Reeling's take on Blended

Single parents Lauren (Drew Barrymore) and Jim (Adam Sandler) don't need a second date to convince themselves they never want to see each other again.  So they're horrified to find they've both taken advantage of the canceled African 'familymoon' vacation of their respective partner and boss and must endure an entire week of having their families "Blended."

Sandler comedies are always an iffy proposition, but this one had two things going for it - he's paired with Drew Barrymore ("The Wedding Singer," "50 First Dates") and it's directed by Frank Coraci ("The Wedding Singer," "The Waterboy") not Dennis Dugan of the execrable "Grown Ups" films. But while television Writers Ivan Menchell and Clare Sera have come up with a concept that shifts this one away from Sandler's other vacation movie ("Just Go With It"), their set up, which takes a considerable amount of screen time, is horrible and their 'jokes' puerile.  Coraci appears to have picked up Dugan's sloppy habits, too, as continuity errors run amok.  That said, Sandler and Barrymore once again prove a winning combination and Sandler's innate sweetness shines in parenting scenes.

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