'50 First Dates' an all-around dynamic DVD

Henry Roth (Adam Sandler), a marine veterinarian in Hawaii, lives the swingin' life of a bachelor. Living in a hot vacation destination, Henry hooks up with various tourists. When they go home, voila!, he's free as a bird. \nOne day, however, Henry runs into the woman of his dreams -- Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore), a local fisherman's daughter. After a nice breakfast, they decide to meet there again the next day. But when Henry comes back, he finds out that Lucy suffers from short-term memory loss due to an auto accident. Every night when she goes to bed, she forgets what happened that day and wakes up believing it's the day of the accident. In order to keep the woman of his dreams, Henry must win over Lucy's heart every day. \nThe movie itself is delightfully silly. There is no such thing as short-term memory loss that acts the way Lucy's does. However, it's easy to get wrapped up in this gem of a film and not think of the scientific aspect. \nThe actors work together wonderfully. Sandler and Barrymore bring back their lovely on-screen chemistry from "The Wedding Singer" in this film. Rob Schneider, Blake Clark, Lusia Strus and especially Sean Astin play delightfully quirky supporting characters that add to the movie without distracting from the plot at hand.\nThe special features on this DVD are surprisingly in-depth. There is the obligatory silly feature: Comedy Central's "Reel Comedy," which stars Rob Schneider as his character Ula from the film interviewing Sandler, Barrymore and Astin. It's surprisingly creative and funny. There's also a delightful 20-minute feature on the making of the film, which has amusing interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and a wonderful clip of the tape Astin sent to director Peter Segal in order to get his role as Lucy's brother, Doug, and an interesting 5-minute film about "pidgin," the Hawaiian slang used in the movie. Finally, there are five amusing deleted scenes and one of the funnier blooper reels I've seen on a DVD -- there's some pretty great improv from Schneider included, and footage of Barrymore and Sandler working together. \nThough the movie is a tad on the silly side, the combination of a fun, sweet movie and some pretty stellar special features makes "50 First Dates" worthy of a rental or purchase.