Drew Barrymore is taking her Instagram followers on a visit down reminiscence lane to have fun the twenty first anniversary of her beloved rom-com 50 First Dates. On Instagram, Barrymore shared a candy throwback from the movie, that includes co-star Adam Sandler
. The 2004 film, directed by Peter Segal, follows Barrymore’s Lucy Whitmore, a girl with short-term reminiscence loss. Sandler’s Henry Roth had the romantic (and distinctive) process of constructing her fall in love with him time and again… and once more. Barrymore’s Instagram submit, captioned “Throwing it again” with a tag for Sandler, options the pair in costume from the enduring scene the place Henry serenades Lucy with “Forgetful Lucy.”
50 First Dates landed in theaters on February 13, 2004, and was a field workplace success, grossing almost $200 million worldwide. Whereas it did not precisely impress critics (the movie holds a forty five% score on Rotten Tomatoes), the chemistry between Sandler and Barrymore was plain. 50 First Dates marked their second collaboration, following The Marriage ceremony Singer (1998). Put up-50 First Dates, the 2 reunited for 2014’s Blended (The Marriage ceremony Singer and Blended have been each directed by Frank Coraci).
Followers flocked to the feedback to induce Barrymore and Sandler to re-team for one more venture (even sharing concepts for a sequel movie with potential titles, together with “5000 First Dates” “51st Dates,” and “50 First Marriages.”
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The throwback arrives after ongoing talks (that stem again a few years) about one other Sandler and Barrymore venture. Through the 2020 MTV Film & TV Awards, Barrymore reminisced about working with Sandler over three a long time, prompting him to recommend a future collaboration.
In 2023, in the course of the Mark Twain Honors, Barrymore shared that she and Sandler have been on the lookout for one thing “significant” to deliver to the display. Whereas co-presenting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Sandler that night, Barrymore and Jennifer Aniston playfully acknowledged their historical past of enjoying Sandler’s love pursuits (Aniston shared the display with Sandler for Simply Go together with It, Homicide Thriller and its sequel, Homicide Thriller 2). Whereas selling the latter movie on Good Morning America that 12 months, Aniston and Sandler mentioned their want to work with Barrymore.
Simply this month, Barrymore revisited the thought of working with Aniston and Sandler, telling ET:
“I am so busy speaking to him and Jennifer Aniston about doing a threefer, if you’ll. I actually wish to make it occur. Timing is every part.”
Given the lasting friendship between Sandler and Barrymore and their feedback about becoming a member of up for one more characteristic, it is solely a matter of time earlier than we see them collectively once more. Including Aniston to the combination could be the icing on the cake.
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50 First Dates, starring Barrymore, Sandler, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Dan Akroyd, and Maya Rudolph is on the market to stream on Amazon Prime, making it an ideal post-Valentine’s Day watch. The movie is presently sitting fairly on the quantity 5 spot on the streamer’s chart. Should you’re within the temper to revisit Barrymore and Sandler’s joint filmography, you may lease The Marriage ceremony Singer on Amazon and watch Blended on Netflix.