Bedtime stories

Year of release : 2008

 

Run time : 1h40min

 

Genre : Family / Comedy

 

Cast : Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Russell Brand, Guy Pearce, Teresa Palmer, Courteney Fox, Lucy Lawless, Jonathan Pryce, Rob Schneider

 

 

Skeeter is the handyman of the hotel his father owned,then sold to a business man who made it profitable. He loves the hotel and hopes one day he will get to be its general manager.

 

He is asked by his estranged sister ,who has to go to a job related week long Arizona trip, to take care of her kids in the evenings,as the rest of the time they are taken care of by her friend and kids' school teacher.

 

Skeeter accepts,and starts telling them bedtime stories inspired by his life,the way his father used to tell him. The next day Skeeter realizes what the kids say was gonna happen in the story,happens in reality.

So,he comes up with a plan to fulfill his dream,of managing the hotel.

 

The actors were fine, the visual effects good, the stories ridiculous.

 

The movie is streaming on Disney Plus, and is for rent or sale on Amazon, Apple, AMC on Deamnd, DirecTv, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Vudu, YouTube.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !