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2008 film by Adam Shankman

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Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American film directed by Adam Shankman, who also served as executive producer, with a screenplay by Tim Herlihy. Adam Sandler and Andrew Gunn produced it through Walt Disney Pictures and Happy Madison Productions, with Michael Barrett as director of photography, Michael Tronick as editor, Linda DeScenna as production designer, and a score by Rupert Gregson-Williams. The cast includes Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Jonathan Morgan Heit and Laura Ann Kesling.

Filmed in Long Beach and Santa Monica and set in the 1980s, it belongs to the comedy, fantasy and children's genres. Made on a budget of $80,000,000, it earned $212,900,000 at the box office and was rated PG. It was distributed by Netflix and Disney+.

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Skeeter 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?

Released: 2008-12-2499 minDir: Adam ShankmanFantasy, Comedy, Family, RomanceBudget: $80.0MBox office: $213M

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

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
Tim Herlihy
Cast member
Annalise Basso
Cinematographer
Michael Barrett
Filming location
Santa Monica
Duration
99
FilmAffinity ID
861578
Distribution format
video on demand
Significant event
première
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publication date
2008-12-25
title
Bedtime Stories
distributed by
Disney+
production designer
Linda DeScenna
set in period
1980s
box office
212900000
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
33/100
form of creative work
feature film
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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