Admirable film.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I'll give it to you straight. Adam Sandler and Drew Berrymore's acting is fine. They're always pretty great at their roles. However, my goodness, the writers truly ruined it. The best part about a film is the unraveling of the characters but the writers just added in unnecessary comments or things that really didn't need to be in there to show character development. It's the old saying from high school English class, "show don't tell." All they did was tell. So many words, not enough showing, and let me remind you this is a movie. On top of that the kids in the movie unfortunately couldn't act. It's a shame, with a better/more writers, a little revising from producing, and a different cast of kids, the film could have been a hit.

I don't know why i still watch his movies. maybe in hopes that one is good for a change? in this case it is really is a good movie. not great but good. the only problem is that is doesn't offer anything new. its just your usual romantic comedy movie. Too bad Adam Sandler doesn't make more of those these days... If you like Adam Sandler movies go and watch it!

I've been waiting so long for another Adam Sandler movie as funny as what his older movies used to be. This one was refreshing. This movie reminded me exactly why it is that I love Adam Sandler and never lost faith in his movies. It was funny, cheesy, cute. Ignore the negative comments if you're a true Adam Sandler fan. The movie is SUPPOSED to be cheesy and corny. That's what Adam Sandler is all about: the dumb humor. The chemistry between Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler was just as it was in 51st dates. Everything from the cheesy lines to the over-the-top accidents, this movie made me literally laugh out loud.Not to mention, Terry Crews is HILARIOUS!!b Definitely watching again.

Adam Sandler thanks you for picking up the tab for his vacation to "Africa". Here's the story of a single Dad who works a job in retail, has 3 children and yet lives very well. Following the time- tested rom-com formula he meets a woman he initially despises and later falls for during a surreptitious vacation to "Africa". A few points: 1) You can tell this is an American film since most references to the trip name only the entire continent rather than one of the sixty-three countries and countless cities within it. Do fictional families in African films travel to "North America?" On a related topic, North and South America kind of all one connected land mass, why two continents? 2) Hollywood's anti-Dad agenda pervades the film. Sandler's single dad finds himself alone because of a sainted deal wife (Walt Disney's legacy endures) while Drew Barrymore's single mom is the result of the antics of her ex-husband (played convincingly by Joel McHale). Sandler's father has no parenting skills and generally lives up to the Homer Simpson-ian Hollywood ideal. 3) The attraction between these lovably opposite main characters is based on mutual need. Drew Barrymore's closet organizer character need is to loosen up. Yet each time she lets her guard down something bad actually does actually happen to her. As far as the film goes, it's the normal Sandlerian outing - he pees against a tent wall, makes some crude jokes but is careful given the number of African extras used in the badground, and pulls the regular guy driven nuts slow burn we all can now recognize from 1000 paces off. While slow at times particularly when the cast are clearly just out doing touristy sightseeing on the audience's dime, the film has at least one great joke - the rotating changing of the song playing on the soundtrack depending on whose point of view is watching an event play out; both clever and original. In short, if you enjoy the whole Sandler-on-vacation comedy series, you'll get a kick out of this but you might be disappointed if you'd rather your comedy leads to work for a living.