Just Go With It (2011)

I’m kind of unsure about my opinions on this film. I want to like it and hate it at the same time. And I do like it and hate it at the same time. A lot of gags fall flat or are just downright mean, stale, or boring. Actually, most of the gags are like that. There were a few gags that I chuckled at, and only one that I actually laughed at, and it was kind of childish. But the good moments in the film are not the gags. It is the charm that the two main characters share. These two are Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, both of whom have had some clunkers in their life, but are good performers, and do their best to show it here. Sadly, they’re not given much comedy to work with. And since this is a romantic comedy, they only have the romance to work with. And they are not bad. Aniston is going back to her Friends roots, and Sandler going back to Wedding Singer, both of which they were great romantic leads. The rest of the cast and characters are made for cheap laughs. The basic story is that a man named Danny (Adam Sandler) uses a wedding ring from a wedding he walked out on twenty years ago because his fiancée was cheating on him to pick up women. He, however, doesn’t use this tactic on a schoolteacher named Palmer (model Brooklyn Decker, who cannot act) and she finds the ring. Instead of telling Palmer the truth, Danny makes up a lie that he is getting a divorce. And his fake ex-wife? His divorced assistant Katherine (Jennifer Aniston). And then more people get involved, including Danny’s cousin, Katherine’s kids, ect. I don’t really need to tell you how the film is going to end. If you’ve seen a romantic comedy before, you’ve seen this. Girls will eat it up, their dates will groan and fall asleep. They’ll probably wake up when they see Brooklyn Decker in a bikini, but other than that, we guys have no reason to see this film. But granted, the film is not as bad as people say. There are some inspired moments of charm, but that’s not going to help the dragged-along boyfriend. Just Go With It is not great, not even good at some times, but it isn’t terrible either. You just have to go with it.
5.5/10