Rabu, Januari 14, 2009

Bedtime Stories, 2008 American family-fantasy-comedy film

Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) is a hotel handyman who is promised as a child by his father Marty (Jonathan Pryce) to be the owner of the family hotel after it is bought by chain Nottingham Hotels. 25 years later, Mr. Nottingham plans to build a new hotel and appoints another man to become the owner. Skeeter's sister (Courtney Cox) asks him to watch her kids because where she works: a school is being closed and she is looking for a job in AZ. The first night, Skeeter tells a bedtime story taking place in medieval times, with some additions from her kids and it comes true. Mr. Nottingham gives Skeeter a shot at the manager when he says his new hotel theme was taken by Hard Rock Hotel and on his way home it rains gumballs, all from the story. The next night, at the hotel, he tells another story set in the Old West, and when he waits for it to come true, a man steals his wallet, he saves Mr. Nottingham's daughter, Violet (Teresa Palmer), from the paparazzi and gets kicked by a dwarf. The the next night, out on a campfire, he tells them about a Greek stunt man, and he ends up falling for his sister's friend and fellow colleague Jill (Keri Russell) and it rains, with Abe Lincoln being a penny. The last night, he tells them about a space fight, and the next night, he wins the gig of manager, learns that the closing school is where the new Nottingham Hotel is, and gets fired for extinguishing the cake. With help from his conscience, he gets the hotel moved to Santa Monica, and then with Jill is able to end the demolition, saving the school and his nephew and niece. He marries Jill and founds a hotel named after his late father, with his competition being the hotel handyguys, Mr. Nottingham gets over his germophobia and becomes the school nurse, and his sister gets her job back.

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