Bedtime Stories is a fun enough kids movie that turns out exactly how you'd expect when you hear PG, Adam Sandler and Disney in the synopsis. For me though, it felt like this movie missed the mark and could have had much more creative ideas incorporated into it while still moving the story along. I appreciated this calmer version of Sandler who is great as the bumbling handy man for a huge hotel who gets stuck watching his sister's kids. Once he realizes that the bedtime stories he tells them are coming true when the kids add the details, he basically exploits them for his own gain which once again was funny for a while but obvious that it would turn against him. Russel Brand as a rising comic actor and his side-kick/best friend character was refreshing in bringing this adult persective to an otherwise very childish scenario. The guniea pig really didn't make me laugh at all and is definitely for the younger crowd and even the special fx seemed rushed and green screened. Overall, this movie was enjoyable for the improv by Adam Sandler getting beaten up by all these fantasy elements but the relationships felt forced and the kid actors are just bad. Show this movie to your little ones but that's about it.
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