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Bedtime Stories
MEANRANK
54/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4819
- IMDb #4364
- Google retired #1630
- Rotten Tomatoes #4222
- Metacritic #4651
- Letterboxd #4140
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4848
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3674
- Metacritic Critics #4655
- Metacritic Audience #4262
- Criticker #3579
- Kinopoisk #2956
- AlloCiné #4294
- Trakt #3747
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 27, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 30, everyone else 59.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A hotel handyman's life changes unexpectedly when the fantastical bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew begin to magically come true the next day. He quickly learns to manipulate the stories to his advantage, aiming to improve his own circumstances. However, the stories never unfold exactly as planned, leading to chaotic and unpredictable results that complicate his ambitions.
Details
- Director
- Adam Shankman
- Writers
- Matt Lopez, Tim Herlihy
- Released
- 24 December 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $80.0M
- Box office
- $212.9M
- Awards
- 1 win, 4 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| AFI International Award 2008 | Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
| BMI Film Music Award 2008 | — | Rupert Gregson-Williams | Winner |
| Blimp Award 2008 | Favorite Movie Favorite Movie Actor | Adam Sandler | Nominee |
| Golden Reel Award 2008 | Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film | J.J. George (supervising music editor) Kevin Crehan (music editor) Tom Kramer (music editor) | Nominee |
| Young Artist Award 2008 | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor | Johntae Lipscomb | Nominee |
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5 awards — Bedtime Stories
×| — | Rupert Gregson-Williams | Winner |
| Best Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
| Favorite Movie Favorite Movie Actor | Adam Sandler | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film | J.J. George (supervising music editor) Kevin Crehan (music editor) Tom Kramer (music editor) | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor | Johntae Lipscomb | Nominee |