Just Go With It

Dennis Dugan

Despite the hokey premise, this turned out to be rather enjoyable. Adam Sandler is Danny, a single plastic surgeon who scores with women by putting on a wedding band. It is a cheap trick that works till he falls for the young and busty Palmer (Brooklyn Decker).

To win her over, he ropes in his assistant Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) to be his fake wife and then pretends to divorce her. Lies pile up and her children are roped in for the con job, and everyone jets off to Hawaii. No prizes for guessing where this is headed but the journey is a pleasant one. Sandler is mostly sweet rather than annoying, Aniston is grounded and likable and, surprise, the usually oh-so-serious Nicole Kidman has fun as Katherine’s ultra-competitive frenemy.

Throw in some laughs, an ovine emergency and easy rapport between Sandler and Aniston, and after a while, you won’t even mind the set-up too much.

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