Release Date: 8th April, 2011

Runtime:  110 minutes

Director: Dennis Dugan

Writers: Allan Loeb, Timothy Dowling

Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker

Language: English

 

Rating:  1/5

 

Adapted from a French play ‘Fleur de cactus’, Just Go With is about plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee (Adam Sandler) with a foxy move for picking up women; he feigns an unhappy marriage. When he meets hot math teacher Palmer or ‘the one’ (Brooklyn Decker) however, he finds himself in a fix. When she insists on meeting his soon-to-be ex wife, Danny begs his frumpy assistant Katherine Murphy (Jennifer Aniston) to pretend to be his snooty, cheating wife. Things snowball with Katherine’s children and Danny’s cousin getting involved. The unlikely bunch takes their madness to Hawaii where the truth eventually spills out.     

 

The duo Adam Sandler and director Dennis Dugan are not known for their serious cinema (Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy). They however, take their toilet humor to another level with Just Go With It and it is not even funny. The film has nothing, actually, going for it. 

 

Don’t be surprised if you find yourself sitting stone faced as Danny’s cousin and Katherine’s fake lover Eddie (Nick Swardson) tries to give CPR to a sheep or when Katherine’s son poops on Eddie’s hand. 

 

Adding to boorish situations are characters that lack charm or wit- Danny is the super rich surgeon who treats women with little respect except his assistant Katherine; Palmer is gorgeous, sweet, funny and shows a lot of cleavage but somehow is not the right one for Danny and Devlin Adams (Nicole Kidman) Katherine’s arch nemesis from high school who flaunts her perfect marriage in Katherine’s face. Yawn. 

 

Sandler is losing his charm. Aniston got it wrong this time. Decker is hot, no doubt, but that gets old really fast. The only saving grace is Katherine’s daughter Maggie played by Bailee Madison a powerhouse of talent especially when she does a British accent. 

 

Give Just Go With It a miss.