Build-Up to Let-Down

Rating: 1/10 (9 January 2007)

Well... I watched this movie over Christmas/Winter break with three friends. Two of us thought it was great, and two thought it was horrible. I was one of the later. May I first say, that the movie had a promising idea. I went into it feeling happy, and optimistic. Things started out decently, there was humour. Not laugh-your-head-off funny, but okay. After a while I started to get confused. Not because I didn't understand, mind you, but because this movie had been built up the entire time as a comedy, then was randomly turned into a drama-esquire feature. When Sandler died at the end, I was extremely confused, because the movie, although it did a good job of building character, was labeled as a comedy. Quite frankly, the two just don't mesh. Of course... neither do Sandler and movies... Sure, there has been the occasional decent flick, but for the majority, Sandler just can't make a good movie. He should consider himself lucky for landing the role of Happy Gilmore. I was even more disappointed after reflecting on the cast of this movie. This movie was loaded. There were so many stars in this movie, I expected so much more of it. Well... there's my badly-written tirade for the day. Hope someone agrees with me...