Tag: The Waterboy
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Why Little Nicky Is Adam Sandler’s Most Creative Movie
Early in Adam Sandler’s career, the SNL-breakout-turned-comedy-megastar displayed a habit of following up movies that could conceivably be labeled as “mature” – at least by the very loose standards of the man who gave the world Canteen Boy – with movies that were unapologetically silly and juvenile. Sandler showed us the first signs of his…
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‘Hustle’ Review: In His First Major Role Since ‘Uncut Gems,’ Adam Sandler Scores in a Rousing Basketball Drama
Years before “Uncut Gems,” you could see Adam Sandler was a good actor. He’d taken a step out of the ha-ha zone as early as “Punch-Drunk Love” (2002) — and going back as far as “The Wedding Singer” (1998), which he made after only two of his knockabout big-hit farces (“Billy Madison” and “Happy Gilmore”),…