[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.