Review of 50 First Dates (2004) by Dana Stevens for The New York Times — 24 Feb 2011
The unlikely sweetness of the story carries the day. What is most astonishing is the confidence with which the filmmakers push their premise to its logical conclusion, turning an ending that could have been either laughable or appalling into something so effortlessly heartfelt as to be nearly sublime.
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This review of 50 First Dates (2004) was written by Dana Stevens and published by The New York Times on 24 Feb 2011.
50 First Dates has generally received positive reviews.
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