no real laughs but somewhat watchable

Rating: 5/10 (20 March 2015)

Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler) is the slow lowly 31 year old waterboy for the UL football team. Everybody is picking on him. Coach Red Beaulieu (Jerry Reed) fires him for disrupting practice. He goes home to Jackson's Bayou, Louisiana to his domineering mama (Kathy Bates). He goes to the rundown South Central Lousiana State University. Coach Klein (Henry Winkler) hires the waterboy and then discovers that he's a great tackler. He becomes the new linebacker with the kicker Derek Wallace as his only friend. He goes out with Vicki Vallencourt (Fairuza Balk) who just got out of jail despite his mother's objections.
It's not that funny but it's still a passable watch. Sandler is playing another idiot but he's a likable idiot. The mannerisms can be annoying to some but it's inoffensive to me. There are a few too many bullies. I don't think most of the players would still pick on him as he gets all those sacks. There's a missing scene where somebody on the team gets impressed by his tackling, changes his mind and stands up to the quarterback. In the end, it's somewhat watchable but no real laughs with so many shallow unimaginative jokes.