When Satan decides not to yield control of the family business, two of his three sons plot an evil coup. Twisted sexual humor. In other words, it s a typical Sandler comedy. But this time he includes a dose of warped theology. Here, hell is a place of eternal torment created by grandpa Lucifer with punishments to match a person s antisocial acts.
Bad people go down.
Meanwhile, Satan is a sympathetic despot too gracious to accept Dan Marino s soul in exchange for a Super Bowl victory. But when a child goes to hell, well, that s why I got in this business. The film trivializes God and mocks people of faith, be they in pulpits, pews or on street corners. Little Nicky is perverse. It s also misleading in the way it flirts with concepts of heaven while making fire and brimstone seem cool.