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whose fantastical bedtime stories come trueBox-office commodity Adam Sandler is repositioned as kid-friendly in Bedtime Stories, a Disney movie that plays better on a balance sheet than a screen. Sandler brought his repertory company (Rob Schneider) to Disney for this Christmastime disappointment about a wacky uncle whose fantastical bedtime stories come true. There's a prologue about a hotelier father (Jonathan Pryce) who told his children great "Once upon a time" stories in the days before he sold out to a hotel chain. Today, Skeeter (Sandler) is handyman at Los Angeles' Sunny Vista Nottingham, longing for the day when the owner's promise to his late father - that he'd get to manage the place - comes true. But slithery Kendall (Guy Pearce, over the top) has angled an engagement with the owner's Paris Hiltonish daughter to land that job. Meanwhile, Skeeter's sister Wendy (Courteney Cox) is a newly divorced, newly laid-off school principal who needs him to watch her children for a week. He'll do nights. Wendy's pal Jill (Keri Russell) will watch them during the day. Jill is just like Wendy - a martinet who is all about health foods and no TV. What's Skeeter to do? Why, tell bedtime tales about knights and cowboys and charioteers and galactic warriors, none of whom get the respect (or promotion) they deserve. Funny thing about the stories. When the children pitch in and improve them, they come true. Skeeter competes for the promotion and a kiss from "the fairest in all the land." Oh, and gumballs rain from the sky. Skeeter tries to manipulate the stories. Hairspray hero Adam Shankman takes a gigantic step backward with this. He must have seen something in the fanciful flashbacks where Skeeter and friends (Russell Brand of Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a bland waiter pal) and enemi es (Pearce) show up as sidekicks, villainous knights or unworthy sycophants. Special effects, stuntmen and editing don't quite hide that Sandler isn't doing this shtick. The big kiddie laugh is a bugeyed (digitally assisted) hamster that pops into the picture any time the script-by-committee runs out of ideas. We see a lot of Bugsy. Sandler's blank-faced mugging takes the form of notthat-funny silly voices. The script isn't helping. The comic changing of the guard that's been evident in recent years makes this a smart career move for Sandler. Wacky PG-13 character comedies are out. R-rated realistic comedies are in. Disney has been hunting around for the next Tim Allen for a while now. Let's see - no success in serious films, an inexpressive face, a gift for making weird voices? Maybe they've found him. The accountants must be thrilled.
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