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Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

Whatever they dream up... he has to survive.

20086.21h 39m

Overview

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?

Directed by Adam Shankman
Written by Matt Lopez, Tim Herlihy
Produced by Andrew Gunn, Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo
Box OfficeBudget: $80.0MRevenue: $212.9M

Top Cast

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler

Skeeter Bronson

Keri Russell

Keri Russell

Jill

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Kendall

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Wendy

Lucy Lawless

Lucy Lawless

Aspen

Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra

Hot Girl

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Marty Bronson

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Barry Nottingham

Teresa Palmer

Teresa Palmer

Violet Nottingham

Russell Brand

Russell Brand

Mickey

Themes & Keywords

wishes come trueescapadedisorderimaginarymiraculous eventimaginary kingdomlife turned upside downnothing goes right

About Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories is a fantasy, comedy, family, romance film released in 2008 exploring themes of wishes come true, escapade, disorder, imaginary, miraculous event, imaginary kingdom. Directed by Adam Shankman, it stars Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce. 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?

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