“Bedtime Stories” was Disney’s 2008’s live-action family film for the holidays but it didn’t duplicate the success of 2007’s “Enchanted.”
Adam Sandler is the hero of “Bedtime Stories”. He plays Skeeter, a maintenance worker who dreams of running the hotel that his father once owned. His sister, played by a very thin Courtney Cox, asks him to take care of her two young kids for a week.
Every night Skeeter tells the kids amazing bedtime stories. And soon the things that happen in the stories start happening to Skeeter in real life. So Skeeter tries to use the stories to help him get the new job at the hotel, get a new car and find the love of his life.
The plot of “Bedtime Stories” sometimes doesn’t make any sense. We really never know why events in the stories are coming true and if it’s magic or coincidence.
The acting is just O.K. Keri Russell and Guy Pierce are also in the cast but Sandler is the only one who supplies any laughs. And the two young actors who play the two kids aren’t very convincing. There are several scenes involving the kids’ pet Guinea Pig named Bugsy that are supposed to be funny, but that running joke is over-done.
“Bedtime Stories” is rated PG. There is one, brief fantasy scene involving a gunfight. Buy, overall, the movie is harmless and acceptable for all ages.
On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, “Bedtime Stories” gets a C+. It’s worth renting, not worth buying.