Movie Review: "Bedtime Stories" 12/25/08

This is a movie review for "Bedtime Stories", released in the United States on December 25, 2008. I watched this on TV via XFinity a while ago.



Trailer

Cast
Adam Sandler ... Skeeter Bronson
Keri Russell ... Jill
Guy Pearce ... Kendall
Russell Brand ... Mickey
Richard Griffiths ... Barry Nottingham
Jonathan Morgan Heit ... Patrick
Laura Ann Kesling ... Bobbi
Jonathan Pryce ... Marty Bronson



Plot
Skeeter, son of a motel owner, has always loved the motel. When it gets bought out, he doesn't get to become the owner of the motel but a janitor. When his sister says that he needs to watch the kids, he is hesitant but agrees. Of course, all kids need a bedtime story before they go to sleep so he tells them a bedtime story. The weirdest thing, the next day, is that elements of the story come true. Is this a way to make his life better? Can he win the daughter of the rich hotel chain owner and maybe get his spot as an owner? And why are the details of the stories that are coming true so strange?







Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


4/5 - This is a wonderful family-oriented movie. Of course you have the corruption of wealth and threats towards tearing down a school (that the sister worked at), but in general this is a good movie. The kids are threatened when they run inside of the abandoned school building right before destruction but *SPOILERS* they are saved, along with the school's future.

Lots of fantasy in the movie, but that's because of the nonsensical feel of the bedtime stories. (Like Skeeter speaking only gibberish because a bee stung his tongue.)

Oh, and why the HECK would a guinea pig have eyes so buggy? Is that even possible in the real world?

Not my most favorite PG movie but recommended. It is a little realistic in the whole "my life feels like it has been destroyed" aspect but at least in the end, Skeeter was able to solve things realistically and the kids were saved (also reminded to keep dreaming, more or less).


Thanks for reading my review!
~ Gracie









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