Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories is a comic fable starring Adam Sandler as Skeeter Bronson, a handyman at the hotel his father used to own. Skeeter spends his days changing light bulbs and competing with the hotel's smarmy manager (Pearce) for the attention of the new owner's beautiful, hard-partying daughter, Violet (Palmer). When his sister Wendy (Cox) asks Skeeter to babysit her kids for a week while she's out of town, Skeeter entertains his niece and nephew with elaborate, original bedtime stories that transport them to exotic locales, including ancient Greece, the Wild West, and outer space. In the stories, Skeeter is always cast as the hero. When he tries to help his family by telling one outlandish tale after another, it's the kids' unexpected contributions that turn all of their lives upside down. Magically, the nighttime fantasies become Skeeter's daytime realities, leading him on a real-life adventure in search of his own happy ending. (Gary Reber)