Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American family-fantasy-comedy film directed by Adam Shankman that stars Adam Sandler (his first appearance in a Disney film). Sandler's production company Happy Madison and Andrew Gunn's company Gunn Films have produced the film, and Walt Disney Pictures is distributing it. It is rated PG for some mild rude humor and mild language.
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Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) is a hotel handyman who is promised as a child by his father Marty (Jonathan Pryce) to be the owner of the family hotel after it is bought by chain Nottingham Hotels. 25 years later, Mr. Nottingham (Richard Griffiths) plans to build a new hotel and appoints another man, Kendall (Guy Pearce) to become the owner. Skeeter's sister (Courteney Cox) asks him to watch her kids, because the school at which she is the principal is being closed and she is looking for a job in Arizona.
Adam Sandler Talks to TYT About "Bedtime Stories"
The first night, Skeeter tells a bedtime story taking place in medieval times, with some additions from her kids. It comes true. Mr. Nottingham gives Skeeter a shot at the manager when he says his new hotel theme was taken by Hard Rock Hotel and on his way home it rains gumballs, all from the story. The next night, at the hotel, he tells another story set in the Old West, and when he waits for it to come true, a man (Rob Schneider) steals his wallet. He saves Mr. Nottingham's daughter, Violet (Teresa Palmer), from the paparazzi and gets kicked by a dwarf. The night after that, out on a campfire, he tells them about a Greek stunt man, and he ends up falling for his sister's friend and fellow colleague Jill (Keri Russell) and it rains, with "Abe Lincoln" being the president's engraven image on a penny.
Keri Russell's Bedtime Stories
The last night, he tells them about a space fight, and the next night, after he wins the gig of manager, he learns that the closing school is where the new Nottingham Hotel is, and gets fired for extinguishing the cake, and covering the boss with fire-extinguishing foam. With guidance from his father's spirit, he gets the hotel moved to Santa Monica, and then with Jill is able to end the demolition, saving the school and his nephew and niece. His nephew gets his first kiss and in turn Skeeter asks the niece if her brother gets a kiss can he get one from Jill. Jill accepts and she joyfully kisses Skeeter. Sometime later, he marries Jill and founds a hotel named after his late father, with his competition becoming the hotel handyguys. Mr. Nottingham gets over his germophobia and becomes the school nurse, Violet marries Skeeter's best friend Mickey (Russell Brand) giving him control of the Nottingham Empire, becoming the 9th richest man alive, in the meantime newlywed Skeeter and Jill have a baby.
The film has received negative to mixed reviews. As of January 7, Rotten Tomatoes reported that 23% of critics gave positive reviews based on 89 reviews. Metacritic gave the film a 33/100 approval rating based on 26 reviews. Part of the problem is that no explanation is given as to why the children's additions come true. info (c)wikipedia.org