Blended (2014)

Awesome Adam Sandler movie!!! As always!!! Funny and entertaining family movie.

BLENDED showed up on late night television. I like Sandler. I like Barrymore. Their chemistry in 50 First Dates was pleasant. In this movie, not so much. Their relationship seems so strained and unbelievable.Kevin Nealon has never been a plus in movies: he is never funny. Instead of casting this loser, it would have been a better idea to put in Rob Schneider. Instead of his lines coming across insincere (which is basically EVERY. SINGLE. CHARACTER that Nealon does), Schneider would have been insane delivering that same dialogue.There is something really wrong with the sound. Maybe it was just the TV station, but during the credit card swap scene in Lauren's house, the background is literally roaring, overpowering the dialogue, birds chirping, traffic passing, wind blowing. I had to check the surround circuit to see if it was producing the phenomenon, even changing the stereo into left, right and mono with no fix. Eventually when the scene changed, the background went back to being normal. Everything seemed ok except when the story returns once again (after Africa) to a scene in her house, the background roars. It doesn't make any sense (except that the scenes were probably shot at the same time).Other than that particular problem, the movie is acceptable. I'd probably watch it again.

What's wrong with the occasional feel- good movie? I think Adam Sandler shines when he's working with kids, and in these troubling times, I appreciate that he seems to be dedicated to making movies that have the general theme of "just have fun being a decent person." I respect him so much more now than I ever did during the SNL/Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore days.

When I say "A classic Adam Sandler film" in the summary I mean this movie is just as awful as any reasonable person may expect. The movie Blended has poorly crafted low-brow and sexual jokes "blended" throughout it's 1 hour and 57 minutes too long run time. Some people may call it heartfelt, but I call it predictable and irritating. The most heartfelt thing about this movie is how it makes me want to stab myself in the chest so that I don't have to watch it anymore.You would think that the inclusion of such hilarious and well versed stars like Terry Crews and Joel McHale would redeem some comedic value, but alas, the movie is as lame and flat with them as it would be without.Please, Don't watch this film.