Rotten
It descends into pathos, undermined by an insipid romantic subplot and the usual platitudinous guff about self-belief.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
Bedtime Stories
Whatever they dream up... he has to survive.
2008 · 1h 39m · PG
Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Adam Shankman
Overview
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?
Director and cast
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27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The twitchy anxiety that once powered his persona has given way to a doughy anonymity.
Tim Grierson, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
After sitting through this fractious fairy tale, we feel as plucked as a Christmas goose.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Rotten
An innocuous but haphazard family comedy that seems less crafted for children than dreamed up by a team of them.
Dan Kois, Washington Post
Rotten
For a creative premise, it's downright dispiriting to see such a banal interpretation.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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