Big Screen Blurb: Just go With It

How ‘bout that? Just when you think that the ‘Romantic Comedy’ genre is all but extinct, here comes Just Go With It. This flick is a rarity in recent history: a romantic comedy that is actually funny, while just dipping a toe into the pool of drama. This is compared, of course, to all the recent so-called romantic comedies that seem hell bent on doing a cannon ball into drama's deep end, while throwing in a few laughs for good measure.

It’s the story of Danny (Adam Sandler), a successful plastic surgeon who has found his dating niche in a wedding ring. Well, ‘dating’ isn’t really the best description for this particular niche. ‘Hooking up’ is a more accurate depiction. Simply put, Danny wears a wedding ring to bed chicks. He discovered that donning a wedding band that accompanies a sob story about a horrific wife is the perfect way to get into a hottie’s pants. Interesting strategy, huh? It’s an effective strategy until he meets the girl of his dreams in Palmer (played by newcomer Brooklyn Decker). The two really connect before Palmer stumbles across Danny’s wedding ring and promptly ends the one night stand before it could become a doubleheader. Enter Katherine (Jennifer Aniston). She’s Danny’s office manager and friend. Danny enlists Katherine to play the role of his divorced wife to convince Palmer that his delusional marriage is exactly that and less. Katherine plays along…yadayadayada…her kids get involved and the group ends up in Hawaii where love blossoms.

Just Go With It is pretty funny and overall, I’ll give it a 3.5 on my scale. It was just nice to see a romantic comedy finally say, “I am what I am” and leave it at that. Lately these flicks that supposedly fall into the ole heart-filled humor category have been full of such serious drama that it has been tough to enjoy the ‘funny’ with all of the weighty, and overly heavy, emotional charge that has accompanied them.

Aniston is great. Decker looks like she just came off of a Sports Illustrated cover…oh wait, she did…and the kids nailed the cute funny roles to near perfection. Sandler is good too. Although he may not be completely believable as one of LA’s finest plastic-picker-uppers, he’s certainly credible as the rich guy throwing cash around in an effort to get the girl.

Go ahead and see it Big. Use it as part of your Valentine’s Day…you’ll take in a few laughs and who knows, you might just get lucky—of course that usually ends up with a few laughs too, right? Hell, it worked for me!

True…OUT!