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Released by: Sony/Columbia
Released on: 6/7/2011
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston
Year: 2011
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The Movie:
One of the benefits of not spending much time watching a particular genre of film is the wonderful level of ignorance it provides when one is forced to review a mildly awful film in said genre.
JUST GO WITH IT was savaged by the critical community on its release. Considered part of a rapidly growing group of so-called “romantic†comedies that often use the brute force of toilet/frat-boy humor to season their lame plotlines by most critics this was hardly a critical darling. Or even a guilty pleasure.
Part of the problem with JUST GO WITH IT is the rep that its two stars bring to the table. Adam Sandler has become a running joke for his unimaginative and rote “man child†performances and as for Jenifer Aniston… wasn't there a petition from fed up fans trying to force her to take a break from acting not that long ago?
Sandler plays Danny - a plastic surgeon who was once forced to dump his cheating fiancée right before their wedding. After getting lucky with a woman who sleeps with him because he has shared his tale of woe, scheming Danny leaves the wedding band on his finger. He then starts sleeping with a procession of women by playing the “pathetic but sweet and cheated on loser†card. Aniston plays his long-suffering assistant Katherine who is called into service to play his fake estranged wife after Danny starts a relationship with a woman named Palmer (Brooklyn Decker). You see, Palmer seems to like Danny for all the “right reasons†so he needs to pull the old scam one more time in order to find true love. Does anyone really wonder where this one ends up?
Oops, I almost forgot about the fact that Sandler's character once had a huge nose which was what led to his career in plastic surgery. Or that a great deal of this movie takes place on an island vacation that Donald Trump might have trouble affording. Admittedly, Aniston looks great and her performance is serviceable but Sandler spends way too much time mugging. The toilet humor has some mildly amusing moments but the running gag about plastic surgery disasters is just mean spirited and weak.
This movie is as dumb as a bag of wet hammers BUT (and this would be my genre ignorance talking) if you are a fan of this type of film or these actors JUST GO WITH IT will be enjoyable enough.
Video/Audio/Extras:
JUST GO WITH it may have its failings as a film, but technically it's a 5 star affair. Sony's 1080P MPEG-4 AVC transfer is flawless. Colors pop, flesh tones look terrific and that blue water at the beach looks stunning. This is actually a quite colorful film with beautiful locations so the transfer really has some good material to work with.
Audio is a perfect DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless track. Nothing to report here other than the mixing is both appropriate and well-done.
Extras are absurdly plentiful for such a middling film and include two audio Commentaries (one with Adam Sandler, Nick Swarsdon, and other crew members, the other with director Dennis Dugan). Dugan's track is the better of the two as it veers more towards the traditional “making of†while the other track is a bit of a mess and filled with in-jokes. There is also a gag reel and some deleted scenes - neither of which is all that interesting. There are also an annoying number of featurettes that focus on such idiotic minutiae as actress Decker playing a fart joke. Yes, seriously.
The Final Word:
Those interested will have plenty to dig into here. The rest will run for their lives.
