Just like Adam Sandler’s character, he’ll do anything to make sure that Michelle reconnects with the man she married. When Ian looks at Michelle, he sees the woman he loves. She can now recall up to six numbers by punching them into a telephone keypad.Īlthough it has been a struggle, her husband Ian has been by her side, recreating the moments that her accident has erased. Michelle works constantly to try to improve her condition. I have to keep calm because I love her – Ian Philpots to Daily Mail Love is worth fighting for It can be very frustrating for me but I have to be patient and understand. Each morning, he shows her pictures of their wedding day, sharing those moments to jog her memory and bring a smile to her face.Ĭan I have one last first kiss? – Lucy, ’50 First Dates’Īlthough it can be trying at times, Ian never gets daunted, determined to rekindle their memories as a couple. His surprise “Good morning Lucy” tape reminds her of their wedding day.Īnd just like Sandler’s character, Ian is determined to make his wife fall in love with him every day. In the movie, Henry courts Lucy every day as if it was their first time together. Meaning every day she wakes up with no recollection of their wedding day. She also has to log every interaction for future reference.Įven more troubling is that although Michelle met her husband Ian in 1985, they only got married in 1997. Michelle uses hundreds of Post-It notes and keeps reminders on her phone’s calendar to avoid forgetting the small tasks most of us take for granted. I want to be able to say, ‘I remember when’ again - but knowing the life you’ve lost, you can’t do it.
I wanted to be back to the normal me and not this shell of a person. Lucy does the same thing every day.It’s defined as “a loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact.”įor Michelle, that means waking up every day thinking it’s 1994, when Ace of Base sat atop the music charts and ‘Forest Gump’ was the year’s blockbuster film. Sue: It's a special paper her Father puts on their porch every night.
She has no idea it's more than a year later. She comes here for breakfast because that's what she did on Sundays, and October thirteenth was a Sunday. Sue: She says that every day, because each morning she wakes up thinking it's October thirteenth of last year. Then again, somebody was laughing during the screening, so maybe it was them. Sue: I wish I was making this up! She has no memory that she ever met you. 50 First Dates is filled with the kind of bawdy humor that gives frat boys a bad name. This sounds like something I would tell a psycho girl so she would stop calling me. It's like her slate gets wiped clean every night while she sleeps. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by Movie Quotes. She just can't retain any new information. 50 First Dates quotes: the most famous and inspiring quotes from 50 First Dates. Her whole life, up to the night before the accident, she remembers.
Her Father broke some ribs, but Lucy suffered a serious head injury. She and her father went up North Shore to get a pineapple. Sue: About a year ago, Lucy was in a terrible car accident. What is going on? I was kidding around with you! What's happening here? Is she crazy or something? Marlin: Don't go just 'cause my thon is thychotic. Henry: Nobody's gotta break my head, guys. Here's some pictures of your broken head.'ĭoug: You wanna broken head, huh thmart guy?ĭoug: No, Daddy, I thought you wath gonna do it.
I'm just saying I wish there was another way besides: 'Sorry we couldn't trick you today. I think that's what freaks her out the most. She's finding out that her life is basically a setup. Henry: Well, when you guys tell her, she's not just finding out about the accident. Henry: Well, maybe days like this don't have to be so bad. “ Henry: Actually I'm going on a trip in a little while to study undersea Pacific walrus behaviors.ĭoug: I gueth you won't mith days like thith.