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==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 Aβ 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>
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