Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's newest comedy "Blended" has fallen flat with critics and audiences alike.
The film is about two single parents who go on an awful blind date and never want to see each other again. However, the single parents enter into their worst nightmare when it turns out they must share a suite on their vacation. Check out what viewers had to say below.
IGN called the film "awful" with a 3.9 out of 10 rating:
"Void of warmth or observation, Blended's bizarre gender issues become more pronounced by its tightrope walk between appropriation and exploitation of the African backdrop. Terry Crews dilutes any questionable material as the lead singer of the hotel a capella group, who appear like a Greek chorus to echo Jim and Lauren's frustration/anxiety/blossoming romance. There isn't a whole lot of Africa in the Africa of Blended, containing most of the action in the Vegas-like hotel."
The Chicago Tribune gives the film 1.5 out of 4 stars:
"Every setup is an eye-roller. Jim and Lauren stumble into each other at the drugstore. He's cluelessly buying tampons for his teen, she's replacing a porn mag she ripped up for her teen. Gags and one-liners that would be discarded in a better comedy are trotted out and then underlined here. When Lauren gives the tomboy 'Larry' a girlish makeover, she debuts hearing 'I'm Every Woman' in her head, her possible new beau hears 'I'll Make Love to You' while her dad panics and hears "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." Hilarious. Let's repeat that musical joke, shall we? They do."
Rotten Tomatoes audience viewers gave the film a 65 percent rating:
"Blended. I am going to sum this film up in 5 words for you. Adam Sandler has lost it. Back in the day, if someone said to me that we were going to see a new Adam Sandler movie, I got excited. But now, those words bring me so much pain and suffering. Now don't get me wrong, I like some of Sandler's work. I really like 50 First Dates, The Wedding Singer, Spanglish, Funny People, Punch Drunk Love, etc. But now, his films have resorted to being filled with nonstop fart jokes, and predictable plot points," one audience viewer wrote.
