Blended
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore push their luck with a third rom-com (following The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates). After a disastrous blind date, they find themselves stuck together in a South African family resort with their children from previous marriages.
- Director:
- Frank Coraci ('The Wedding Singer', 'Here Comes The Boom')
- Writer:
- Ivan MenchellClare Sera
- Cast:
- Adam SandlerDrew BarrymoreWendi McLendon-CoveyTerry CrewsBella ThorneJoel McHale
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicks“Adam Sandler” - two words that strike fear into this movie critic. Fortunately, here he’s Blended with Drew Barrymore who, having co-starred in The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates, is back for more - of the same. Adam and Drew play a couple of single parents who, following a disastrous blind date, meet again whilst on a South African holiday with their respective kids in tow. Cue mismatched romantic shenanigans.
Blanded
If humour was a dwindling commodity, Adam Sandler would be bankrupted. I love Water Boy. And Happy Gilmore. Classics. But for a while now Mr Sandler (in my humble opinion) has been scrapping the bottom of the comedic barrel. Yes, Blended shows glimmers of comic genius and, yes the notion of the movie was endearing…to a point. But all of this is...
Variety
pressSuffers from a fundamental lack of trust in its audience, following every unexpectedly smart exchange with a numbskull pratfall or one-liner...
Total Film
pressThe worst moment? When Drew makeovers Adam’s “fugly” daughter (Bella Thorne) into perv-pleasing jailbait.
The New York Times
pressHas the look and pacing of a three-camera sitcom filmed by a bunch of eighth graders and conceived by their less bright classmates.
The Guardian
pressA vomit-inducing blend of mawkish sentimentality and dead-on-arrival humour, all bundled up in a putrid package of festering family-friendly fun.
Hollywood Reporter
pressFeels like a tentative next step in Sandler’s evolving screen persona, one that has gone from good-hearted dolt to bumbling man-child to middle-aged father.
Empire Magazine
pressNo surprises here, nor many laughs, though the romance has a simple, sentimental appeal.
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicks“Adam Sandler” - two words that strike fear into this movie critic. Fortunately, here he’s Blended with Drew Barrymore who, having co-starred in The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates, is back for more - of the same. Adam and Drew play a couple of single parents who, following a disastrous blind date, meet again whilst on a South African holiday with their respective kids in tow. Cue mismatched romantic shenanigans.
Variety
pressSuffers from a fundamental lack of trust in its audience, following every unexpectedly smart exchange with a numbskull pratfall or one-liner...
Total Film
pressThe worst moment? When Drew makeovers Adam’s “fugly” daughter (Bella Thorne) into perv-pleasing jailbait.
The New York Times
pressHas the look and pacing of a three-camera sitcom filmed by a bunch of eighth graders and conceived by their less bright classmates.
The Guardian
pressA vomit-inducing blend of mawkish sentimentality and dead-on-arrival humour, all bundled up in a putrid package of festering family-friendly fun.
Hollywood Reporter
pressFeels like a tentative next step in Sandler’s evolving screen persona, one that has gone from good-hearted dolt to bumbling man-child to middle-aged father.
Empire Magazine
pressNo surprises here, nor many laughs, though the romance has a simple, sentimental appeal.
Blanded
If humour was a dwindling commodity, Adam Sandler would be bankrupted. I love Water Boy. And Happy Gilmore. Classics. But for a while now Mr Sandler (in my humble opinion) has been scrapping the bottom of the comedic barrel. Yes, Blended shows glimmers of comic genius and, yes the notion of the movie was endearing…to a point. But all of this is...
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