SPANGLISH

GENRE:  Romance/ Drama/ Comedy
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega
DIRECTOR:  James L. Brooks
WRITER:  James L. Brooks

PLOT:  John Clasky is a newly celebrated chef with a family and an insecure wife.  They hire a woman recently emigrated from Mexico to handle the house-hold chores.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Fun with Dick and Jane, About A Boy, As Good As It Gets

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MR. DEEDS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro
DIRECTOR:  Steven Brill
WRITER:  Clarence Budington Kelland, Robert Riskin, Tim Herlihy

PLOT:  Longfellow Deeds is an all around nice guy who grew up in a small town with a humble life working in a pizza parlor when he inherits a media conglomerate that makes him a billionaire.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Little Nicky, 50 First Dates, Happy Gilmore

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50 FIRST DATES

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider
DIRECTOR:  Peter Segal
WRITER:  George Wing

PLOT:  Lucy can't make any more new memories and Henry is heading towards 'bachelor for life' until he meets her.  There's just one problem, how can he get her to remember him the next day.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Never Been Kissed, EverAfter, Along Came Polly, Mr. Deeds

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PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
DIRECTOR:  Paul Thomas Anderson
WRITER:  Paul Thomas Anderson

PLOT:  Barry Egan is an odd, lonely and bullied man who finds his life dull and himself companionless until he meets Lena Leonard and falls in love.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Spanglish, In The Mood For Love, Sideways

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REIGN OVER ME

GENRE:  Drama
MADE:  2007
CAST:  Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith
DIRECTOR:  Mike Binder
WRITER:  Mike Binder

PLOT:  Charlie Fineman was once a fine dentist with a fine life until his family died in the 9/11 attacks.  Alan Johnson was once his college room-mate, by chance the two run into each other and Alan finds Charlie much changed. The two rekindle a friendship and help each other out.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Rain Man, Twins, Punch-Drunk Love

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