Adam Sandler's latest movie finds the funny man collaborating with the fine folks at Disney – if you can believe that! The end result is the gentle but tepid family film Bedtime Stories.

In Bedtime Stories, Sandler plays Skeeter Bronson, a hotel handy man who entertains his niece and nephew by telling them fantastical stories that feature elements inspired by his own underappreciated existence. As the children become more and more enamored by his tales of fancy, they begin adding their own little twists to the stories. To Skeeter's great amazement, many of these odd twists – including a massive gum-ball storm - become a reality. Is there a higher power at work, or are these strange happenings merely bizarre coincidences?

Bedtime Stories is harmless enough. In fact, it is by far the least crude of Sandler's infantile catalog, and this is coming from a fan. Infantile and Sandler go together like chocolate and peanut butter. If you're like me and worship his earlier roles in dopey but laugh-out-loud slacker efforts like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, than you know exactly what I'm talking about. Then there's the other Sandler. The one who appeared in Punch Drunk Love, Spanglish, and Reign Over Me. The one with a true thespian waiting to be exposed. Bedtime Stories leans more towards the former, although Sandler does dial it down a notch in a noble effort to appease the kiddies in the audience.

Bedtime Stories actually benefits from some surprisingly noteworthy supporting players including health nut Courtney Cox, sweet Keri Russell (Felicity), goofy Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), and a smarmy Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential).

Bedtime Stories was directed by Adam Shankman and while this is a far cry from his single best film (the infectiously entertaining Hairspray), it is far more tolerable than The Pacifier and Bringing Down the House. I wish Shankman would have been more creative in his showcasing of the Bedtime Stories themselves. Sadly, they are rather short-lived. As for Sandler, he has a few cute moments, but more often than not, he's upstaged by his more engaging co-stars. This isn't a bad movie, but it is a fairly forgettable one.