Bedtime Stories is the latest movie from Adam Sandler. Sandler plays a man who works as a maintenance guy in a hotel that used to be owned by his father. But when it was going under it was sold and turned into a much larger hotel. Eventually he finds out that they are going to be opening up a new hotel and he wants his chance to run it. His father had been promised that when he got old enough he'd be given a chance to run the hotel so it could stay in the family.
Sandler is then asked by his sister, played by Courtney Cox, to look after her kids. He takes the job and finds his favorite part is telling them a bedtime story. After telling it to them he finds that the next day some of the things from the story start to come true like it raining gumballs. He then figures this is his way to get some things he's always wanted and to get the job as the hotel manager.
The main villain of the movie is played by Guy Pearce. He is in competition with Sandler for the manager job. It's not exactly a stretch for him but he does a decent job playing the obnoxious jerk.
Probably the highlight of the movie are the stories themselves. When he is telling one you get to see them acted out and they range from medieval times, space, the old west and ancient Rome. The special effects in them are good and they have a lot of humor in them but don't come off like they are trying too hard. As Sandler is a master of many different characters and voices he pulls them all off well.
One of the running jokes in the movie is the kid's guinea pig named Bugsy. He is named this because he's got huge eyes like an anime character. It's a good break from the humor in the rest of the movie and almost every time he is on screen something funny happens.
Overall this is a good family movie and will be enjoyed by kids and adults. If you are a fan of Adam Sandler I'm sure you'll like it but don't go in expecting something like Billy Madison or Happy Gilmore.
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