Hilarious

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 2000)

"The Waterboy" was a big surprise for me. When I went to see this on the big screen with my best friend from Pennsylvania in November 1998, I didn't think it was going to be a laugh riot. As it turned out, it was. This movie had me laughing my head off. It had my buddy laughing his head off. It had everybody else in the theater laughing their heads off. It was a packed house when I first saw this, and the theater was exploding in laughter throughout. This happened when I went to see "The Naked Gun" movies. I love to go see laugh riot comedies in a filled-up theater. It's a great movie going experience. Anyway, Adam Sandler stars as Bobby Boucher, a waterboy for college football teams who has an unusual gift when it comes down to playing the sport. Sandler is funny; Henry Winkler is funny as Sandler's coach; Fairuza Balk is funny as Sandler's girlfriend; but the real scene stealer in the movie is the great Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates as Sandler's mama. Bates gives a side-splittingly funny performance in this movie. What Bates does to that man at the end of this movie is a classic comedy scene. So what if critics hated this. Sit back and have a great laugh.
**** (out of four)