[Foy]

>he wakes up every morning believing he is still in Germany in 2005, waiting to visit the dentist. Without a record of new experiences, the passing of time means nothing to him. Today, he only knows that there is a problem because he and his wife have written detailed notes on his smartphone, in a file labelled “First thing – read this”.

Literally 50 First Dates...

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Much like the movie, yes, though in her case it was a daily, not an hourly, thing. It's nice that the film seems to be based on a real-life condition and portrays it fairly accurately.

[jedberg]

I mentioned this to a psychologist and she laughed at me very hard. She was a professor and said that she uses the movie 50 First Dates in her class -- by having them write down everything that is wrong. She says it's so horribly inaccurate that it makes for a good long discussion.

[Foy]

Out of curiosity what are some of the things wrong with it?

[DanBC]

This page doesn't like the film, and lists some mistakes, but also lists some of the accurate bits.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychologist-the-movies...

[Foy]

The only real "issue" that article seems to take with the movies was that (A) it used a term that doesn't exist to describe a condition that does have an actual name and (B) it was a cheesy romcom. But I mean, do you really expect any Adam Sandler movie to get to the real grit of living with a terrible disease?

[jedberg]

We didn't get into it deeply, but apparently the biggest issue is that it wouldn't be a daily thing. The recycle period is usually measured in minutes.

[RexRollman]

His daily reaction to the appearence of his aging wife, and his own aging appearence, must be interesting.

[rev_bird]

That's the part about this I'm so hung up on -- that this poor guy not only has this crippling condition, but that he has to come to terms with it every hour and a half, forever.

[harryjo]

Memento