Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
First off, anyone who thinks this was made to purposely be the worst movie ever has never seen a bad movie before.
It's deliberately stupid but good-hearted. It often feels like it's aimed at kids though the humor is too raunchy for a kids movie, which I guess describes most other Sandler movies.
It's fine.
In middle school, I thought this was hysterical. I was disappointed to find I didn't crack a smile when I rewatched it a few years ago. Today I gave it another go after seeing "Confess, Fletch", which I enjoyed a lot. With lowered expectations, and with my wife who'd never seen it, I laughed more than last time. I realized that it's more of a pretty well-plotted mystery with some humor than a comedy.
If you come for a laugh-fest, you'll be disappointed. It's better to approach it as a light mystery, with a lead who is dangerously but humorously overconfident.