Just Go with It

Just Go With It
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDennis Dugan
Screenplay by
Based onCactus Flower
by I. A. L. Diamond
Cactus Flower
by Abe Burrows
Pierre Barillet
Jean-Pierre Gredy
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTheo van de Sande
Edited byTom Costain
Music byRupert Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
  • February 8, 2011 (2011-02-08) (New York City)
  • February 11, 2011 (2011-02-11) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$80 million[1]
Box office$215 million[2]

Just Go With It is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling, and produced by Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, and Heather Parry. It is a remake of the 1969 film Cactus Flower,[3] and stars Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. It tells the story of a plastic surgeon who enlists his assistant to help him woo a sixth-grade math teacher.

Production of the film began on March 2, 2010. Originally titled Holiday in Hawaii and then Pretend Wife,[4] it was produced by Sandler's Happy Madison Productions and released in North America on February 11, 2011, by Columbia Pictures. The film grossed over $214 million, becoming a box-office success. It received negative reviews with criticism for the plot and editing, but praise for its writing and acting. Just Go With It won two Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actor and Worst Director.

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  2. ^ "Just Go With It (2011)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  3. ^ Orr, Christopher (11 February 2011). "'Just Go With It': A Sad Union of the Saccharine and Scatological". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  4. ^ Borys Kit (2009-12-08). "Sandler, Aniston playing 'Pretend'". The Hollywood Reporter. Nielsen Business Media. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-02-07.