Bedtime Stories (film)

Bedtime Stories
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdam Shankman
Screenplay by
Story byMatt Lopez
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Barrett
Edited by
Music byRupert Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • December 25, 2008 (2008-12-25)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$80 million[2]
Box office$212.9 million[3]

Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American fantasy comedy film directed by Adam Shankman from a screenplay by Matt Lopez and Tim Herlihy based on a story by Lopez. It stars Adam Sandler in his first appearance in a family film alongside Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Aisha Tyler, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, and Courteney Cox. In the film, when a hotel handyman's stories to his niece and nephew come true, his stories become more outlandish. Sandler's production company Happy Madison and Andrew Gunn's company Gunn Films co-produced the film with Walt Disney Pictures.

The film was theatrically released on December 25, 2008, by Disney. Despite the film being a box office success, earning $212.9 million against an $80 million budget, it received generally negative reviews from critics.

  1. ^ "Bedtime Stories". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "Bedtime Stories (2008) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  3. ^ "Bedtime Stories (2008)". Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-25.