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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-07-2011, 12:46 AM:

This is a fairly typical Adam Sandler rom-com. If you like him, you'll probably think it's pretty good; if you find him annoying, you'll still find him annoying here.

It does have the extra added attraction of slow-motion shots of Sports Illustrated supermodel Brooklyn Decker in a yellow bikini and other various tight outfits. And, she proves herself to be a decent actress too.

Jennifer Aniston is the same as she always is. I don't quite know why it's pretty much impossible for her to open one of these movies on her own. She's fairly funny in this one.

The dude playing Aniston's boyfriend in the film is really annoying -- way more than Adam Sandler ever was. I kept hoping he would get eaten by sharks or something.

The two kids playing Aniston's kids were a lot of fun. They were among the best things in the movie. Nicole Kidman is kind of funny as Jennifer's friend, but the story would have been exactly the same if they'd cut her part out and saved a few million dollars.

The story, in case you haven't heard, has Sandler playing a plastic surgeon (wait...Adam Sandler as a doctor? That should have been a red flag right there) who tells attractive women that he's married, flashing a (really un-used) wedding band as proof, winning their sympathy along with sexual favors.

He meets Brooklyn, and inexplicably she immediately falls for him even though he doesn't have the chance to woo her on the sympathy angle. But then she finds the ring and breaks off with him, leading him to make up a web of lies to explain why he has the ring without really telling her the real reason he has it, because she'll think he's a pig. He tells her he's getting divorced and coerces Aniston into pretending to be his "soon to be ex" wife. As Sam would say, "wackiness ensues" (but not really all that much of it).

You can probably guess the rest. I'll give this movie 2 bonus stars just for the eye candy (you also get to see the still-hot Jennifer Aniston in a bikini). Therefore, the movie gets a total of 3 out of 5 stars from me.

Posted by Jonathan M. Crist (Member # 413) on 03-07-2011, 11:24 AM:

In case you don't recognize it, "Go With It" is nothing more than a remake of "Cactus Flower" which introduced us to Goldie Hawn as the object of dentist Walter Matthau's affection with none other than Ingrid Bergman playing the office assistant.

And before that Cactus Flower was a long running Broadway play.

Ain't nothing new in Hollywood!