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Bedtime Stories
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6.2Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?
Cast
- Adam Sandler as Skeeter Bronson
- Keri Russell as Jill
- Guy Pearce as Kendall
- Courteney Cox as Wendy
- Lucy Lawless as Aspen
- Carmen Electra as Hot Girl
Themes
- wishes come true
- escapade
- disorder
- imaginary
- miraculous event
- imaginary kingdom
- life turned upside down
- nothing goes right
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
105,883 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
27%
Metacritic
33/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Adam Shankman
- Screenplay by
- Matt Lopez Tim Herlihy
- Story by
- Matt Lopez
- Produced by
- Andrew Gunn Adam Sandler Jack Giarraputo
- Starring
- Adam Sandler Keri Russell Guy Pearce Russell Brand Richard Griffiths Jonathan Pryce Courteney Cox Lucy Lawless Teresa Palmer
- Cinematography
- Michael Barrett
- Edited by
- Tom Costain Michael Tronick
- Music by
- Rupert Gregson-Williams
- Production companies
- Walt Disney Pictures Happy Madison Productions Gunn Films Offspring Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
- Release date
- December 25, 2008 ( 2008-12-25 )
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $80 million
- Box office
- $212.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 861578
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/bedtime-stories
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- publication date
- 2008-12-25
- title
- Bedtime Stories
- box office
- 212900000
- review score
- 33/100
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Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American fantasy comedy film directed by Adam Shankman from a screenplay by Matt Lopez and Tim Herlihy based on a story by Lopez. It stars Adam Sandler in his first appearance in a family film, alongside Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Aisha Tyler, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, and Courteney Cox. In the film, a hotel handyman's stories to his niece and nephew come true, and his stories become more outlandish. Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions and Andrew Gunn's company Gunn Films co-produced the film with Walt Disney Pictures.
The film premiered on December 25, 2008, by Disney. Despite the film being a box office success, earning $212.9 million against an $80 million budget, it received generally negative reviews from critics.