It's a shame, because the base story - the usual formula about a man (in this case, Sandler's plastic surgeon) who spends all his time chasing the wrong woman (Brooklyn Decker's school teacher) before realizing that the Right One (Jennifer Aniston's office assistant) was by his side all along - is workable, there are a few genuine chuckles (certainly more than in the atrocious Grown Ups, which contained, uh, maybe one). Upon reflection, it certainly contains similar ingredients to the 1969 film I caught on VHS years ago, but they've been buried under so much narrative rubble that my cluelessness was understandable. But here's the thing: Not until I actually saw the words "Cactus" and "Flower" during the end credits did I even realize this was supposed to be another adaptation of that venerable comedy. To get the most from this site, please enable JavaScript.Adam Sandler's latest catnip for knuckleheads, Just Go With It, is based on Cactus Flower, a farce that's been the basis for a French play, a Broadway hit, and a motion picture starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning role.
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