Bedtime Stories
2008 | 99 min | Fantasy, Comedy, Family, Romance
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a 27% critic score and a lukewarm 6.2 from audiences, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
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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?
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
27% on Rotten Tomatoes, 33 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2/10 from 3K viewers
- AwardsWeak
0 wins, 1 other nomination — nominated for Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$213 million worldwide on a $80 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
149K Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
Disney PlusRent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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Cast & crew
Directed by Adam Shankman
- Adam SandlerSkeeter Bronson
- Keri RussellJill
- Guy PearceKendall
- Courteney CoxWendy
- Lucy LawlessAspen
- Carmen ElectraHot Girl
- Jonathan PryceMarty Bronson
- Richard GriffithsBarry Nottingham
- Teresa PalmerViolet Nottingham
- Russell BrandMickey