Just Go with It (2011)

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Director: Dennis Dugan
Writers: Allan Loeb, Timothy Dowling
Stars: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Dave Matthews, Nick Swardson
MPAA Rating: PG-13

“Just Go with It” stars Adam Sandler & Jennifer Aniston, two well-known faces in comedy. I got a buzz when I watched my first Adam Sandler movie and for the next two or three films, my laughter never missed a beat with each of his movies having that same level of comic energy. But it got old. Sadly Sandler lost that energy in most of his following appearanceswith the buzz being replaced with buzz kill due to predictable story line, tired jokes, and paper thin characters.

Film Review by Rachael Johnson

The first time I remember seeing Jennifer Aniston was in the TV show “Friends” and I have to say that I loved that show.When I heard about “Just Go with It” I wondered what kind of movie would be born when Adam meets Jennifer… What chemistry would we see, and could the two people make beautiful comedytogether? With Adam & Jennifer having a mid-careercrisis no audience wants to see a stale character old and miserable. Could this movie put spark back into their careers?

OK let’s start with the Movies tag line: “Sometime a guy’s best wingman is a wingwoman”. So here we have it, Jen is going to be Adams “wingman” a cohort to lying and cheating a good looking woman in and out of the bedroom. Not a great start but let’s just go with it…

The movie is about Danny Maccabee (Adam Sandler) a plastic surgeon that pretends he is unhappily married to a cheating wife in order to cover up a lie given to a pretty woman he had spent the night with. But one lie leads to another when his office manager Katherine (Jenifer Aniston) helps cover his tracks by pretending to be his unfaithful wife.

Interestingly (mildly), Adam & Jennifer are obviously comfortable on screen together – the two are off screen friends in real life and this much comes through, but more obvious is the fact that the two are boring people playing dull characters. Jen is average at best; Sandler’s routines show him as a one trick pony.

The good moments in the movie are few and far in between and those where the moments that didn’t include the two stars.Surprise appearance by Nicole Kidman & Dave Matthewsgave mild respite but Nicole isn’t known for her comedic value so the buzz found no way to ignite any laughter.

Overall the movie was how I expected it to be, boring and un-entertaining. If you must see it, catch it on a $1 weekly video rental where you can give the DVD back after watching half of it. BYO pillow.