ニューヨークの下町にある小さな靴修理店で働く中年男マックスは、老母と生活しながら特に何の変化もない毎日を送っていた。ある日、愛用のミシンが壊れてしまい先祖より代々伝わる旧式ミシンで直した靴を試し履きしたところ、何と靴の持ち主に変身する。魔法のミシンによって他人の人生を体験できる楽しさに夢中になった彼は親孝行を思い立つが、予期せぬトラブルが生じる。
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製作費: $10,000,000 (15億円)
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監督: Tom McCarthy
脚本: Paul Sado / Tom McCarthy
音楽: Nick Urata / ジョン・デブニー
制作: Tom McCarthy / Michael Bederman / Zev Foreman
撮影監督: W. Mott Hupfel III
制作会社: Golden Spike (II) / Next Wednesday Productions / Voltage Pictures / Image Entertainment
I don't know what's really going on with Adam Sandler in the recent years, he was actually out of the league for a while from entertaining his fans. All he did was overdose comedies which were below par compared to his earlier movies. I said in 'Blended' review that I'm tired of his movie, but watched it only because of the director. All his films were very impressive and I believed him on this one, more than the Sandler. Otherwise, it would have been undoubtedly a skippable flick. As expected the movie was good, but not without the flaws, I mean the major ones because there are many unanswered stuffs that leaves viewers go either way from thinking all the possibility to create their own imagination. Hope that's not the case, the writers do not want to be that smart otherwise it will be a messed up movie with having a wonderful theme idea. Yeah, I liked the concept, but it should have been a bit detail while exploring the story and exhibiting the characters. I still feel it can be covered in the follow-up, so from that perspective, the movie was decent. Especially highlighting one of the social issue was a nice addition, but the portrayal of family affair was a disappointment. It's that kind of story demanded in a like manner, but that does not convince me at all. From the Adam Sandler's perspective the movie was much better, because of his series of recent fails. At the same time it was a bit letdown from the perspective of the director known for his cool works. Overall, it lays on 50-50, and mostly favours on the positive side because of the narration of the dark comedy in a style. And again, I felt the end was terrible with cliche. I definitely give thumbs up to go for it, even though the loopholes the creative concept draws our attention. 6.5/10
