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Just Go With It

Starring: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, and Brooklyn Decker
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Screenplay by: Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling

    How would you lie about your relationship status and who you're in a relationship with?  Adam Sandler knows the answer.
    Just as Danny Macabee (Adam Sandler) meets Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) and decides that she's perfect for him, she finds a wedding ring in his possession, yet he does not have a wife.  He lies to her saying that he is going through a divorce and everything will be okay after that.  But Palmer wants to meet her.  His work partner Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) poses as his "wife".  As more information about them spills out, Palmer wants to know it all.  Will this fake couple come together or will Danny fall for Palmer in the end?
    It seems like every once in a while in the storyline, we are forced to ask ourselves, why would Palmer care?  Isn't Danny already "breaking up" with his Katherine in order to be with her?  Why does Palmer want to know everything about Danny's fake life that he wants to leave behind.  Much of the story is pointless to Danny's ultimate goal.  But all of these pointless parts of the story create strong relationships between the characters.  The way they interact with one another is quite different at the end of the movie than at the beginning.  The only relationship we don't know much about is Danny and Palmer.  What do they each see in each other, other than the fact that Palmer is gorgeous and Danny is funny.  This relationship is too underdeveloped to fully understand why Danny wants to be with Palmer at the end of the day.  This is due partly because we know almost nothing about Palmer's character.  Almost any guy I know would probably care less about knowing who Palmer is than about the fact that she is on screen.
    At the beginning of the movie, we are given the impression that Danny is willing to do just about anything to keep seeing Palmer, even if it means lying about his own life.  As Katherine and Danny begin acting like a couple about to go through a divorce, they actually become closer, not further apart like we would expect.  I like how their relationship causes them to grow closer and causes Danny to consider staying away from Palmer, the girl he's really after.  All this leads to a rather predictable ending if you look closely at how these relationships develop.
    It's kind of funny to think that multiple relationships play an important role in determining just one relationship, but the question is which one is more important?  Understanding these relationships is really the best way to understanding what happens at the end before it happens.  Unfortunately, this film is pretty predictable.   For the most part, the characters are well developed, causing the viewer to become attached to them and picking one side, either team Katherine or team Palmer.  Whichever side you choose, you'll be disappointed with the ending.  Overall, "Just Go With It" is the kind of film you'll want to see if you have nothing better to do, otherwise, don't bother wasting your time.
2 stars.

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