50 First Dates
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—About this Film
—Spiritual Connections
Fifty First Dates is probably one of Adam Sandler’s best movies to date. I laughed around every corner, and found the story line intriguing. Adam Sandler’s character, Henry Roth, really makes this movie shine. Sandler usually plays goofy characters with relatively shallow personalities. This one is very different, and I found that I liked Sandler even more after watching this movie. Henry has depth, a sincere desire to love someone, and he speaks his mind candidly. Not candidly in a coarse way, but in a sincere, honest, and realistic way. At several points in the movie, a character sets him up for a potential joke, but he replies with an honest answer. He speaks words that you or I might say in real life. This alone made Fifty First Dates stand out above most of Sandler’s other comedies. The jokes were well placed, but so was the crucial dialogue. 
As for theme, the most obvious spiritual parallel is unconditional love. Like Henry, God loves us with a new and fresh energy every day. He loves to spend time with us, even when we forget who he is and what he has done to win our love. He is in the business of making our lives richer, regardless of our inadequacies or shortcomings. The movie also reflects the great lengths that God will go to just for the benefit of loving us. The benefit to him, that is. We don’t always love him back, even when we do know what he’s done for us. We fail to trust, fail to believe, and shun him in our pain. But, he just keeps on coming--because he delights in us. The verse that comes to mind is Lamentations 3:22-23, “Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.�
—Overview
—Trailers, Photos
—About this Film
—Spiritual Connections
