初恋50次 50 First Dates review by Stephanie Zacharek

On a bad day, you could probably pick apart Peter Segal's flirty romantic comedy "50 First Dates" pretty easily: The movie's pacing is lax and stringy at times, you can see some of the jokes coming at you from a mile away, and in certain scenes the music (consisting largely of tropical-style covers of '80s music, an obvious subliminal cue designed to foster fond memories of "The Wedding Singer") feels clumsily slapped on instead of smoothly integrated.

And yet "50 First Dates" is so unself-conscious and breezy that you find yourself sailing along with it; its flaws become as negligible as harmless barnacles nestled well below the water line. Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is a well-mannered, regular-joe veterinarian at Sea Life Park in Hawaii -- his job is to make sure the penguins stay spanking-clean, and to help the walruses steer clear of tummy trouble. Henry's dream is to take an extended sailing trip to Alaska to research walrus life, which is why he resists being tied down to any special girl: He prefers short but romantic (as well as conscientious) assignations with pretty young working women who take their vacations in Hawaii. The women go home, beaming, to regale their friends with tales of the dazzling Hawaiian evenings they spent with the mysterious Henry, who refuses to give out his phone number or, in one case, his real name. Segal introduces this setup in a fleet little montage, like a dragonfly skimming the water's surface: Each of these women confesses she'd like to see more of this sweet fellow named Henry, but all of them seem satisfied with, and reinvigorated by, their holiday fling.

Henry manages to keep things loose until Drew Barrymore, as Lucy, puts a serious squiggle in his plans: He spots her in a waterfront diner (it has the jubilant name "Hukilau Cafe") and, gazing upon her as she cuts apart an order of waffles and rearrange the pieces into a meticulous teepee, he falls in love instantly.

The hitch is that as the result of an accident, Lucy suffers from a serious neurological disorder that erases everything in her short-term memory each night as she sleeps. Which means that, a day after meeting Henry, despite the fact that sparks flew in both directions, she has no idea who he is. And if he wants to date her, much less eventually marry her, he has to win her over every single day.

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