A totally stupid movie but had its moments...

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 1998)

I was curious to see a film that had the largest ($40 million) opening in November of any film in history.
The only previous Adam Sandler film I had seen was The Wedding Singer which I really enjoyed so I was somewhat disappointed to find this film pales in comparison.
For me the highlight of the film was the performance by Fairuza Balk as Vicki, the super sexy white trash girl friend of Bobby Boucher (Sandler). Not only is she terrifically appealing in a bad girl, white trash way, her performance was very funny. I would have liked to have seen more of her.
The other part I liked was the assistant coach of the loser football team Bobby joins. Every word this guy says is in a Cajun patois that is totally unintelligible. When I first heard him speak, I just thought that I wasn't paying enough attention. Then I found that nothing that came out of his mouth was actually understandable words. Of course everyone in the movie acts like they understand everything he says.
I also would like to have seen Sandler not play his role as such a total moron. I think the film would have still gotten his point across if he had been a little more normal nerd. Every time he would go into his schtick I would wince in embarrassment for him. The stupid smirk got tiresome after about the third time.
There is some funny stuff in the movie and of course we all like to see the loser nerd make good and one-up the bullies who pick on him unmercifully.
I would rate this movie about 5.5 on a scale of 10. Just barely worth the $4.00 matinee price I paid to see it.