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I hadn’t heard anything about “Today’s Special”, so I didn’t have any crazy expectations for it. Some critics might have picked holes in it, but I really enjoyed it.

The film centres around an Indian chef, Samir (Aasif Mandvi), who is working as a sous-chef in a restaurant. While he might be a good chef technically his boss feels that he lacks “flair”. So Samir quits intending on heading to France to improve his skills. Before he can leave his father, who runs a traditional Indian restaurant, falls ill and Samir ends up taking over the restaurant to help out the family.

As the story unfolds Samir meets a taxi driver , played by Naseeruddin Shah, with a colourful past who takes over cooking in the restaurant and exposes Samir to a completely different style of cooking.

The film is a mixture of comedy and “feel good” drama and is best described as “good fun”.

Well worth grabbing on iTunes (or Netflix – if they have it)

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Adam Sandler’s comedies can be either incredibly funny or quite painful to watch. When the cast and the script work well, however the results are practically comic genius.
In the case of Just Go With It I found myself laughing out loud. Between Sandler and the other cast’s antics and a quite clever script (in parts) you will be entertained.

Sandler plays a plastic surgeon who has been his “marriage” to seduce women for 20 years. When he finally meets a woman that he could actually have a real relationship with (Brooklyn Decker) he gets caught up in his own web of lies. Next thing he knows he’s managed to gain a wife (Jennifer Aniston) as well as two kids.

It’s laugh out loud funny in parts, though predictable.

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