Bedtime Stories - Go to bed instead

What's it about: Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) works at a hotel as a janitor and has a low life. After spending half his life cleaning toilets and doing mundane work, he gets a shot at baby-sitting when his sister offers him to look after her kids. Not knowing how to handle kids he decides to tell them bedtime stories. Using real-life characters, he weaves tales set in different time periods that actually come true. Most of the stories have Skeeter battling the bad guys and triumphing over them.

What's hot: In the same genre as Jumanji and A Night At The Museum, Bedtime Stories has ample scope to deliver on the fantasy-fiction note. The stories bring to life some interesting characters set in Greece, the Middle Ages, even outer space, creating monsters and villains who Skeeter battles. Not too heavy with the moral stories and serious messages, the movie manages to create some fun and light moments.

What's not: Sandler seems to have lost his charm of late. Even in his last release (You Don't Mess With The Zohan) he struggled through the script banking on slapstick rather than edgy dialogues which were his forte. Here he seems lost in spinning stories where he looks way out of place. The special effects are average and don't really impress you in places they should. Courteney Cox is wasted in a shoddy role as Skeeter's sister. Guy Pearce who gave us Memento and LA Confidential is reduced to a half-baked caricature as Sandler's main enemy.

What to do: Lacking the technical suave of today's digital effects, Bedtime Stories is reduced to passable fare thanks to the lack of a solid script and performances that hardly impress.

Bedtime Stories

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Dir: Adam Shankman

Cast: Adam Sandler, Courteney Cox, Guy Pearce