Not high art, but a fun and enjoyable movie

Rating: 8/10 (18 November 1998)

This movie was not intended for people who don't enjoy Adam Sandler's brand of humor. I felt that fact was clearly presented in all of it's advertising. I think the people who didn't know what they were going to see in the first place live in a cave or something. The other people who went to see it and hated it, probably went there intending to hate it.
Overall, the movie was a continuation of the kind of humor we saw in Billy Madison, Adam Sandler doing his thing. He does it well. As always, the supporting cast was stellar. Jerry Reed and the incredible Kathy Bates are outstanding. Unlike many movies set in Louisiana, the accents were not atrocious(see The Big Easy for that)but a playful approach to the Cajun accent. I thought it was a little over art directed in places, but not distractingly so.
I am not a college kid, or Adam Sandler's biggest fan, but I went to see this movie to laugh and I did.