Bedtime Stories

2008 Action/Adventure

The Pacifier director Adam Shankman helms this children's fantasy concerning a hotel handyman who gradually begins to realize that the imaginative bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew are somehow beginning to manifest themselves in the real world.

Director: Adam Shankman

Starring: Adam Sandler, Richard Griffiths, Courteney Cox, Guy Pearce, Keri Russell

Reviews

  • A fun bit of escapism that's even tender in spots.

    Jonathan Curiel - The San Francisco Chronicle

    29 November 2012

  • This is a harmless and pleasant Disney comedy and one of only three family movies playing over the holidays.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    29 November 2012

  • The fantasy segments, played up in trailers, get bogged down amid the ho-hum tale of a loser making good.

    Claudia Puig - USA Today

    29 November 2012

  • The appeal of Bedtime Stories belongs entirely to Sandler. As a comedian, he doesn't have to stoop to a kid's level. He's usually already there.

    Wesley Morris - The Boston Globe

    29 November 2012

  • Best of all is Keri Russell, who plays Adam Sandler's love interest and who brightens the tart rhubarb pie of her performance in "Waitress" with just a pinch of Disney sweetness.

    - The Washington Post

    29 November 2012

Awards

  • Best Actor

    Australian Film Institute (2009)

     
  • Rupert Gregson-Williams

    BMI Film & TV Awards (2009)

  • Fave Movie Star

    Kids' Choice Awards, Australia (2009)

  • Favorite Movie

    Kids' Choice Awards (2009)

     
  • Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film

    Motion Picture Sound Editors (2009)