Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler have starred opposite each other twice, and now it appears the duo is pairing up for the third time. Let's hope this romantic comedy is more like The Wedding Singer and less like 50 First Dates. Barrymore and Sandler will play two single parents who have a disastrous blind date, then find themselves trapped at a family resort with their respective kids together. At least in the movie world, this sounds like a recipe for falling in love.
Frank Coraci, who has made a career out of working with funny men, will helm. He directed Sandler in Click, The Waterboy, and The Wedding Singer, and Kevin James in his recent films The Zookeeper and Here Comes the Boom. The script was penned by Ivan Winchell, who has written for a number of sitcoms, and Claire Sera, who has collaborated with Winchell on a couple of IMDB-listed but as-yet unproduced screenplays.
From a demographic perspective, pairing up Sandler and Barrymore makes perfect sense. Sandler has the juvenile humor-loving dudes who have grown up with his comed and now likely have families themselves. That's one reason high school reunion-themed Grown Ups did so well. Barrymore hasn't had a big hit in a few years, but she's also been making and appearing in smaller films. Her style is more sweet than crude, which will help broaden the appeal of the romantic comedy. The blended family twist gets my approval, but in the struggling rom-com genre, it will be up to the actors and script if they can make the audience fall for the "I-hate-you-until-I-love-you" game one more time.
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