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I will say that it doesn’t follow all the pratfalls of a typical romantic comedy. “50 First Dates” is a smart, fun and somewhat intriguing movie. Will Henry be able to help Lucy recover her memory or are they destined to never be together? However he hits a snag when Lucy’s father (Blake Clark) and brother (Sean Astin, at the time fresh off his success from “Lord of the Rings”) get involved. Henry, not wanting to give up, keeps pursuing her with varying degrees of success. Not many movies out have elements of “Memento” and “Groundhog Day” but this one manages to pull them together nicely. When she awakens every morning, it’s like the a completely new day with all of her memories erased. You see Lucy survived a bad car crash the year prior and now suffers from short term memory loss. The two share a perfect day, but as Henry learns the hard way – it isn’t meant to be. And, wouldn’t you know it, he finds just that girl in Lucy (Drew Barrymore) whom he meets at a restaurant. Henry’s glory days are starting to wane and what he wants more than anything is to find a nice girl to settle down with. Sandler plays Henry Roth, a veterinarian of sorts and evidently a man who can show a tourist a good time on the island of Hawaii (and in the bedroom). Then again, maybe Drew Barrymore and Sandler were trying to re-create the chemistry that they had in 1998’s “The Wedding Singer?” Regardless, I decided to dig in my bin of Blu-rays and couldn’t believe that a review of this movie wasn’t part of the site, so…from the vaults – here it is! Who knows? I can and will say that this isn’t your typical Adam Sandler movie and he does have a soft spot. Maybe it’s when I saw it in the theater or who I saw it with or maybe that I just like a fairly good romantic comedy. Though I haven’t cared for a few of his more recent films, there are some that will always be on my shelf: “Happy Gilmore”, “Billy Madison”, “Bulletproof” and “50 First Dates.” I’m not really sure why I like this film as much as the others, but something about it makes me watch it about once a year. Always have been and most likely always will be.