50 First Dates (DVD)

Talk about a surprise film for me, 50 First Dates had me laughing for the majority of the film even though I felt I had finally grown tired of Adam Sandler's continuously obvious jokes that seem to be the same every go around. The difference here is that there is a good mix of Sandler's cutesy love story with actually some quite raunchy humor including a hilariously gross walrus vomiting scene.

I liked it in theaters and I like it here on DVD, but as for the special features go I wasn't as impressed. Despite the generous amount of bonus features available there really wasn't a single feature that stood out in my mind.

First of all each feature is exactly what you would expect and inside those expectations you get no surprises. The audio commentary features director Peter Segal and Drew Barrymore and if you can handle Drew's endless amount of butt-kissing than this is the feature for you. Don't get me wrong I think Drew is very good at playing roles that seem to be written for her, but she is very generous in handing out compliments, they start here in the audio commentary and continue on the making-of featurette.

The making-of featurette is a simple look at the production of the film, and it does give you some short interviews with the majority of the cast and crew, but really offers nothing too special considering this is a comedy there isn't really anything you are going to get from this that you won't get from Segal on the commentary.

You also get deleted scenes and a gag reel, which both overstay their welcome, considering the gag reel is 7+ minutes and the deleted scenes are just like the majority of the deleted scenes on DVDs, worthless.

Next up is the feature called "Talkin' Pidgin," which is probably the best of them all as you get to learn a little from Hawaiian locals giving you the inside lesson on Hawaiian Pidgin talk. I won't give any away here since this is really the only feature worth watching.

Besides three music videos from the film and filmographies the only feature left is the Comedy Central "Reel Comedy Special" featuring Ula (Schneider) giving you a "comedic" look at the production of 50 First Dates, unfortunately it isn't funny.

Despite the fact that the special features suck, I still think 50 First Dates is a good buy, Sandler really doesn't offer up any bad movies with, of course, one exception and this is a good flick to add to your collection.