Cert: 12A
Director: Frank Coraci
Screen writer: Ivan Menchell, Clare Sera
Starring: Adam Sandler , Drew Barrymore , Kevin Nealon , Terry Crews , Wendi McLendon-Covey , Emma Fuhrmann , Bella Thorne , Braxton Beckham , Alyvia Alyn Lind , Joel McHale , Abdoulaye NGom , Kyle Red Silverstein , Zak Henri , Jessica Lowe , Shaquille O'Neal
Running time: 117 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: We see a centerfold of a bikini clad woman (ample cleavage, bare abdomen and upper thighs are show) with the face of a teen boy's babysitter pasted on it as the teen boy lies in bed with a smile on his face; the boy's mother finds the picture and panics, and then tears the picture to pieces.
A teen boy with a smile on his face lies sleeping in bed and we see a pornographic TV channel menu on the TV screen (a few women are shown wearing skimpy bikinis and their cleavage, abdomen and legs are seen).
A teen girl stuffs her bra with gel shoe liners and her father opens the door (we see her upper chest, shoulders and abdomen); the teen is startled and throws the liners against a mirror (where they stick) and yells at her father.
We see shelves in a store with pornographic magazines and they have plastic covers that conceal the cover photos.
A man dances suggestively in many scenes while he dances; his song lyrics are suggestive, he thrusts his hips and he is shown shirtless in a couple of dancing scenes (we see his bare chest, abdomen and legs to the upper thigh).
A man wearing only tight-fitting shorts while working out moves his pectorals one at a time while singing a song (we see his full bare chest, abdomen and legs to the upper thigh).
A woman wears deeply cut tops and dresses that reveal her ample cleavage in several scenes and she frequently shimmies her breasts when she finds something to be "romantic."
Women working in a Hooters restaurant are shown wearing low-cut and tight fitting tops that reveal ample cleavage as well as very short and tight-fitting shorts that reveal legs to the upper thigh.
A woman wearing a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage jumps up and down and the dress falls off her shoulders revealing her bare shoulders and bra straps.
A man lifts his T-shirt and reveals his bare abdomen that has a tattoo on it.
A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage and bare shoulders.
A teen girl wears a nightgown that reveals cleavage.
A woman throws her bra at a singer on-stage.
A man and a woman kiss passionately at a restaurant until they are interrupted by other people joining them.
Many couples are shown kissing and flirting while floating in small rowboats.
A teen boy and a teen girl lean in to kiss and are interrupted by a giraffe licking the boy's face (we see the huge tongue draw across his mouth).
A man and a woman move toward each other to kiss and she stops, and then kisses him.
A man and a woman move toward each other to kiss and the man stops saying that he "...can't do this"; the woman walks away upset.
A man and a woman with fish painted on their cheeks kiss several times pretending to be kissing fish.
A man tries to kiss a woman twice and she pushes him away.
Two women hug while wearing someone else's clothing and working in her closet; the home owner and her two young sons come in and take compromising pictures of the hugging women.
A man and a woman go on a blind date to a Hooters restaurant.
Men and women wearing robes are shown and instructed on how to massage each other and we hear some suggestive moaning as we see the men and women rubbing each other's heads and necks; one woman rubs the earlobes of her partner and the man flicks the woman's throat (she complains that it hurts).
A woman is embarrassed when she runs into a man in a store and she is holding pornographic magazines; the man is embarrassed because he is holding feminine hygiene products.
A boy with binoculars watches a woman parasailing and the harness straps at her crotch accentuate her crotch outline; a man nearby says that he saw a "camel."
A teen girl watches a teen boy with a dreamy look from afar.
People admire a teen girl that has changed her appearance and she is wearing a short dress and makeup.
A woman talks to a man on the phone in a flirtatious fashion and says, "I am so sore," and then giggles (sexual encounter is implied).
A woman on the phone with a man says, "I L-word you so hard" and "I'm going to make L-word to you for an hour and a half."
A teen boy grabs his babysitter and she pushes him to the ground; he says, "I love you" as she walks away.
A man tells another man and a woman while pointing at a heart-shaped bed that this is where they make more children; the room is decorated with romantic items.
A teen boy describes his mother as "friggin hot" and having a "rocking body" as well as other compliments about her physical appearance and people react to his comments as being inappropriate.
A teen boys tells three girls that their dad is "pretty hot" and the girls look at him in a confused manner.
A woman suggests to another woman that her teen son needs a girlfriend and that her pre-teen son needs Ritalin.
A woman tells another woman that a dress is a MILF dress and that a woman wearing that dress would be the kind that a man would cheat for.
A sexual reference is made about a woman's company name "Closet Queens" and an allusion that the women are gay.
A man calls a teen boy "masturbator."
A man asks a woman if she and her business partner are lesbians.
A makes a sexually explicit remark to a woman.
A man makes reference to "booty calls gone wrong."
A man talks about a couple having "alone time."
A teen boy tells a teen girl, "There are a lot of hot chicks here," not realizing that the other teen is a girl.
A teen girl tells a woman, "Guys assume that I'm a lesbian and not the hot kind."
People refer to couples as "love birds" in several scenes.
A woman admires another woman entering a room and the song "I Kissed a Girl" plays in the background insinuating same sex attraction.
A man brings a woman flowers and he is intercepted by her ex-husband who says that he will put the flowers by the bed, "Where we make love."
A man asks his teen daughter what's wrong with her and says, "Is it the bra? Because if it is, you don't need it anyway," causing the girl to stomp away crying.
A teen girl tells her father that she has her period and that she needs supplies.
A woman talks about the size of a feminine hygiene product and chooses a different size for a man's teen daughter.
A woman talks about being offended by pornographic magazines.
A man makes an offensive reference to the size of a woman's breasts.
A young girl tells a woman that the girl's father wipes too hard and that "He doesn't have a vagina."
In an appointed hotel room, a teen boy swings around a "stripper pole" and another boy eats a pair of edible panties thinking that they are red licorice until his mother makes him spit it out.
Two rhinos are shown mating; one is mounted on the other and thrusting.
Violence & Gore: Zero gore. A few slapstick comedy knockabouts.
Profanity: A teen boy says "What the fu" and the F-word is not fully enunciated, 1 obscene hand gesture, 5 sexual references, 14 scatological terms (3 mild, 1 mouthed), 11 anatomical terms, 6 mild obscenities and 24 religious exclamations. Hardly Goodfellas.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Some people drink some drinks.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: none
Story: After a blind date gone horribly wrong, Jim and Lauren agree they never, ever want to see each other again. Well, that's all about to change when the two find themselves and their respective families (including children) all stuck together in one suite at an African Safari vacation spot
Likes : For a comedy this as a few laughable moment, but it wasn't a laugh out loud comedy it was more a romantic little warm-hearted feel it it really with to family's kind of coming to together to help each other out.
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler have prove to have that on screen chemistry over the years of film they have been in together, which really work for this film, one thing i have notice is that Sandler is losing his comedic side slightly because he not as funny as he use to be not sure weather it the way the character is write or its Sandler just losing he's edge but he good a the light heart stuff in film which is a good thing for this film.
The film is a little slow to start with it doesn't really get funny until the reach Africa which you throw in to the bizarre circus of strange characters & Terry Crew playing the usual weird guy sing at awkward moments, which is pretty funny at time in the film. The script and story distracts you from itself and you miss a lot of sweet moments that are ruined or could have happened. It's like the film slaps you in the face right as your about to settle into falling in love with them all over again.
But on the positive side you will be rolling in the aisles at the film's best scenes. Sandler wasn't always bad at comedy, and re-teamed with Barrymore he has his shining moments. The very familial tone that this movie takes is warm and mightily Brady Bunch (in the least cheesy way possible.) 'Blended' is for fans of Drew and Adam because if you're not then you won't get some subtle homages and easter eggs to their previous two movies.In all im kind of glad i didn't go to the cinema to watch this really as it more of a DVD view type of film you can sit & watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon,It wasn't bad but for a comedy it fall flat on it face as it more of a heart- warming story line for that reason this film wont be for everyone.
Dislikes : Could of been more funny moments i think there was a lot of missed opportunity where this film could of been alot funnier than it was real.
Overall : heart warming film, light heart story-line, great acting
Rating: 4.7 out of 5 for entertainment / 6.7 out of 10 for story-line/ comedy
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