Adam Sandler became a comic star by mining arrested development for laughs. He found variations to his attack: there is the infantile Sandler of
Billy Madison, and the sweet, innocent Sandler of
The Wedding Singer. However,
Bedtime Stories marks the first time he's tried to make a child-friendly movie.
The tale begins with Skeeter Bronson, a young boy, helping his father (Jonathan Pryce) run a modest L.A. motel, until the father sells the failing enterprise to British businessman Barry Nottingham (Richard Griffiths), with the understanding that Skeeter will be allowed to run the business when he becomes an adult. Thirty years later, the...
Released:
2008
Rated:
PG
Length:
95 mins