Almost good (the Faust myth revisited)

Rating: 6/10 (15 July 2007)

For a Sandler movie, this is surprisingly good, and it has a rather interesting script and some good acting moments (including Sandler!). Of course, you couldn't get along without the humping dogs, fart jokes and some other trivial stuff which have been Sandler's kind of trademark. But it's refreshing how they mixed drama, aging and death in a comedy. Walken was very good, probably the best, as the rest of the cast were almost as sketchy as their characters. There are some twists (some surprising, other corny), Sandler has a few moments, but I couldn't escape the feeling that all was treated too superficially. I laughed a couple of times or so, felt emotion at the dad and death scenes (more because of the situation itself), still something was missing. A reworking of the script, or a better cast, at least.