50 First Dates 2 (2025) – Love Never Forgets How to Begin Again

She may forget the past. But he never forgets to love her.

50 First Dates 2 (2025) brings back the warm, funny, and endlessly sweet charm of the original—this time with a twist that deepens the love story without losing the laughs. Seventeen years after the unforgettable romance between Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) and Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore), we return to a world where every day is a new beginning… but now, love is not just about remembering—it’s about growing together, even when the past keeps slipping away.

Now married and living in a coastal Hawaiian town with their teenage daughter Emma, Henry and Lucy have built a life around routine, love, and memory. Henry still records her daily videos, helping Lucy catch up on her life each morning. But things change when Lucy begins to experience longer memory gaps and unpredictable emotional reactions—signs that her condition is evolving. As their daughter prepares to leave for college, the family must face the fear of whether Lucy will one day forget everything—even Henry.

Enter Dr. Leah Tanaka (Ali Wong), a brilliant neuroscientist developing experimental memory treatments using emotional triggers, music, and immersive journaling. As Henry hesitantly agrees to try the therapy, we’re brought into a heartwarming and funny journey through recreated first dates, family mishaps, and awkward moments where Lucy starts falling in love with her husband all over again—sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, always with heart.

The film cleverly mirrors the original, using callbacks to scenes fans remember—pineapples, walruses, paint-covered dates—while offering a new perspective: what happens when love matures, but memory doesn’t? The humor is still classic Sandler-Barrymore: quirky, sincere, and disarmingly genuine. But there’s also more emotional weight this time, with the story embracing vulnerability, aging, and the bittersweet nature of time.

Director Frank Coraci returns, maintaining the breezy island aesthetic but leaning more into visual storytelling—montages of Lucy’s memory journal, flashbacks Henry relives through his own heartbreak, and moments where silence says more than words. The film never asks you to pity Lucy—instead, it celebrates her strength and Henry’s devotion, proving that true love isn’t just about holding on, but showing up every day ready to love again.

50 First Dates 2 reminds us that even when memory fades, love remains. And sometimes, the greatest romance is choosing each other—over and over and over again.