The Waterboy | | Cast : | Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler | | Director : | Frank Coraci | | Studio : | Touchstone Video | | Format : | Color, Widescreen, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | November 06, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | June 03, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 11, 2005 | | Summary | Average Film, Great Sandler Acting! | Content
 | To start, the film was pretty stupid. It really doesn't have any substance, and the story is slow and stupid.
That said, it is a pretty good film. "WHAT?" You say. I am a huge Adam Sandler fan, and I think his acting, and insane humor saved this film, and made it watchable. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 24, 2005 | | Summary | Excellent movie | Content
| Am giving the DVD a 3 stars. The picture is not that nice and there's no features. How about releasing a Special edition. It's been a while that it came out. Touchstone pictures come on. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 25, 2005 | | Summary | Waterboy almost a high watermark | Content
| While it doesn't equal the twin masterpieces Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, Waterboy is still Sandler's third best film. Also good were The Wedding Singer and Little Nicky. But he blows hot and cold, and I don't just mean hiding his comic talent behind action movies like the okay Bulletproof or behind voiceovers for the boring Eight Crazy Nights animation. His other flicks just all out stink - 40 Dates In 40 Days and Big Daddy. In fact, Big Daddy (a blatant ripoff of the already crappy Dutch) is one of the worst films I've seen ANYBODY do.
But getting back to Waterboy, this thing is great. And Faruza Balk is unbelievably hot in this. In fact, she's so attractive and steamy that she steals every scene she's in. That would be distracting in a drama, but in a comedy it's a forgiveable sin. I mean it's not like she's the DEVIL or anything!
As an added bonus, the music throughout this movie is also fantastic!
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| Rating | | | Date | December 30, 2004 | | Summary | Laughs That You Don't Grow Tired Of | Content
| To this day, this is still my favorite Adam Sandler movie. Here we find him playing the misfit in a comedic analogue to "Rudy". Kathy Bates gives a great performance of the Southern Louisiana Cajun sterotype. There are many quotable lines such as, "You can do it!" and "Mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush." It follows the standard formula, if you will, of most Adam Sandler movies: The plot moves along the happy path for about 2/3 of the movie. Then there is a crisis followed by resolution and a happy ending. It's not rocket science, but it works well. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 09, 2004 | | Summary | This is one of Adam Sandler's best movies. | Content
| The Waterboy is a movie that doesn't require a lot of brain power to figure out, but it's loaded with comedy and hilarious lines from Adam Sandler. One particular part of the movie that I love is when he is in a college class dealing with the agression center of animals and Bobby is asked why alligators are such aggressive creatures. Since his Mama was supposedly right about everything, his answer was "Mama says that alligators are angry 'cause they got all those teeth and no toothbrush." That's comedy, man! Simple comedy, maybe, but it's funny all the same! This is definitely a must-have for any Adam Sandler fan. If you don't like Adam Sandler, then you're not going to like this movie. End of story. |
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