Punt Hut Hut Hut

Rating: 2/10 (22 September 2005)

Just how many movies having prison guards and prisoners battle it out with some sport like football will Mollywood continue to generate? Sandler had a few good spots in this movie, but not enough for me to stop waiting for it to end. At least we were spared having the hackneyed scenes of the guards giving nonstop brutal beatings to Sandler, but is that the only highlight? Even though I'm not a big fan of Chris Rock, he did more for this movie than Sandler. I think Anthony Hopkins helped Rock with his acting since I have observed definite improvement and have begun to like him more as an actor. I suspect that this movie was used by Sandler to begin a bridge into more serious non-comedian roles, which may be his goal at the cost of viewers' expectations.
I suspect this movie appealed more to the male population or sports fans (or kids with little on the ball). For me this was a punt into a dreary hut that I was praying would get torched. Once again, Sandler needs to come about with being more selective in his roles and move away from these associative sportsy types of flicks that had given him his initial big movie fame. Happy Gilmore was great and very funny, but football is a sport that I am hard pressed to locate a comedy mentality. Comedy attempts in this movie was rather forced.
Summarily, if you like Sandler, Rock, prisons, prison posturing, a hackneyed script, and football you'll like this movie. If not, and you still watch this movie at least try not to have any general to medium expectations.