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Just Go with It (2011)

Just Go with It poster
Directed by
Dennis Dugan
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 6,165 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A plastic surgeon lies to impress a woman he likes. He gets his assistant to pretend to be his ex-wife to keep the story going.

lightheartedplayfulsillyromanticpredictablecomedicfast-paced

What happens

Just Go with It is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling, and produced by Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, and Heather Parry. It is a loose remake of the 1969 film Cactus Flower, and stars Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. It tells the story of a plastic surgeon who enlists his assistant to help him woo a sixth-grade math teacher. Production of the film began on March 2, 2010. Originally titled Holiday in Hawaii and then Pretend Wife, it was produced by Sandler's Happy Madison Productions and released in North America on February 11, 2011, by Columbia Pictures. The film grossed over $214 million, becoming a box-office success. It received negative reviews with criticism for the plot and editing, but some praise for its acting and writing. Just Go with It won two Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actor (Sandler) and Worst Director (Dugan). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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