Just Go With It

Just Go With It is a fun comedy that does just what a comedy should do and make you laugh. After overhearing his bride to be comment on his large nose, Danny Maccabee calls off his wedding and from that point forward he builds his own defense mechanisms so his heart will never get broken again. Using his wedding ring to help he pretends to be an abused spouse in his marriage, in order to have one night stands. Only he ends up falling for a girl and she happens to find his wedding ring, he lies saying he is "getting a divorce" and this woman upon wanting to meet his soon to be ex. Danny convinces his receptionist to play the part for him.

Adam Sandler stars in the role of Danny, and does a pretty good job. Sandler has seemed to find his acting niche as he seems to have a yearly role in the romantic comedy genre. This suits him perfectly because he can really ham it up onscreen and he does a good job making you laugh throughout. With the romantic comedy being more comedy then romantic, Sandler really does not have to do much on the emotion side and that is just fine for me because I do not look for Sandler to bring a wide emotional range to his roles. Starring along side Sandler is Jennifer Aniston playing Sandler's receptionist Katherine. She does a great job at playing the role of the soon to be ex-wife with a fairly decent funny outlook. Aniston really shines in her role and she has a real good presence onscreen that the audience is drawn to her character and they root for her to succeed immediately. The comedic abilities of Aniston I am becoming more of a fan of in each comedy role I see her in. She does a great job with her delivery and while we expect great comedy from Sandler, Aniston is one that I did not really have much of an expectation from, yet she had some great timing and made me laugh as much as Sandler did, even outshining him in some moments and scenes. The chemistry between Aniston and Sandler is spot on and really took the movie to another level. The chemistry is part of what makes this movie work, in a movie if the two leads do not work well off one another then the jokes would fall flat.

The rest of the supporting cast do admirable jobs and even have their own funny moments. I was pleasantly surprised withBrooklyn Decker in the role of Palmer. While she is mainly eye candy casting she surprised me in that she was not too bad and even came off funny throughout the movie. At the same time I think her beauty was outshone by Aniston's as I found that that is where I was drawn to first at the moments when they were both onscreen together. I also enjoyed Bailee Madison in the role of Maggie, Aniston's daughter. She definitely has some potential as she gets older and gets more roles, she has that great ability to shine in comedies. As the fake daughter to Sandler shes uses a fake English accent that will definitely make you laugh and she has some great one-liners. Nicole Kidman and Dave Matthews in their small roles are pretty funny as well and especially in their interactions with Aniston and Sandler. The competition they have during the luau party is definitely a high point.

The story for Just Go With It is very predictable and formulaic. Even though the story was precisely what could be expected that is not always a bad thing. This movie you did not have think about it or wonder where the story was going to go. Instead you could just sit back and just laugh and enjoy n seeing how the director decided to unfold the story. Having a majority of the movie take place at a Hawaiian resort, a place where most of us do not get to experience  much allowed the audience to be swept up in the beauty.

Just Go With It ends up being a fun romantic comedy that while it has elements of both it does focus more on the comedic moments. The chemistry between Sandler and Aniston is what really helps to not only make the movie enjoyable, but funny as well. I am giving Just Go With It three buckets of popcorn out of five. This is definitely a movie worth renting for a date night or a night you are looking for simply laughs as well.

-The Movie Man