Bedtime Stories is a fairly non threatening family film, with a not too subtle injection of moral subtext. It tells the story of Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) whose family hotel was forcibly sold when he was a child, under the condition that when he was of age he could run the hotel. Working diligently at the hotel since then, providing numerous thankless services, he finds out he has been passed over for the managerial role in favour of the arrogant Kendall (Guy Pierce).

Despite Adam Sandler’s normal standard of ‘humour’ being childish at best, this marks new ground for him; this actually being aimed at children. I’m not normally a fan of Sandler, but this is now the second of his last two films that I haven’t outright hated (the other being last years You don’t mess with the Zohan. Could this mean that the actor is growing on me? God, I hope not. There’s also a nice extended cameo from English comic Russell Brand, whom is an actor to definitely watch in the future.



Link: TweakTown