Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American family-fantasy-comedy film directed by Adam Shankman that stars Adam Sandler (his first appearance in a Disney film). Sandler's production company Happy Madison and Andrew Gunn's company Gunn Films have produced the film, and Walt Disney Pictures is distributing it. It is rated PG for some mild rude humor and mild language.

Cast

 * Adam Sandler as Skeeter Bronson
 * Keri Russell as Jill
 * Guy Pearce as Kendall
 * Russell Brand as Mickey
 * Richard Griffiths as Barry Nottingham
 * Teresa Palmer as Violet Nottingham
 * Lucy Lawless as Aspen
 * Courteney Cox as Wendy Bronson
 * Jonathan Morgan Heit as Patrick
 * Laura Ann Kesling as Bobbi
 * Jonathan Pryce as Marty Bronson
 * Nick Swardson as Engineer
 * Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. Dixon
 * Mikey Post as Angry Dwarf
 * Rob Schneider as Thief
 * Thomas Hoffman as Young Skeeter
 * Abigail Droeger as Young Wendy

Production
Director Adam Shankman describes Adam Sandler's character as "a sort of 'Cinderfella' character" and adds that "'He's like Han Solo...'"

Music
The score to Bedtime Stories was composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams, who recorded his score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox. The song Don't Stop Believin' is played during the movie and during the end credits.

Reception
The film has received negative to mixed reviews. As of January 7, Rotten Tomatoes reported that 23% of critics gave positive reviews based on 89 reviews. Metacritic gave the film a 33/100 approval rating based on 26 reviews. However Russell Brand's performance has been heavily praised.

Box office
Slashfilm predicted that Bedtime Stories would open #1 during the December 25–28, 2008 Christmas weekend due to its family appeal and the box office draw of Adam Sandler, but it came at #3 grossing $38 million behind Marley & Me and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button respectively. However, during its opening weekend, it opened #2 behind Marley & Me with $27.4 million. As of January 14, 2009, the film has grossed $98,462,946 in the United States and Canada and $57,469,066 in foreign countries adding to $155,932,012 worldwide.