What if the stories you told came to life?
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, Courtney Cox |
| Director |
Alan Shankman |
| Screenplay | Matt Lopez, Tim Herlihy |
| Music | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| Cinematography | Michael Barrett |
| Editing | Tom Costain, Michael Tronick |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Gunn Films, Happy Madison Productions, Offspring Entertainment, Walt Disney Pictures |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
| Genre | Fantasy, comedy |
| Language | Very mild |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Very mild |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Light family comedy |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Jacques Liebenberg | 5 | |
| Cape Times Terri Dunbar-Curran | 10 |  |
| iAfrica.com Rebekah Kendal | 5 | |
| The Citizen Annette Bayne  This is a light-hearted children's film and younger children will probably enjoy the adventure and the comedy, but generally one is left feeling a little let down at the end. | 12 |  |
| 24.com Ivan Sadler Adam Sandler plays yet another emotionally stunted cretin in this tedious fable about a loser who tells magical stories. | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The first PG family comedy starring Adam Sandler. | 13 | |
| eye Weekly Nick Flanagan Bedtime Stories isn’t quite enough for adults to bother with unless accompanied by kids, but the CGI hamster is less irritating than I thought it would be, and the vehicle creeps by on silliness and charm. | 10 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Sortage of wit and the excess of goo. | 5 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs If there's one lone positive thing I can say about the film, it's that it will make you want to rush out and see The Princess Bride once again to prove that filmmakers can make smart, funny and engaging movies about imaginative bedtime stories. | 4 | |
| Metacritic.com 26 critics | 7 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 92 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Though it may earns some chuckles from pre-teens, this kid-friendly Adam Sandler comedy is uneven, poorly paced, and lacks the requisite whimsy to truly work. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 4988 Netizens It woke me up. | 13 | |
Average .. 39% | 8 | |