As a movie enthusiast with over three decades of watching films under my belt, I must say that Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston have proven to be quite the dynamic duo when it comes to delivering entertaining comedies on Netflix. While their initial collaboration, “Just Go With It,” may not have been critically acclaimed (let’s face it, even a broken clock is right twice a day), it certainly found its audience and paved the way for more successful collaborations.
Recently, Netflix has become a go-to destination for Adam Sandler fans, thanks to their massive first-look deal with the streaming service. However, Sandler enthusiasts are now also revisiting his 2011 romantic comedy “Just Go With It.” This film has been climbing the U.S. Netflix rankings since its release on the platform, giving viewers who have enjoyed Sandler’s partnership with Chris Hemsworth in the “Murder Mystery” films a chance to witness their first collaboration together.
In “Just Go With It,” Adam Sandler portrays Daniel Maccabee, a successful plastic surgeon who feigns a failing marriage to sidestep commitment. When he encounters a woman he genuinely desires to be with, he enlists his assistant Katherine (Aniston) to pose as his about-to-be-ex-wife in a romantic comedy twist. As expected in this genre, the storyline becomes tangled rapidly, and humor is intermittently injected.
Just Go With It isn’t Adam Sandler’s worst-rated film – there are plenty of contenders for that title – it managed to scrape together only a 19% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Interestingly, the primary criticisms of this predictable rom-com echo the very tropes they accused it of using – they called it formulaic, with its hit-and-miss slapstick humor and overused romantic comedy clichés. Despite these criticisms, audiences still seemed to enjoy it, giving the film a 59% approval rating. Surprisingly, they flocked to see it in large numbers, earning the film a $215 million worldwide gross on a budget of just $80 million. This success hinted at the pair’s future collaborations, which would prove fruitful more than a decade later.
Adam Sander & Jennifer Aniston Scored a Huge Hit with Their Next Collaboration
The popularity of “Just Go With It” on Netflix underscores the fact that, despite critics often being unimpressed with Sandler’s style of humor, attaching his name to a film almost ensures some level of success. This trend has been noticeable in numerous Netflix exclusives over the past few years, such as his 2019 collaboration with Aniston in the comedy whodunit “Murder Mystery.” In this instance, the duo portray a married couple who share a passion for murder mystery novels and find themselves embroiled in an actual case when they are wrongfully accused of a murder during their vacation.
The film titled “Murder Mystery” turned out to be one of Netflix’s largest original debuts, garnering 31 million views within its first three days and receiving the typical criticism from reviewers. This success undeniably sparked discussions for a sequel, leading to the release of “Murder Mystery 2” in 2023, which was also met with mixed reviews but high viewership. As for whether Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston will collaborate on a third “Murder Mystery” film, it remains uncertain. However, Sandler is currently shooting another Netflix sequel, this time for the movie “Happy Gilmore 2.” Given the potential for this long-awaited follow-up to surpass Sandler’s own viewership record when it premieres next year, such an outcome seems quite plausible.
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2024-11-10 19:33