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Directed by Dennis Dugan, (1/5).
Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison crew has been a bit hit and miss when it comes to making comedy films, their repertoire consisting of Little Nicky, Joe Dirt, Mr Deeds and of course, Grandma’s Boy. There are plenty of others, but these ones hit the mark with their comedy. With that in mind, I went to this movie thinking that there might be a 50/50 chance of it being either good or bad.

 
In Just Go With It, Danny (Adam Sandler) is a plastic surgeon who hangs out in bars and uses his fake wedding ring to get women. He shares his office with his assistant Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) who is divorced, has two children and is the only woman to whom he never lies. Along comes the hot blonde Palmer (Brooklyn Decker), a young schoolteacher with whom Danny spends an evening on the beach and falls in love. When she finds a wedding ring in his pocket, Danny panics and comes up with an elaborate lie involving him being in the final stages of divorce from his wife (Katherine) and mother of his two children, thus setting up the beginning of this hapless charade.

 
There isn’t much to be said about the movie, but I must admit that the kids and the addition of Eddie, Katherine’s soon-to-be sheep selling Austrian husband, made for a few laughs and Palmer was extremely nice to look at. Danny and Katherine are funny in some parts and do have some chemistry, but it wasn’t enough to carry my attention through the agonisingly long film. This movie feels like almost any other rom-com that you might have seen, with the usual formula of guy falls in love, lies to get the woman of his dreams, then realises that his true love is not her, but it’s the woman that was right in front of him all along. Just add a smidgen of comedy from the supporting cast and voilà, there you have it. I would not recommend that anyone go to see this movie, better to just wait for it to come online and save those $12.