50 first dates

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Movie
German title 50 first dates
Original title 50 first dates
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
JMK 0
Rod
Director Peter Segal
script George Wing
production Jack Giarraputo ,
Steve Golin ,
Nancy Juvonen
music Teddy Castellucci
camera Jack N. Green
cut Jeff Gourson
occupation

50 First Dates (Original title: 50 First Dates ) is an American comedy film from 2004 . The director was Peter Segal , the script was written by George Wing . Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore played the leading roles .

action

The veterinarian Henry Roth lives in the US state of Hawaii , where he regularly hooks up with tourists and uses all kinds of tricks to avoid long-term relationships. This goes well until he falls in love with the local Lucy Whitmore. However, Lucy suffers from amnesia due to an accident and forgets the previous day every night. Her father and brother care for her, faking a day for her each day that follows the last day she can remember.

Henry recruits Lucy every day. One day she gets a ticket because her car's registration expired months ago. First she is convinced that it was a mistake, then she learns the truth. After she calms down, she spends a pleasant day with Henry.

Henry prepares a video cassette for Lucy that explains the background to her accident. Lucy keeps a diary which she reads every day. Henry proposes to her, which she accepts - the next day she can't remember anything.

Lucy comes to the conclusion that Henry - who dreams of a research trip - leads an unfulfilled life. She breaks up with him and rewrites her diary. After a while, Henry and Lucy realize that he has become the man of their dreams, whom she keeps painting in her pictures. They get married. In the end, Lucy wakes up on a research ship and watches the video cassette, which reminds of the accident, their hours together with Henry and the wedding of the two. Henry introduces her - again - to her daughter.

Reviews

The plot was criticized as "too simplistic" in one of the reviews, but another described it as "imaginative". Some of the secondary characters in the plot were heavily criticized, such as Ula, a friend of Roth's. On the other hand, Sean Astin and Blake Clark, who played Lucy's brother and father, were praised. The main actors also found recognition.

James Berardinelli described the script on ReelViews as "far from watertight", elsewhere as "idiotic". The film is more of a romantic comedy than a typical comedy with Adam Sandler.

The Lexicon of International Film wrote: “Over-the-top comedy that never explores the tragic implications of the plot. Any approach to romance also suffocates in uninspired bonds in massive action adventures and many flat jokes. "

Awards

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore won the MTV Movie Award for Best Team ; they were nominated for the same award for Best Actor . The film received another nomination for Best Picture .

Adam Sandler (for Best Comedy Actor ) and the film won the Teen Choice Award , and Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler were nominated for the same award in several other categories. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore won the People's Choice Award . Adam Sandler also won the Kids' Choice Award , for which Drew Barrymore was nominated. Teddy Castellucci won the BMI Film Music Award for the film music .

backgrounds

  • The symptoms of the disease and the name Goldfield Syndrome shown in the film do not actually exist. The symptoms shown are similar to anterograde amnesia , such as B. Korsakoff syndrome .
  • The dentist in the opening sequence is played by Adam Sandler's wife Jackie. Kevin James can also be seen briefly in this sequence .
  • The book you see Lucy reading in the Hukilau Cafe is Still Life with Woodpecker by author Tom Robbins .
  • The run-up golf tee shown by Ula was the trademark of Happy Gilmore with Adam Sandler in the lead role.
  • Lucy sings the song Wouldn't It Be Nice by The Beach Boys .
  • In the English original, Henry Lucy sings the line Lucy cracked her head like Gary Busey . This is an allusion to actor Gary Busey's actual motorcycle accident in 1988. This allusion has been omitted in the German dubbing.
  • The production cost was estimated to be around $ 75 million. The film grossed approximately $ 196.5 million in cinemas worldwide, including approximately $ 120.9 million in US cinemas.
  • The version of the song Over the Rainbow by the Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole contained on the OST was relatively unknown in 2004 at the time the soundtrack was released. This title reached number 1 in Germany and was already platinum at the end of September 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for 50 first dates . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2004 (PDF; test number: 97 602 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for 50 first dates . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ www.filmstarts.de
  4. ^ Review by James Berardinelli
  5. ↑ 50 first dates in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on October 15, 2008
  6. ^ W. Reed Moran: Gary Busey ministers to brain injury community. In: USA Today . July 5, 2001, Retrieved April 20, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Box office / business for 50 first dates, accessed October 17, 2007
  8. ↑ Germans Are 'Over The Rainbow' for Iz Spiegel Online (English) of September 29, 2010