Bedtime Stories
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
A fun bit of escapism that's even tender in spots.
This is a harmless and pleasant Disney comedy and one of only three family movies playing over the holidays.
The fantasy segments, played up in trailers, get bogged down amid the ho-hum tale of a loser making good.
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.
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.
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)
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