In what is becoming Adam Sandlers usual template approach to his films, i.e the films produced by his company Happy Madison like this one, if you watch his previous stuff from about 2006 with
Click &
I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry(Dennis Dugan directed Just Go With It & Chuck/Larry) you will see the usual setup of Sandlers regular actors in these films, Nick Swardson(who gets an extended run out here in place of Rob Schneider which was refreshing) , Kevin Nealon & Rachel Dratch etc... and usually a two kid setup with one girl & one boy etc.. anyway, i'm a big fan of Sandlers films & think he is a very underated actor, as he can give outstanding serious performances, but people mainly know him more for his outrageous comedy films, so that other side of him tends to be overlooked sadly.
Just go with it, is about plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee (Adam Sandler -
Happy Gilmore) who once had his heart broken at the alter, and stumbled across the fact that while wearing his wedding ring(although not married) single attractive woman flock to him as he sells them a swan story about his wife neglecting him etc. However one time when forgetting to put his ring on, he meets & makes love on the beach to the sexy Palmer (Brooklyn Decker -Ugly Betty/Royal Pains) who suprisingly finds said ring in his trousers, busted!. However Danny makes up a fake story about being in the process of being divorced, but needs to make it look real, as he really loves this chick.
So, he gets his long serving assistant Katherine (Jennifer Aniston -
Friends) to pretend to be his wife. But she has two children & mistakingly mentions them when on a date as a threesome with Palmer present, so, blackmailed by the kids to be nice to him & carry on the pretence, he is forced to take them all on a holiday to Hawaii as a fake family, where comedy & mayhem ensue. The children of the cast are very good indeed, Michael/Bart (Griffin Gluck -
United States of Tara) & Maggie/Kiki Dee (Bailee Madison -
Brothers). Of note, i'd say Bailee is an actress to watch, she has a heck of allot of work under her belt for a young girl, watch this space. Hollywood A-lister Nicole Kidman (
The Others) also appears as Devlin Adams, high school friend of Katherine, who hates her.
Overall, this was a really enjoyable film. There are some silly moments which are fun, but on the whole it is a sweet funny rom com thats worth watching imo, i've watched it several times myself. I liked the upbeat music in the movie & the cast are on good form, and everyone pitches in. Highly Reccomended.