult plot about hotel management, kids would have l .. Eye For Film
3.0
What is remarkable is that, stripped of all his graphic humor, Sandler is capable of starring in a comedy thats appropriate for even young kids.And ut .. Common Sense Media
3.8
Still, Bedtime Stories is a fun bit of escapism thats even tender in spots, especially when the children whom Sandler reads to are onscreen. Sf Gate
4.0
Magic eludes the entire enterprise.Sure, theres potential in the kids as sorcerers plot, and game energy in the pan Anglo cast. Time
2.5
Bedtime Stories does nothing to reverse this trend, as Adam Shankmans holiday adventure has a big central concept and next to no desire to follow thro .. Slant Magazine
2.5
Because the screenplay demands it.All of this slapstick, alas, proves fairly pointless once the discovery is made that the building is to go where an .. The Movie Boy
1.5
Its just good enough, for really forgiving values of good enough, when its really not that hard to be smarter and cleverer and wiser about it without .. Flickfilosopher
2.5
Bedtime Stories could have been magical, but even at its best, its barely passable. ReelViews
2.5
Director Adam Shankman (Hairspray) brings lots of color and verve to the film but knows what Sandler fans expect even in a kids comedy. Hollywood
2.5
Adam Sandlers marginal non sequitur humor spices up a harmless kids movie (with an adult romance story) touched by magical influences. Coles Mithey
3.5
The real charm of Bedtime Stories is how it works as a family film. 7M Pictures
2.5
Judged as a piece of family entertainment, its too haphazard and poorly paced to satisfy viewers too young to have ever attended a kegger. The Star
3.5
Its funny and fresh, and Sandler is nicely contrasted by the lovely and feminine Keri Russell (notable in Waitress) who brings warmth and heart to the .. Urban Cine File
5.0
The mechanics ofrecall those of a vintage film noir, and its as gripping and mordantly funny a treatise on the corrosive power of greed asand. La Weekly
1.3
The fantasy sequences offer little in the way of laughs or thrills, relying on cut rate special effects and random instances of goofiness one of which .. New York Post
4.0
The message here is that your future is only as big as your dream, but Im not rooting for Sandler on his road to redemption. Abc
2.5
But on a certain level, the pairing of Sandler and Disney makes sense: if Sandler is just an overgrown kid, then a movie made for kids, about bedtime .. Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en .. News Blaze
2.8
Its a thin concept and director Adam Shankman doesnt grip the promise of the material with optimal fervor, instead letting dull asides with the formul .. Brian Or Ndorf
3.1
Bedtime Stories isnt brilliant, but neither is it a cinematic travesty.
1.3
Instead, it ends up a contrived and mostly unfunny mess thatll make you roll your eyes in either boredom or discomfort more often than not. Nyc Movie Guru
3.1
Despite its flaws, Bedtime Stories has the charming, giggly spirit of an imaginative toddler. Js Online
3.5
Why I Should See It: If youre a fan of Sandler and dumb family comedy than you should be in seventh heaven with this offering. ComingSoon
2.0
Synopsis Adam Sandler plays Skeeter Bronson, a hotel handyman who finds that the bedtime stories he tells to his niece and nephew magically come true. Sky
2.0
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1.0
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2.0
The film has its moments but its hard to root for Sandlers useless character. Metro
1.3
The usual pandering to Sandlers ego makes it doubly unpalatable: watching an actor as good as Pearce playing straight man to the stars crude antics ra .. Scifi Movie Page
1.0
Appalling, hypocritical and dull. Imagine not watching this movie, then make that wish come true. Film4
1.9
Kate And Leopold An utterly charming performance by Hugh Jackman gets wasted in this anemic underachiever from 2001. Film Frenzy
2.0
Special effects, stuntmen and editing dont quite hide that Sandler isnt doing this shtick.The big kiddie laugh here is a bug eyed (digitally assisted) .. Orlando Sentinel
2.0
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1.0
Its not simply that weve seen it all beforeand we haveits that it isnt funny. Richard Crouse
4.5
Sandlers Skeeter Branson doesnt have much experience with them but an interaction doesnt really throw his world upside down. The Indian Express
5.0
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3.5
Curiously, its this odd dissonance that gives the film its unique power and charm. Kc Active
2.0
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1.5
Almost every scene that hes in he steals the thunder, except maybe when hes up against the googly eyed guinea pig. Movie Views
1.0
Does McDonalds have Disney in its pocket.Of course, being politically incorrect is in nowadays, especially in funny comedies. Culture Catch
3.0
And it doesnt hurt that hes surrounded by an exceptional supporting cast, including our very own Russell Brand in yet another scene stealing role as S ..
1.0
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