it may be hard to believe, but I derived some character development

Rating: 7/10 (9 September 2007)

If I remember right, when "The Waterboy" got released, critics called it things like "a deflated football comedy" and "utterly dehydrated" (and some considered it ironic that Oscar-winner Kathy Bates stars). Well, when I saw it a little while later, I did something that probably few if any people did: I derived some character development. It seems that Adam Sandler's character is one of these guys afraid to challenge his domineering mother to the point where he reacts if people challenge what she says, and so football is the only way for him to assert himself.
Then again, I might be reading too far into the movie; it was most likely intended as silly entertainment (and it mostly is quite goofy, especially with Henry Winkler's Roy Orbison tattoo). See what you think. Also starring Fairuza Balk and Rob Schneider.