family honeymoon
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler back together and as a "romantic couple." Family honeymoon (Blended) is the 3rd time that their names appear together on the marquees after The Wedding Singer, where as here, they were also directed by Frank Coarci, and As if it were the first time (50 First Dates).
And although there have been few times in which Sandler has demonstrated his facet as a dramatic actor, in Family Honeymoon he slightly resumes those overtones. True to what has been demonstrated in his most recent films, he continues to cling to the path of disproportionate, exaggerated, repetitive comedies, but here he does not have such a chaotic narrative and has more than one salvageable moment.
Now he does not have a twin sister, nor is he a disastrous father, he must not conquer the same woman 50 times or serenade her to the heights. Under Coarci's direction, the story comes up fast and stagnates the rest of the time. In the opening scene, leads Jim (Sandler) and Lauren (Barrymore) are in the middle of a disastrous blind date.
A few wings and beers later they break up, never to see each other again. However, the forced script by Ivan Menchell and Clare Sera constantly brings them back together, until the most absurd pretext takes them on vacation on an African safari. As the single parents that they are, Jim and Lauren bring their family with them, and that's when all the expected things happen. The repetition of the cliché begins, more cliché, more cliché.
In the middle there are musical numbers out of place, crude and grotesque jokes (although a little more refined than in Jack & Jill or That's My Son) and the few emotional moments are detracted from the excess of explanations offered by the dialogues .
Despite the fact that Family Honeymoon appeals to the most rudimentary humor, those who steal the show are the children's cast –with everything and the situations they deal with and their stereotyped characters–, Joel McHale –certainly typecast in the role of douche– and the animals that appear as the backdrop in the safari, even with the unfortunate CGI.
And as for Sandler? It is not the worst of his recent films, but it is also true that he has left the bar very low.
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Mabel Salinas I am not the Mother of Dragons, but I am from @Enlabutaca; from there and in Cine PREMIERE I am in contact with good stories. Music lover, series lover, movie lover, university professor, and lover of the fine arts. Someday I will write a science fiction novel. Unagui!
