Uncut Gems (2019)
Edgy sibling filmmakers Benny and Joshua Safdie had their hearts set on making Uncut Gems shortly after the release of their acclaimed semiautobiographical 2009 dramedy Daddy Long Legs (aka Go Get Some Rosemary). It’s...
Tagged: Adam Sandler
Billy Madison (1995)
I haven’t the foggiest notion as to why Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer) fans regard his starring debut, Billy Madison, as a funny movie. Then again, I haven’t the foggiest notion as to why the...
Click (2006)
There is probably no film this year I’ll struggle with in terms of how I feel about it than Click, a mix of surprisingly mature comedy mixed jarringly with downright juvenile moments of gross-out gags. ...
Spanglish (2004)
Although Sandler is the big name attraction here, this is a James L. Brooks film all of the way, so don’t expect any juvenile gags or lowbrow antics. As with most of Brooks’ previous efforts,...
50 First Dates (2004)
The pigeonholing of Adam Sandler into dumb, scatological comedies has once again denied him another coulda-been good movie that had the potential of taking him to the next level as an actor. Sadly, it is...
Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
I freely admit that I’ve been known to use crude humor from time to time. Normally I reserve such lowbrow humor for people I know well enough so that I don’t offend others who...
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
I came out of watching Punch-Drunk Love with a mixture of feelings, some of which I may never sort out. They are mixed in part because it is easily the best work in Adam Sandler’s not-too-varied...
Mr. Deeds (2002)
I’ve endured some Adam Sandler stench-fests before to be sure — Billy Madison, Big Daddy, Little Nicky — hell, I didn’t even care for the one most people seem to like: The Wedding Singer. I mentally braced myself going into...
Little Nicky (2000)
I guess you can’t expect much when the writer of such crap films as Ready to Rumble, and the Mighty Ducks films is the ringleader writer-director of a film like Little Nicky (co-written by Adam Sandler and longtime Sandler...
Big Daddy (1999)
A 30+ year old loser (Sandler, The Waterboy) is living off of a lawsuit and loses his girlfriend (Adams, Chasing Amy) due to his inability to grow up and show responsibility. He soon gets his chance when he...