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Here's the tagline for "50 First Dates" - 'The ultimate bachelor will face the ultimate challenge'. Now let me ask you this. When you think 'ultimate bachelor' do you think Adam Sandler? Is he even in your top 10? Your top 100? I didn't think so. Now if you think of Drew Barrymore as your 'ultimate bachelorette' that's another story altogether. Ahh. Drew Barrymore. Girl of my dreams...

So in the movie, Adam apparently plays Henry Roth this 'ultimate bachelor' (even though we're not really given a glimps into this bachelorhood other than the opening credits) who beds a variety of beautiful tourists on this little island paradise. (Even the name 'Henry' doesn't sound very 'ultimate bachelor'-y. Then one day at a restaurant he meets a local - Lucy (Drew Barrymore) - and he's smitten. So, he comes back the next day to see her. The problem? She has no idea who the hell he is. Turns out she has a little memory problem and is stuck in the same day forever, ala "Groundhog Day". The difference of course is that she doesn't even know it. But Henry is so intrigued, he has to go see her every day - to try and get her to fall in love with him all over again.

That's your basic premise. There's also your requisite performance in an Adam Sandler movie by Rob Schneider and a great performance by Samwise Astin as a Lucy's dimwitted brother. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll ask yourself "Is Adam Sandler the 'ultimate bachelor'?!?". And if you're like me, you'll fall in love with Drew Barrymore over and over again. Ahh. Drew Barrymore.

For the DVD release of "50 First Dates" we get quite a few special features. First up there's an audio commentary with Barrymore and director Peter Segal. This is a great commentary. Did I mention Drew Barrymore already? She made this commentary. What could have be your run-of-the-mill audio track is brought to life with her infectious laughter. Sure, there's still a lot of the crap you'll hear on a lot of tracks (ie. how great the production was, how great it was working with everyone) but her laugh. If you don't fall in love with that laugh, I don't want to know you.

On the featurettes side, we get three. First, there's "The Dating Scene: The Making of 50 First Dates". Nothing too memorable here. We get your standard behind-the-scenes look at the films with cast and crew interviews. Astin and Schneider weave in and out of character throughout their interviews making it mildly amusing, but otherwise, same-old same-old. Next, there's "Talkin' Pidgen". We hear from various locals about some Hawaiian slang, and what it means. Good for tourists, if you're ever planning a trip I guess. Finally, there's a moderately funny Comedy Central Reel Comedy Special. Hosted by Rob Schneider as Ula (in character) he interviews the cast about the movie. This one must've been made months after the release of the film, given Sandler's funky hairdo. I suspect Sandler was filming "Spanglish" at the time.

The features also include some deleted scenes with optional commentary by Peter Segal (nothing of note), a blooper reel, three music videos, filmographies for the principal players and previews for some other Columbia TriStar titles, notably the Seinfeld DVD and Spider-Man 2 among others.

What about 50 First Dates isn't there to like. I guess if romantic comedies aren't your thing, you might shun this one, but really, there's nothing all that wrong with this movie. Drew Barrymore is cute (about as cute as she's ever been) and although Sandler may not be your picture of the 'ultimate bachelor', he's still funny and charming. These two alone make this one worth the investment of your time.