Here's a classic formula piece brought to life with a colorfully silly sense of humor, solid direction, beautiful cinematography, a grand sense of music, and strong acting.

The first third rolls perfectly, bringing Adam Sandler out of his Fargo like hometown into New York City and filling his empty pockets with billions of dollars. He's the proverbial fish out of water, singing David Bowie's "Space Oddity" with the pilots of their chartered copter, bouncing echoes off the mansion walls with the hired help, and of course, slapsticking it up with a Spanish John Turturro with some less than fancy footwork. That'll all have you in stitches. Big laughs, small laughs ... a real live roll.

And of course, what formula piece would forget a love story? Though cliché, the tale is still a sweet one. However, as the film continues, the love story becomes the front story. The production could have been strengthened by de-emphasizing it. For instance, show us what happens to the sports teams or how this good old boy would have run the media - if even for only a day. Instead, those story lines are cut short, as not to have the film overstay its welcome. Which in fact, it does not.

Very Funny. Very fuzzy and warm. Good hearted theme. I liked it.