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{{short description|2004 American romantic comedy film by Peter Segal}}
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{{Infobox film 
| name           = 50 First Dates
| image          = 50FirstDates.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Peter Segal]]
| writer         = George Wing
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jack Giarraputo]]
* [[Steve Golin]]
* [[Nancy Juvonen]]
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Adam Sandler]]
* [[Drew Barrymore]]
* [[Rob Schneider]]
* [[Sean Astin]]
* [[Dan Aykroyd]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Jack N. Green]]
| editing        = [[Jeff Gourson]]
| music          = [[Teddy Castellucci]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Columbia Pictures]]
* [[Happy Madison Productions]]
* [[Anonymous Content]]
* [[Flower Films]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
| released       = {{Film date|2004|2|13}}
| runtime        = 99 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $75 million<ref name="budget gross">{{cite web |title=50 First Dates |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2004/50KIS.php |website=The Numbers |access-date=February 7, 2020 |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220160952/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2004/50KIS.php |url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $198.5 million<ref name="budget gross" />
}}
'''''50 First Dates''''' is a 2004 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Peter Segal]] and starring [[Adam Sandler]] and [[Drew Barrymore]], with [[Rob Schneider]], [[Sean Astin]], [[Lusia Strus]], [[Blake Clark]], and [[Dan Aykroyd]] in supporting roles. It follows the story of Henry Roth, a womanizing marine veterinarian who falls for an art teacher named Lucy Whitmore. When he discovers she has amnesia, and forgets him when she falls asleep, he resolves to win her over again each new day.

Most of the film was shot on location in [[Oahu]], [[Hawaii]], on the Windward side and the North Shore. Sandler and Barrymore won an [[2004 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Award]] for Best On-Screen Team.

The film received mixed reviews but was a commercial success. It was later remade in India as ''[[Satyabhama (2007 film)|Satyabhama]]'' (2007, in Telugu)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/satyabhama/telugu/satyabhama-movie-reviews-2078-2.html |title=Satyabhama Review |website=fullhyd.com |year=2007 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503172729/https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/satyabhama/telugu/satyabhama-movie-reviews-2078-2.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and as ''[[Ormayundo Ee Mukham]]'' (2014, in Malayalam),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2017/before-oru-cinemaakkaran-box-office-analysis-vineeth-sreenivasan-s-previous-5-movies-263871.html |title=Before Oru Cinemaakkaran: Box Office Analysis Of Vineeth Sreenivasan's Previous 5 Movies! |date=June 23, 2017 |website=Filmibeat |author=Abhijith |access-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503182605/https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2017/before-oru-cinemaakkaran-box-office-analysis-vineeth-sreenivasan-s-previous-5-movies-263871.html |url-status=live}}</ref> in Japan as ''50 First Kisses'' (2018),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/japanese-remake-50-first-kisses-sticks-too-closely-to-50-first-dates |title=Japanese remake 50 First Kisses sticks too closely to 50 First Dates |date=July 25, 2018 |newspaper=The Straits Times |author=Yip Wai Yee |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502085034/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/japanese-remake-50-first-kisses-sticks-too-closely-to-50-first-dates |url-status=live}}</ref> in Iran as ''[[:fa:چپ‌دست (فیلم ۱۳۸۴)|Chap dast]]'' (2005), and in Mexico as ''[[Como si fuera la primera vez]]'' (2019).<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.glamour.mx/celebrities/estilo-celeb/articulos/deberias-ver-el-remake-de-como-si-fuera-la-primera-vez-te-decimos-nuestro-veredicto/13509 |title=¿Deberías ver el remake de 'Como si fuera la primera vez? ¡Te decimos nuestro veredicto! |date=September 4, 2019 |magazine=Glamour (Mexico) |first=Elsa |last=López |access-date=September 20, 2021 |language=es }}</ref> The film marked the second collaboration between Sandler and Barrymore, after ''[[The Wedding Singer]]'' and before ''[[Blended (film)|Blended]]'' (both directed by [[Frank Coraci]]). During the end credits, it featured a dedication to the memory of Sandler's father Stanley, who had died at the age of 68 from lung cancer on September 9, 2003.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/05/adam-sandler-kids-wife-family/ |title=Adam Sandler's Kids & Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |date=May 4, 2019 |website=[[Heavy (website)|Heavy]] |first=Danilo |last=Castro |access-date=December 13, 2023 }}</ref>

==Plot==
Henry Roth, a marine [[veterinarian]] at [[Sea Life Park Hawaii]] on [[Oahu]], only dates tourists to avoid any serious commitments. His closest friends are Ula, a [[marijuana]]-smoking [[Pacific Islander|Islander]]; Alexa, his [[Androgyny|androgynous]] assistant; Willy, his pet [[African penguin]]; and Jocko, a [[walrus]] that lives at the park.

One day, Henry's boat breaks down, and while waiting for the [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] at the Hukilau Café, he encounters art teacher Lucy Whitmore constructing architectural art with her [[waffles]]. Assuming she is a local, which prevents him from introducing himself, he unsuccessfully attempts to return to his womanizing routine. The next day, he returns to the café and re-encounters Lucy; they instantly connect over breakfast and Lucy offers to meet him again for breakfast the next morning.

The next day, Lucy shows no recollection of ever meeting him. The restaurant owner Sue explains to Henry that the year before, Lucy and her father Marlin traveled to the [[North Shore (Oahu)|North Shore]] to pick a [[pineapple]] for his birthday. While they were returning, a cow wandered through a broken fence and onto the road, and the ensuing car crash resulted in Lucy being diagnosed with Goldfield's syndrome, a fictional form of [[anterograde amnesia]], whereby she remembers everything up until the night before the crash. Although Lucy's short-term memory functions normally during the day, that day's experiences are lost when she sleeps, and she wakes up every morning thinking that it is Sunday, October 13. To spare her from the trauma of her condition, Marlin and Doug, Lucy's [[steroid]]-addicted brother, re-enact Marlin's birthday daily.

Despite Sue's warning, Henry attempts to get Lucy to have breakfast with him several times, but when he unintentionally offends her one-day he follows her home to apologize. There he meets Marlin and Doug, who instruct him to not speak to Lucy at breakfast. Heeding Marlin's specific orders to avoid the café, Henry arranges various daily schemes to meet Lucy on the road, most of the time managing to successfully impress her over multiple "first" dates and [[Meet cute|"chance" encounters]]. Later, Marlin and Doug permit Henry to continue encountering her when they discover Lucy regularly singing [[the Beach Boys]]' "[[Wouldn't It Be Nice]]" in her painting studio just on the days Henry managed to meet her, the first major change in her routine since the crash.

One day at breakfast, Lucy notices a police officer writing a [[Parking violation|ticket]] because of her expired [[Vehicle registration plate|license plates]]. With the ruse exposed, she is distressed to learn that her friends and family have maintained the charade for so long. However, while analyzing her reaction, Henry surmises that her strongest reactions are to feeling betrayed by her loved ones, rather than the actual memory loss. He devises a new strategy to let her know the truth by creating a video with her friends to calmly explain the situation and, rather than continuing her pre-crash routine, they plant the video in her room with a note to play it upon awakening. The strategy succeeds, allowing Lucy to emotionally process her situation and simultaneously be updated on current events, including her relationship with Henry. The couple's relationship blossoms via this method, with Lucy enjoying every "first kiss", and they continue to refine the process while enduring some humorous setbacks. When Lucy eventually discovers that Henry has abandoned 10 years of planning for his research study of walruses in [[Bristol Bay]] to help her manage her condition, she decides that they need to end their romantic relationship and breaks up with him. He reluctantly helps her destroy her journal entries about their time together, effectively erasing it from her memory.

Weeks later, as Henry prepares to leave for his research study, Marlin informs him that Lucy is teaching an art class at a brain-injury institute. As a parting gift, he gives Henry a Beach Boys CD; and as Henry pilots the boat and cries while listening to the CD he suddenly realizes that, since Lucy only sang "Wouldn't It Be Nice" on days when they "met", Marlin's gift may be his way of hinting that Lucy had new [[memory consolidation|learned memory retention]]. Henry hurries to Lucy's class, but despite not remembering him she happily reveals that she dreams of him nightly, and shows him dozens of portraits that she has painted of him, and they reconcile. Sometime later, she awakens and plays the tape marked "Good Morning Lucy", which now ends with her and Henry's wedding. Henry tells her on the tape that she is on his boat, and to put on a coat because it's cold outside. She is amazed to view glaciers through the porthole, and goes up on deck where she sees her father fishing, once again meets Henry, and joyfully embraces their young daughter, Nicole.

==Cast==
*[[Adam Sandler]] as Henry Roth, a marine veterinarian with a habit of wooing women and a [[fear of commitment]].
*[[Drew Barrymore]] as Lucy Whitmore, Henry's love interest with anterograde amnesia.
*[[Rob Schneider]] as Ula, Henry's [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]]-smoking, wealthy native Hawaiian assistant and best friend; who is unhappily married to an overweight native woman and has five young, athletically talented children.
*[[Sean Astin]] as Doug Whitmore, Lucy's older brother, a lisping, steroid-dependent bodybuilder.
*[[Blake Clark]] as Marlin Whitmore, Lucy's widowed father, a professional fisherman.
*[[Lusia Strus]] as Alexa, Henry's ambiguously gendered Eastern European assistant.
*[[Dan Aykroyd]] as Dr. Joseph Keats, a [[physician]] specializing in brain disorders.
*[[Amy Hill]] as Sue, the Hukilau café manager and friend of Lucy and her late mother.
*Pomaika'i Brown as Nick, the Hukilau café chef and Sue's husband.
*[[Allen Covert]] as Ten-Second Tom, a hospital patient with severe memory impairment.
*[[Missi Pyle]] as Noreen, a tax attorney Henry meets at a bar but then tries to fix up with Alexa. (uncredited)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.looper.com/904146/what-the-cast-of-50-first-dates-looks-like-now/ |title=What The Cast Of 50 First Dates Looks Like Now |date=June 22, 2022 |website=Looper |first=Chris |last=Hodges |access-date=December 7, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Maya Rudolph]] as Stacy, pregnant friend of Lucy's at the beach party.
*[[Lynn Collins]] as Linda
*[[Kevin James]] as factory worker
*[[Sivuqaq (walrus)|Sivuqaq]] as Jocko, a park walrus and one of Henry's animal friends.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 30, 2015 |title=Beloved Six Flags walrus passes away |url=https://abc7news.com/walrus-dies-six-flags-discovery-kingdom-sivuqaq/816586/ |website=[[ABC7 News]] |location=Vallego, California |access-date=March 21, 2025}}</ref>

==Production==
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On October 29, 2002, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that [[Columbia Pictures]] had bought a [[spec script]] from screenwriter George Wing, titled ''Fifty First Kisses'', with Adam Sandler and [[Drew Barrymore]] originally in negotiations to star in the lead roles.<ref name="col">{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Dana |title=Col Pix plants 'Kisses' |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/features/col-pix-plants-kisses-1117875161/ |website=Variety |date=October 29, 2002 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502002636/https://variety.com/2002/film/features/col-pix-plants-kisses-1117875161/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Barrymore was sold on the script and wrote Sandler a letter suggesting it as their next film together since ''[[The Wedding Singer]]''.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Jamie |title=50 First Dates — Peter Segal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/03/12/peter_segal_50_first_dates_interview.shtml |website=[[BBC]] |date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018202330/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/03/12/peter_segal_50_first_dates_interview.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> Sandler joined the cast in December 2002, and was announced as co-producer under his film studio [[Happy Madison Productions]] along with [[Steve Golin]]'s [[Anonymous Content]].<ref name="col2">{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Dana |title=Columbia puckers up for 'Kisses' |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/columbia-puckers-up-for-kisses-1117877099/ |website=Variety |date=December 8, 2002 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501162600/https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/columbia-puckers-up-for-kisses-1117877099/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Sandler then recommended the script to director [[Peter Segal]] while they were working [[post-production]] on ''[[Anger Management (film)|Anger Management]]''. Segal agreed to direct, leaving him with only two days of break from work before filming.<ref name="bbc"/> Segal revealed that the studio had changed the original title to ''50 First Dates'' because "marketing found that the term 'kisses' was turning off guys".<ref name="eweekly">{{cite magazine |last1=Slnha-Roy |first1=lya |title=50 First Dates wasn't originally set in Hawaii — and had a completely different ending |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/02/18/50-first-dates-untold-stories/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2020}}</ref>

While the script is primarily credited to George Wing, [[Lowell Ganz]], [[Babaloo Mandel]], [[Tim Herlihy]], and [[Allen Covert]] did uncredited rewrites on it as well.<ref name="col2"/><ref name="tcm">{{cite web |title=50 First Dates – Credits |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/454514/50-first-dates#credits |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107122621/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/454514/50-first-dates#credits |url-status=live}}</ref> Adam Sandler had also reworked the script, significantly transforming its genre from drama to comedy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/22/drew-barrymore-blended_n_5366545.html |newspaper=The Huffington Post |title=Why Drew Barrymore Loves Making Movies With Adam Sandler |department=Entertainment |first=Matthew |last=Jacobs |date=May 22, 2014 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |archive-date=September 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907054438/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/22/drew-barrymore-blended_n_5366545.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Additional changes Sandler made to the script include moving its setting from [[Seattle]] to [[Hawaii]] and rewriting a decent amount of interior scenes that takes place in a café. Director Peter Segal felt these scenes were "very claustrophobic" as well as derivative of ''[[My Dinner with Andre]]'', encouraging Sandler to rewrite these and move the location to the [[Kualoa Ranch]].<ref name="eweekly"/> Sandler said that shooting in Hawaii "just seemed like the very best possible place to do it for many different reasons. You don't see many movies [set] there, so it was a great experience to film in a different locale. And it is such a spectacularly beautiful place for a romantic comedy."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=2379 |title=50 First Dates |website=CinemaReview |access-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123111948/http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=2379 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Most of the film was shot on location in [[Kaneohe, Hawaii|Kaneohe]], [[Kaʻaʻawa, Hawaii|Ka{{okina}}a{{okina}}awa]], [[Wahiawa, Hawaii|Wahiawa]], [[Makapuʻu|Makapu{{okina}}u]], [[Waimānalo, Hawaii|Waimānalo]], and [[Honolulu]], as well as in [[Kāneʻohe Bay|Kāne{{okina}}ohe Bay]] in 2003.<ref name=lhc /> The Hukilau Cafe where Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler had breakfast each morning is still standing in Laie, Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://ww.yelp.com/biz/hukilau-cafe-laie|title=HUKILAU CAFE|access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref> The opening credit scene of Hawaii is Chinaman's hat, a popular destination in itself.  The road they drive on each day is located in Ka’a’awa Valley, popular filming location within Kualoa Ranch and is viewable through film site tour provided by the estate.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.kualoa.com/toursactivities/movie-sites-ranch-tour-2/|title=Oahu Movie Locations|access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.homeyhawaii.com/blog/movies/50-first-dates-filming-locations/|title=50 First Dates Filming Locations (2004)|date=April 4, 2021 |access-date=September 2, 2023 }}</ref>  The estate also sells merchandise related to this movie and other movies filmed there. Due to the high cost of filming outside of the [[studio zone]], some interior scenes (such as inside the Whitmore residence) were shot on sets in [[Los Angeles]] decorated to look like they were in Hawaii.<ref name=lhc>{{Cite news|url=http://www.locationshub.com/blog/2013/10/26/a-locationshub-movie-marathon-escape-to-hawaii|title=A LocationsHub Movie Marathon: Escape to Hawaii|newspaper=LocationsHub|language=en-US|access-date=January 23, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081748/http://www.locationshub.com/blog/2013/10/26/a-locationshub-movie-marathon-escape-to-hawaii|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Remake ==
=== Thailand ===
On August 8, 2025, [[GDH 559|GDH]] held the GDH CIRCLES Connecting SEASON event and announced a [[remake]] of ''50 First Dates'' as a Thai version, co-produced with Sony Pictures International Productions, directed by [[Mez Tharathorn]] and starring [[Nadech Kugimiya]], [[Nicha Yontararak]], and [[Minnie (singer)|Minnie]] from [[I-dle]],<ref>{{cite news|URL=https://thestandard.co/gdh-announces-5-new-projects/|title=GDH เปิดตัว 5 โปรเจกต์ใหม่ จับตา ณเดชน์-มินนี่ (i-dle) ในภาพยนตร์ตีความใหม่จาก 50 First Dates|trans-title=GDH launches 5 new projects, watch out for Nadech-Minnie (i-dle) in a new interpretation of 50 First Dates|website=The Standard|date=8 August 2025|access-date=9 August 2025}}</ref> with a scheduled release date of 2026.<ref>{{cite news|URL=https://www.prachachat.net/d-life/news-1862295|title=50 First Dates เวอร์ชั่นไทย GDH รีเมค ดึง ‘ณเดชน์-มินนี่’ ประกบคู่|trans-title=50 First Dates Thai version GDH remake featuring Nadech and Minnie|website=Prachachat|date=8 August 2025|access-date=9 August 2025}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name       = 50 First Dates: Love songs from the Original Motion Picture
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = various artists
| cover      = 50 First Dates cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2004|02|03}}
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| genre      = {{hlist|[[Ska]]|[[reggae]]||[[New wave music|new wave]]}}
| length     = {{Duration|m=49|s=37}}
| label      = [[Maverick (company)|Maverick]]
| producer   = [[Nick Hexum]]
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The soundtrack contains [[cover version]]s of songs that were originally recorded in the 1980s and 1990s. This includes mostly [[reggae]]-style covers. It was a moderate commercial hit, reaching number 30 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number 1 on the Top Soundtracks chart and Top Reggae Albums chart in the United States.

Despite being prominently featured in the film, neither the Beach Boys' 1966 "[[Wouldn't It Be Nice]]" nor [[Israel Kamakawiwoʻole]]'s 1990 "[[Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World]]" was included on the soundtrack.

The soundtrack was produced by [[311 (band)|311]]'s frontman, [[Nick Hexum]]. 311 provided a cover of [[the Cure]]'s "[[Lovesong (The Cure song)|Lovesong]]" for the soundtrack. It is heard over the film's end credits.

{{Track listing
| extra_column    = Artist
| total_length    = 49:37
| title1          = [[Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song)|Hold Me Now]]
| note1           = [[Thompson Twins]]
| writer1         = [[Tom Bailey (musician)|Tom Bailey]], [[Alannah Currie]], [[Joe Leeway]]
| extra1          = [[Wayne Wonder]]
| length1         = 4:12
| title2          = [[Lovesong (The Cure song)|Love Song]]
| note2           = [[The Cure]]
| writer2         = [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]], [[Simon Gallup]], [[Pearl Thompson]], [[Boris Williams]], [[Roger O'Donnell]]
| extra2          = [[311 (band)|311]]
| length2         = 3:28
| title3          = [[Lips Like Sugar]]
| note3           = [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
| writer3         = [[Will Sergeant]], [[Ian McCulloch (singer)|Ian McCulloch]], [[Les Pattinson]]
| extra3          = [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] featuring [[Mikey Dread]]
| length3         = 5:00
| title4          = [[Your Love (The Outfield song)|Your Love]] (L.O.V.E. Reggae Mix)
| note4           = [[The Outfield]]
| writer4         = [[John Spinks (musician)|John Spinks]]
| extra4          = [[Wyclef Jean]] featuring [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]]
| length4         = 4:13
| title5          = [[Drive (The Cars song)|Drive]]
| note5           = [[The Cars]]
| writer5         = [[Ric Ocasek]]
| extra5          = [[Ziggy Marley]] of [[Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers]]
| length5         = 4:26
| title6          = [[True (Spandau Ballet song)|True]]
| note6           = [[Spandau Ballet]]
| writer6         = [[Gary Kemp]]
| extra6          = [[will.i.am]] and [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] of [[Black Eyed Peas|the Black Eyed Peas]]
| length6         = 3:47
| title7          = [[Slave to Love]]
| note7           = [[Bryan Ferry]]
| writer7         = [[Bryan Ferry|Ferry]]
| extra7          = [[Elan Atias]] featuring [[Gwen Stefani]] of [[No Doubt]]
| length7         = 4:24
| title8          = [[Every Breath You Take]]
| note8           = [[The Police]]
| writer8         = [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
| extra8          = [[UB40]]
| length8         = 3:55
| title9          = [[The Ghost in You|Ghost in You]]
| note9           = [[The Psychedelic Furs]]
| writer9         = [[Richard Butler (singer)|Richard Butler]], [[Tim Butler]]
| extra9          = [[Mark McGrath]] of [[Sugar Ray]]
| length9         = 4:24
| title10         = [[Friday I'm in Love|Friday, I'm in Love]]
| note10          = [[The Cure]]
| writer10        = [[Robert Smith (musician)|Smith]], [[Simon Gallup|Gallup]], [[Pearl Thompson|Thompson]], [[Boris Williams|Williams]], [[Perry Bamonte]]
| extra10         = Dryden Mitchell of [[Alien Ant Farm]]
| length10        = 3:01
| title11         = [[Breakfast in Bed]]
| note11          = [[Dusty Springfield]] in 1969; [[UB40]]/[[Chrissie Hynde]] in 1988
| writer11        = [[Eddie Hinton]], [[Donnie Fritts]]
| extra11         = Nicole Kea ([[Nicole Scherzinger]] of [[the Pussycat Dolls]]) 
| length11        = 3:22
| title12         = [[I Melt with You]]
| note12          = [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]]
| writer12        = Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Stephen Walker, Michael Conroy, Richard Brown 
| extra12         = [[Jason Mraz]]
| length12        = 3:36
| title13         = Forgetful Lucy
| note13          = 
| writer13        = [[Adam Sandler|Sandler]], [[Allen Covert]], [[Tim Herlihy]]
| extra13         = [[Adam Sandler]]
| length13        = 1:53
}}

; Other songs in the film
* [[The Beach Boys]] – "[[Wouldn't It Be Nice]]"
* [[The Cure]] – "[[Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)|Boys Don't Cry]]"
* [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]] – "[[Hands Off...She's Mine|Hands Off She's Mine]]"
* [[The Flaming Lips]] – "[[Do You Realize??]]"
* [[Wyclef Jean]] – "Baby"
* [[Israel Kamakawiwoʻole]] – "[[Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World]]" medley (Originally recorded by [[Judy Garland]]/[[Louis Armstrong]])
* The Maile Serenaders – "My Sweet Sweet"
* The Makaha Sons of Ni'Ihau – "Aloha Ka Manini"
* [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] – "[[Blinded by the Light#Manfred Mann's Earth Band version|Blinded by the Light]]"
* [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]] – "[[Could You Be Loved]]" and "[[Is This Love (Bob Marley & The Wailers song)|Is This Love]]"
* [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Linda McCartney]] – "[[Another Day (Paul McCartney song)|Another Day]]"
* [[No Doubt]] – "[[Underneath It All]]"
* [[O-Shen]] – "Throw Away The Gun"
* [[Harve Presnell]] – "[[They Call the Wind Maria]]"
* [[Leon Redbone]] and [[Ringo Starr]] – "[[My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii]]"
* [[Adam Sandler]] and [[Rob Schneider]] – "Ula's Luau Song"
* [[Snoop Dogg]] – "[[From tha Chuuuch to da Palace]]"
* [[311 (band)|311]] – "[[Amber (song)|Amber]]" and "Rub A Dub"
* [[Toots and the Maytals]] – "[[Pressure Drop (song)|Pressure Drop]]"
* [[The Ventures]] – "Hawaii Five-O"
* [[Patty Hill|Patty]] and [[Mildred J. Hill|Mildred Hill]] – "[[Happy Birthday to You]]"

===Certifications===
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==Release==
===Home media===
''50 First Dates'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[VHS]] on June 15, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last=Patrizio|first=Andy|title=50 First Dates Due On June 15|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/04/07/50-first-dates-due-on-june-15|publisher=IGN|access-date=May 19, 2023|date=April 7, 2004|archive-date=May 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519190204/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/04/07/50-first-dates-due-on-june-15|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Critical reception {{anchor|Critics|Critical response}}==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''50 First Dates'' has a score of 45% based on 175 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's consensus states, "Gross-out humor overwhelms the easy chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, who bring some energy and yucks to this tale of a girl with short-term memory loss and the guy who tries to get her to love him."<ref>{{cite web | title = 50 First Dates (2004) | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/50_first_dates/ | work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] | date = February 13, 2004 | publisher = [[Fandango Media|Fandango]] | access-date =July 10, 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100325223203/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/50_first_dates/ | archive-date= March 25, 2010 | url-status= live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 48% based on 38 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/50-first-dates |title=50 First Dates reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501095415/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/50-first-dates |url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade A− on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= 50 FIRST DATES (2004) A- |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= December 20, 2018}}</ref>

Critics who enjoyed the film (such as ''[[The New York Times]]'' reviewer [[A. O. Scott]]) praised the uplifting story while lamenting the seemingly excessive and incongruous amount of crude humor and drug references.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/13/movies/13DATE.html?ex=1108184400&en=231985b30265adc2&ei=5083 |work=New York Times |title=FILM REVIEW; A Love That's Forever, If Only for a Day |date=February 13, 2004 |access-date=April 26, 2013 |last=Scott |first=A.O. |author-link=A.O. Scott |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722043941/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/13/movies/film-review-a-love-that-s-forever-if-only-for-a-day.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave it three out of four stars, saying "The movie is sort of an experiment for Sandler. He reveals the warm side of his personality, and leaves behind the hostility, anger and gross-out humor... The movie doesn't have the complexity and depth of ''[[Groundhog Day (film)|Groundhog Day]]''... but as entertainment it's ingratiating and lovable."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/50-first-dates-2004 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |title=50 First Dates |date=February 13, 2004 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |access-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121042617/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/50-first-dates-2004 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rex Reed]] was scathing in his review for ''[[The New York Observer]]'', calling the film "stupid, coarse and abysmally unfunny" while singling out offensive humor about brain damage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://observer.com/2004/02/wish-i-could-forget-50-first-dates/ |title=Wish I Could Forget 50 First Dates |first=Rex |last=Reed |author-link=Rex Reed |newspaper=[[The New York Observer]] |date=February 24, 2004 |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915091354/https://observer.com/2004/02/wish-i-could-forget-50-first-dates/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}
Sandler and Barrymore won the award for Best On-Screen Team at the [[2004 MTV Movie Awards]]. The two actors, who had previously worked together in the film ''[[The Wedding Singer]]'', are said to regard ''50 First Dates'' as one of their favorite collaborations as professional "soul mates".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2015/11/05/drew-barrymore-and-adam-sandler-professional-soul-mates/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 5, 2015 |first=Lisa |last=Bonos |title=Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, professional soul mates |access-date=October 15, 2018 |archive-date=October 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015192524/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2015/11/05/drew-barrymore-and-adam-sandler-professional-soul-mates/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Depiction of amnesia==
[[Anterograde amnesia]] is a condition where one loses the ability to form new memories after damage to the brain. Damage to the hippocampus, which is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain, has been widely associated as a determining factor of the gravity of the condition.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Christine N. |date=July 28, 2014 |title=Retrograde memory for public events in mild cognitive impairment and its relationship to anterograde memory and neuroanatomy. |journal=Neuropsychology |language=en |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=959–972 |doi=10.1037/neu0000117 |issn=1931-1559 |pmc=4227913 |pmid=25068664}}</ref>

In an article in ''[[The BMJ]]'' on depictions of amnesia in film, clinical neuropsychologist Sallie Baxendale writes that ''50 First Dates'' "maintains a venerable movie tradition of portraying an amnesic syndrome that bears no relation to any known neurological or psychiatric condition". True amnesic syndromes are usually a result of a stroke, brain infection, or neurosurgery; very rarely does amnesia result from external physical trauma, such as in a car crash<ref>{{cite journal |last=Baxendale |first=Sallie |date=December 18, 2004 |title=Memories aren't made of this: amnesia at the movies |url= |journal=BMJ |volume=329 |issue=7480 |pages=1480–1483 |doi=10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1480 |pmc=535990 |pmid=15604191}}</ref>

In one case, a British woman named Michelle Philpots suffered traumatic brain injuries after two motor vehicle collisions in 1985 and 1990. Subsequently, she developed epilepsy in 1994, which led to her anterograde amnesia. She does not remember anything subsequent to 1994 and also can suffer from shorter term memory loss on the timescale of minutes. Her condition caused her to be fired from her office job after photocopying a single document over and over again, having forgotten she had already completed the task.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-19 |title=The woman with amnesia whose true story inspired 50 First Dates |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/news/a48933/michelle-philpots-amnesia-true-story-50-first-dates/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-GB}}</ref> Each morning, she wakes up believing it is 1994 and her husband, who she met prior to the crash, has to convince her of their 1997 marriage, using a photo album as proof.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-08-16 |title=Stuck in 1994, and more tales of extreme memory loss |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/health/body-odd/stuck-1994-more-tales-extreme-memory-loss-flna1C9386929 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>

In 2010, researchers described a woman who developed a similar kind of memory impairment after she was involved in a car crash. She described her memory as being normal for events on the same day, with memories from the previous day subsequently being lost each night. However, a [[neuropsychological test]] revealed some improvement in recall for tasks which she had, unknowingly, performed the previous day. Although the woman claimed not to have seen ''50 First Dates'' prior to her 2005 crash (but has watched it several times since), she stated that Drew Barrymore was her favorite actress, leading researchers to conclude that her condition might have been influenced by some knowledge of the film's plot, and its impact upon her understanding of amnesia.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Christine N. Smith |author2=Jennifer C. Frascino |author3=Donald L. Kripke|author4=Paul R. McHugh |author5=Glenn J. Treisman|author6=Larry R. Squire|author6-link=Larry R. Squire |title=Losing memories overnight: a unique form of human amnesia |journal=[[Neuropsychologia]] |volume=48 |issue=10 |pages=2833–40 |date=May 2010 |pmid=20493889 |pmc=2914200 |doi=10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.025}}</ref>

In July 2015, two people were discovered to have a form of anterograde amnesia that resembles the type depicted in the movie. One is a man in the UK, originally from Germany. He wakes up every day thinking it is March 14, 2005, because that is the day he underwent anesthesia for a dental procedure which led to this condition as a rare, unexplained complication (however, his anterograde amnesia, like that of others with the condition, causes him to forget facts not daily, but within 90 minutes).<ref>{{cite news |title=Reverse Groundhog Day: U.K. man wakes up every day thinking it's March 14, 2005 and doctors have no idea why |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/reverse-groundhog-day-u-k-man-wakes-up-every-day-thinking-its-march-14-2005-and-doctors-have-no-idea-why |newspaper=National Post |date=July 17, 2015 |author=Sarah Kaplan |access-date=July 18, 2015 |archive-date=May 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250507095535/https://nationalpost.com/news/world/reverse-groundhog-day-u-k-man-wakes-up-every-day-thinking-its-march-14-2005-and-doctors-have-no-idea-why |url-status=live}}</ref> The other is a woman who reportedly believes every day is October 15, 2014; she was visiting [[Kettering General Hospital]] for a [[kickboxing]] injury when she slipped and hit her head on a metal pole.<ref>{{cite news |title=Groundhog Day: Woman with rare amnesia wakes up thinking every day is October 15, 2014 |url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Groundhog-Day-Woman-rare-amnesia-wakes-thinking/story-26919880-detail/story.html |url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721145107/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Groundhog-Day-Woman-rare-amnesia-wakes-thinking/story-26919880-detail/story.html | archive-date=July 21, 2015|publisher=Plymouth Herald |date=July 17, 2015 |author=Plymouth Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Amnesia sufferer Nikki Pegram loses benefit|date=September 8, 2015|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-34185594|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=February 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209005915/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-34185594|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Real-world application===
In 2015, [[RiverSpring Living|the Hebrew Home]] of [[Riverdale, Bronx]], had started an experimental program in which residents with early [[dementia]] watch a video every morning wherein they see comforting messages and reminders from family members who they may still know. The program was to be evaluated for potential inclusion of more residents. Robert Abrams of [[NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital]] considered this idea "both innovative and thoughtful". Charlotte Dell, director of social services for the home, said the program was inspired by ''50 First Dates''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Idea from Adam Sandler film used to soothe dementia patients|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/adam-sandler-dementia-fifty-first-dates-movie-patient-hebrew-home-riverdale-new-york-hospital/1229520|work=[[NBC New York]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=April 20, 2015|author=Jim Fitzgerald|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918061201/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/adam-sandler-dementia-fifty-first-dates-movie-patient-hebrew-home-riverdale-new-york-hospital/1229520/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Stage musical adaptation ==
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On May 12, 2025, it was announced that a stage musical adaptation based on the film will premiere at [[The Other Palace]] in [[London]], directed and choreographed by [[Casey Nicholaw]] in autumn 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dillon |first=Luke |date=May 12, 2025 |title=50 First Dates The Musical to premiere at The Other Palace Theatre in London this autumn {{!}} West End Theatre |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/290163/news/50-first-dates-the-musical-to-premiere-at-the-other-palace-theatre-in-london-this-autumn/ |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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