Metacritic Movie Ratings
Bedtime Stories Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  Variety

  With Bedtime Stories, Sandler has delivered on his promise to make a movie his kids can enjoy. What's more, he's managed to do so without alienating his core audience.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  "Stories" makes a better Christmas movie than those generic comedies manufactured this time of year. The hits-to-misses ratio for its gags is above average, the sentimentality is kept in check and the film plays well to its audience.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  This is a harmless and pleasant Disney comedy and one of only three family movies playing over the holidays.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The fantasy segments, played up in trailers, get bogged down amid the ho-hum tale of a loser making good.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis

  Soured by its enervated star and uninspired writing, the movie offers only tiny moments of joy, like a hailstorm of gumballs that's unexpectedly magical.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  It's a dispirited, galumphing mess.

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• 0

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  As a PG-rated film opening on Christmas Day under the Disney banner, Bedtime Stories would seem to promise fairly wholesome family entertainment. What it delivers is the glitzy allure of a hotel setting, smarmy double entendres, Ferrari lust, Beverly Hills bling and pneumatic babes -- one of the characters is a surrogate Paris Hilton.

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