Just Go With It

“Just Go With It” stars Adam Sandler, Jenifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker and Nicole Kidman in this remake of the stage play “Cactus Flower” written by Abe Burrows. Unfortunately, other than the medical profession being involved, any similarity to the Burrows creation and the film directed by Dennis Dugan is quite remote. Typecast in the role of good friend and office assistant to Sandler’s doctor character, Ms. Aniston plays her part well but the role is too lackluster to gain her any real acknowledgment. Ingrid Bergman played this part in the movie “Cactus Flower” to Walter Mathau’s dentist while Goldie Hawn played the role acted by Brooklyn Decker. The taking down of Ms. Aniston’s age (in comparison to that of Ms. Bergman’s) is an integral part of the reason why the Mathau, Bergman Hawn film was so much more enjoyable to watch than the present version. With most of the scenes occurring at the Grand Wailea Hotel on Maui, the film is pleasant to watch and would best be characterized, for those of you who can remember, as the B film accompanying the A picture. I give the film 1 and ½ stars with the caveat that one should be wary of any film where the real star is the set location.