Who the hell decided this was funny?

Rating: Null/10 (6 April 2003)

I feel as though I wasted 90 minutes of my life, but for some weird reason I am behooved to waste more by writing about how disappointed I was by this. Therapy I guess. Anyway, here goes: Adam Sandler says this is his favorite movie of all time. I can see why. Painfully shallow, he who gave us Waterboy and Big Daddy has picked the movie that was without the most overrated of the 1980s. What in the hell is funny about this? I think it's some sort of weird social phenomenon whereby it's got a reputation of being funny, so everyone feels as if they don't like it there's something wrong with them. So then they go and say they like it. And if anyone can explain to me why either this or Blues Brothers is funny, please email me. But I don't get it. I've heard of suspension of disbelief, but this is nuts. In closing, I would like to ask the astute reader to read the positive comments for this movie and judge for themselves the level of intellect of their authors. If these people do not seem like the crowd you normally hang out with on a weeknight you might want to try "Spinal Tap" or "The Big Lebowski" instead.