This is a harmless and pleasant Disney comedy and one of only three family movies playing over the holidays.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Bedtime Stories does have a comic buoyancy, even as its plot trots on a predictable course. Perhaps the different accents and sensibilities have something to do with that.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Dan Kois
Best of all is Keri Russell, who plays Adam Sandler's love interest and who brightens the tart rhubarb pie of her performance in "Waitress" with just a pinch of Disney sweetness.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Tim Grierson
While no one was expecting the live-wire daring of "Punch-Drunk Love" or even "You Don't Mess With the Zohan," the Adam Sandler who shows up in Bedtime Stories is that most unnecessary of movie-star guises: the benign family-comedy guy.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
The appeal of Bedtime Stories belongs entirely to Sandler. As a comedian, he doesn't have to stoop to a kid's level. He's usually already there.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
This is a rare time when young ones will get more out of a Sandler movie than their parents, who may have grown up with him when he was on "Saturday Night Live."Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
The fantasy segments, played up in trailers, get bogged down amid the ho-hum tale of a loser making good.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Jeannette Catsoulis
Soured by its enervated star and uninspired writing, the movie offers only tiny moments of joy, like a hailstorm of gumballs that's unexpectedly magical.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
The shortage of wit and the excess of goo can be summed up in Sandler's line to these children of divorce: "I'm like the stink on your feet — I'll always be there."Read Full Review »
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