Bedtime Stories (film)

Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American familyfantasycomedy film directed by Adam Shankman, written by Matt Lopez and Tim Herlihy and produced by Andrew Gunn and Jack Giarraputo that stars Adam Sandler in his first appearance in a familyoriented film and also stars Keri Russell, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Laura Ann Kesling, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless and Courteney Cox. Sandlers production company Happy Madison and Andrew Gunns company Gunn Films coproduced the film with Walt Disney Pictures. The film was theatrically released on December 25, 2008 by Walt Disney Pictures. Despite receiving generally negative reviews from critics, it earned 212.9 million on a 80 million budget.

Skeeters sister and principal of Webster Elementary School, Wendy Courteney Cox, asks Skeeter to watch her kids, Bobbi Laura Ann Kesling and Patrick Jonathan Morgan Heit, while she goes out of town. Skeeter does not know his niece and nephew very well, but agrees. Helping him during the day is Wendys friend, Jill Hastings Keri Russell, a teacher who works at the same school as Wendy. That night, putting Bobbi and Patrick to bed, Skeeter tells them a story, one inspired by his own life as an underappreciated handyman a downtrodden squire Sir Fixalot rivals the pompous Sir Buttikiss in competition for a new job. The kids add their own details such as the king giving Sir Fixalot a chance to prove himself, a mermaid based on Jill, and a downpour of gumballs when Fixalot prevails.The following day, while fixing Barrys television, Skeeter learns that the new hotels surprise theme will be rock and roll. He shocks Barry by telling him of the Hard Rock Hotel. Barry offers Skeeter a chance to compete with Kendall for a better theme. While driving, Skeeter is suddenly greeted with a shower of gumballs caused by a crashed candy delivery truck he doesnt see, so he concludes that the story had come true and quickly develops a plan. ........

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