Just Go With It

10/10 E.M.
9/10 C.E.

  This is easily one of the best comedies of the year to date. There were so many parts where the entire audience was laughing and one part that I honestly was rolling over in my chair hardly able to breathe. As with many of Sandler's films there is of course crude humor in it so if that's not to your taste this may not be your movie. However there is tons of just down right funny situations and lines that don't rely on fart gags or whatnot. (If you've seen the movie imagine me with a British accent on the whatnot.) Throw in the incredibly hot Brooklyn Decker and then the talent of Nicole Kidman you really can't loose.

  Without a doubt the smartest move made in creating this movie was giving the kids in it some great lines and getting kids who can act well to begin with. Seriously some of the best parts in this movie are delivered or there because of Bailee Madison and Griffin Gluck who play Maggie and Michael respectively. Madison's talent shines in this movie and she is given plenty of room to show it and showcase her range. Gluck also does an excellent job and can go from a manipulative little prankster to a venerable real little boy at the drop of a hat. The best trait of these kids is they don't come off as annoying little kid actors who happen to have good line like Sandler's last film Grown Ups but rather are a joy to watch.

  The second smartest move that was made was that quite simply as more and more of Sandler's films seem to prove there winds up being more than meets the eye. Lately the trend seems to be with movies such as Click and of course Reign Over Me that Sandler's films show at some point layers of unexpected depth to them Just Go With It follows these fine examples to a T. Seemingly a shallow film which don't get me wrong the plot and much of the film is as you go on in the film you quickly realize that there is actually something to it. When the actual real life problems and implications come to light at certain points you can't help but wonder if the writers were schizophrenic but in a good way.

  Sandler and Aniston have good chemistry largely because for once Aniston is something resembling good in her acting. All this aside Aniston is nowhere near gold quality but it is probably the best acting I've seen out of her in a while. Sandler was of course his comical self and does a great job of entertaining. I wouldn't have minded seeing him shine a bit more like we did in the afore mentioned Reign Over Me however as far as funny goes he was almost entirely spot on with the exception of a few spots that he wasn't so funny or where jokes got a bit tired.

  The music was picked out well many of the songs are ones that I personally enjoy and they helped compliment the movie well. The plot wasn't entirely original however it wasn't one that was too overused. What the plot may have lacked it made up for in the series of lies that came in it and the comedy that supplemented it. All the actors/actresses played well off of each other and the addition of Kidman playing the snob that she plays so well just sweetens the pie. Summed up the movie is a laugh riot that will all but surely have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face and maybe even sore sides.