 50 First Dates 2004  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Dan Aykroyd, Amy Hill, Allen Covert, Blake Clark, Maya Rudolph, Pomaika'i Brown, Joe Nakashima, Jonathan Loughran, Peter Dante, Lynn Collins
Hawaiian wildlife veterinarian Henry (Adam Sandler) is a ladies' man who dates tourists knowing that they will not expect a commitment. Harry meets Lucy (Drew Barrymore) and, for the first time, falls in love. But there is a problem: Lucy suffers from short-term memory loss and, after a night's sleep, can't remember what happened the day before. So, day after day, Henry must begin at square one to win Lucy's love.
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 Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights 2002  PG-13, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy / Musical
aka: Eight Crazy Nights
8 Crazy Nights
Director: Seth Kearsley
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler, Austin Stout, Kevin Nealon, Rob Schneider, Norm Crosby, Jon Lovitz, Tyra Banks, Cole & Dylan Sprouse, Blake Clark, Peter Dante, Ellen Albertini Dow, Kevin P. Farley, Tom Kenny, Carl Weathers
In this animated/comedy/musical, a judge orders troublemaker Davey Stone (voice of Adam Sandler) to perform community service as an assistant basketball coach. Davey begins to learn the error of his ways when he reports to the head referee, elf-like Whitey Duvall (also the voice of Adam Sandler).
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Airheads 1994 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Michael Lehmann
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Michael McKean, Judd Nelson, Ernie Hudson, Amy Locane, Joe Mantegna, Nina Siemaszko, Marshall Bell, Reg E. Cathey, David Arquette, Michael Richards, Michelle Hurst
"The Lone Rangers" is a rock band, and its three members–Chazz," Rex, and Pip (Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, and Adam Sandler)–are trying to get their demo tape heard, but to no avail. They decide to take matters into their own hands by holding a local radio station hostage–using water pistols as weapons.
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Anger Management 2003 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, John Turturro, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, Luis Guzman, Lynne Thigpen, Heather Graham, Nancy Carell, Harry Dean Stanton, Kevin Nealon, January Jones, Allen Covert, Adrian Ricard
When mild-mannered Dave (Adam Sandler) is ordered into an anger-management program, he finds that his aggressive shrink, Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson), takes over his private life. Rydell stops at nothing; he even moves into Dave's apartment and engineers one disastrous situation after another.
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Bedtime Stories 2008  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, Courteney Cox, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Laura Ann Kesling, Jonathan Pryce, Nick Swardson, Thomas Hoffman, Allen Covert, Carmen Electra
When he was a boy, Skeeter Bronson (Thomas Hoffman) worked at his father's motel before he sold it to Barry Nottingham (Richard Griffiths). Barry agreed that when Skeeter reached adulthood, Barry would hire Skeeter as the manager. Thirty years later, Skeeter (now played by Adam Sandler) is working as a handyman for Barry at his luxury hotel. The management position has not come his way. Matters change after Skeeter spends a week babysitting for his sister Wendy's (Courteney Cox) children Patrick and Bobbi (Jonathan Morgan Heit and Laura Ann Kesling). Skeeter entertains them with bedtime stories in which he fantasizes about a better life. Amazingly, the stories come true, and Skeeter tries to use the stories for his own personal gain. Then he learns that it is the children's contributions to the stories that end up coming true, and Patrick and Bobbi have much to do with Skeeter's good–and bad–fortunes.
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Big Daddy 1999 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Cole & Dylan Sprouse, Josh Mostel, Leslie Mann, Allen Covert, Rob Schneider, Kristy Swanson, Joseph Bologna, Steve Buscemi, Peter Dante, Jonathan Loughran, Tim Herlihy
Well-educated Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) has not taken advantage of employment opportunities, but fate steps in with a little boy, Julian (Cole and Dylan Sprouse), who has been dropped off at his apartment. Sonny adopts Julian and, as an indulgent dad, turns him into a spoiled kid who does whatever he wants. Then the REAL problems begin.
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Billy Madison 1995  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tamra Davis
Cast: Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin, Bridgette Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel, Norm MacDonald, Mark Beltzman, Larry Hankin, Theresa Merritt, Dina Platias, Christopher Kelk, Hrant Alianak, Vincent Marino, Melissa Korzenko, Jack Mather
Billy (Adam Sandler) is forced to repeat grades 1-12 in six months' time before his father (Darren McGavin) will allow him to inherit control of a hotel chain.
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Bulletproof 1996  R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Adam Sandler, James Caan, Kristen Wilson, Damon Wayans, Jeep Swenson, James Farentino, Larry McCoy, Allen Covert, Mark Roberts, Bill Nunn, Mark Casella, Monica Potter, Andrew Shaifer, Jonathan Loughran, Steve White
Undercover cop Keats (Damon Wayans) must transport a member of the drug cartel, Moses (Adam Sandler), to L.A. and, along the way, they bond in friendship.
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 Click 2006 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Sean Astin, Joseph Castanon, Jonah Hill, Jake Hoffman, Cameron Monaghan, Jennifer Coolidge, Tatum McCann, Lorraine Nicholson
Overworked architect Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) runs into mysterious Morty (Christopher Walken) who gives him a very special universal remote. This remote allows Michael to mute his jabbering wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), and fast-forward through dinners with his parents (Henry Winkler and Julie Kavner). But, it takes over Michael's life. Fast-forwarding does not come without a price as Michael learns when he leaps into the future, misses the years when his children are growing up, and must live without all the little things that make life worthwhile.
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 Dirty Work 1998 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Saget
Cast: Norm MacDonald, Artie Lange, Chevy Chase, Christopher McDonald, Traylor Howard, Don Rickles, Jack Warden, Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler, John Goodman
Mitch Weaver's (Norm MacDonald) motto is "Never take crap from anybody." To that end he and his friend Sam McKenna (Artie Lange) have mastered the art of executing dirty tricks to get revenge. Now, when Sam's father (Jack Warden) needs money for a heart transplant, Mitch and Sam help out by performing their dirty tricks for cash.
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Funny People 2009 R, 140 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Judd Apatow
Cast: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, Aubrey Plaza, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, RZA, Torsten Voges, Aziz Ansari, Allan Wasserman, Wayne Federman, Rod Man
Stand-up comedian George Simmons (Adam Sandler) learns that he suffers from a rare form of leukemia and has less than one year to live. George meets young Ira Wright (Seth Rogen) who dreams of becoming a comedian, and he offers Ira the job of working as his assistant and performing as his opening act. Meanwhile, George tries to reunite with his former girlfriend Laura (Leslie Mann), but her husband Clarke (Eric Bana) does not agree to the plan. Now, George learns that his disease has gone into remission, and he reevaluates his lifestyle and decides to find what will really give his life meaning.
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Going Overboard 1989  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Valerie Breiman
Cast: Adam Sandler, Tom Hodges, Lisa Collins, Peter Berg, Ricky Paull Goldin, Warren Selko, Billy Zane, Adam Rifkin, Steven Brill, Terry Moore, Scott LaRose, Burt Young
Although he holds the menial job of a cruise ship waiter, Shecky Moskowitz (Adam Sandler) dreams of being a standup comic. Guess what? Shecky's chance comes when the ship's comedian is believed lost at sea, and now he has the opportunity to prove himself.
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Happy Gilmore 1996 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Frances Bay, Bob Barker, Carl Weathers, Julie Bowen, Allen Covert, Richard Kiel, Robert Smigel, Dennis Dugan, Joe Flaherty, Lee Trevino, Kevin Nealon, Verne Lundquist, Jared Van Snellenberg
Inept hockey player Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) discovers his ability to drive a golf ball 400 yards. Apparently, this is all it takes to earn him a spot on the PGA Tour where he tears asunder the rules of the gentlemen's game of golf.
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 The Hot Chick 2002 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Brady
Cast: Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence, Eric Christian Olsen, Robert Davi, Melora Hardin, Alexandra Holden, Adam Sandler, Lee Garlington, Michael O'Keefe
A not-so-nice teenager, Jessica (Rob Schneider), finds herself trapped inside the body of Clive (also Rob Schneider) and now must figure out how to get back into her own body.
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry 2007 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Nicholas Turturro, Allen Covert, Rachel Dratch, Richard Chamberlain, Nick Swardson, Blake Clark, Mary Pat Gleason, Matt Winston, Lance Bass
Larry Valentine (Kevin James) is a widower working as a New York City firefighter when he is told that only a spouse can claim life insurance benefits. This leaves his children out in the cold. As a solution, Larry and his fellow firefighter Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler), who just happens to be a womanizer, take part in a mock marriage to beat the system. After the fire department sends an inspector (Steve Buscemi) to investigate the "marriage," Chuck and Larry hire a lawyer, Alex McDonough (Jessica Biel). Alex believes their story and recommends that they go to Canada where they can be legally wed because in Canada gay marriage is legal. And, of course, gay jokes prevail throughout the film.
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 Little Nicky 2000 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Reese Witherspoon, Rodney Dangerfield, Allen Covert, Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz
Satan's (Harvey Keitel) mentally challenged son Nicky (Adam Sandler) heads off to NYC on a mission to bring his brothers–Adrian (Rhys Ifans) and Cassius (Tommy "Tiny" Lister) –back to Hell. It seems that when Adrian and Cassius left, they froze the gates to Hell, and now no new souls can enter. Without a new population supply, Satan literally begins falling apart. Nicky has just one week to retrieve them. Will he succeed?
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 The Longest Yard 2005 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly, Michael Irvin, James Cromwell, Walter Williamson, Bill Goldberg, Terry Crews, Bob Sapp, Lobo Sebastian, David Patrick Kelly, Nicholas Turturro, Dalip Singh, Steve Reevis
In this remake of the 1974 film about prisoners who square off against their guards in a game of football, Burt Reynolds is cast in the role of Coach Nate Scarborough, while Adam Sandler takes on the Burt Reynolds' old role of the former NFL pro, now prisoner, Paul "Wrecking" Crewe. Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) makes a deal with Crewe to help his prison guard team win the league championship. Crewe suggests that he train a team of convicts to play against the guards in a game that Hazen assumes will be an easy win for his team of guards. But, as Crewe and fellow prisoner Caretaker (Chris Rock) begin working with their team of convicts, Crewe decides to go for the win.
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Mixed Nuts 1994 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis, Rob Reiner, Adam Sandler, Rita Wilson, Liev Schreiber, Garry Shandling
Steve Martin plays the person in charge of a suicide-prevention hotline, and his phones are HOT. Everyone, from a homicidal Santa to a very pregnant woman to a serial killer calls Martin's just-about-as-crazy staff.
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Mr. Deeds 2002 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Jared Harris, Peter Gallagher, Allen Covert, Roark Critchlow, Peter Dante, Conchata Ferrell, Gideon Jacobs, Erick Avari, Harve Presnell, Blake Clark, J.B. Smoove
After small-town pizza shop owner Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) inherits a $40 billion media conglomerate, he heads for New York to do business. Once there, he finds himself the object of prey by greedy stockholders and becomes the subject for tabloid journalists–especially Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) who poses as a school nurse to obtain information that will give her the scoop on Deeds. But, in the process, Babe ends up falling in love with Deeds who is equally smitten with her. This is an updated version of Frank Capra's award-winning 1936 classic, "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."
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 Punch-Drunk Love 2002  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Lisa Spector, Julie Hermelin, Karen Hermelin, Hazel Mailloux, Nicole Gelbard, Rico Bueno, Salvador Curiel
Lonely bachelor Barry Egan (Adam Sandler), owner of a gadget business, finds life taking an upturn when beautiful Lena's (Emily Watson) car breaks down in front of his store, and she asks him for a date. This sets the scene for a series of misadventures, which include redeeming frequent flyer miles from Healthy Choice pudding and meeting Lena in Hawaii. 1 User Review
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| | If you cringe at cruelty, avoid this one | 1fatts 03/13/2007 | The problem may be mine.
I cannot deny that this movie was skillfully made, that the acting was fine (Philip Seymour Hoffman really was as good as they say), that the director had a vision. I understand, then, all the fine reviews this movie got.
But I find cruely - especially cinematic "look how cruel the world is in its black humor way" very difficult to watch. And this movie was ninety minutes of mean: mean spirit, mean actions and anger, all of which was meant that love really does bring redemption, especially if it teachers you how to be meaner than the other SOBs.
I just cringed for what seemed like one of the longest evenings I had spent in a theater for a long time. My friends, who are nearly as old as I and may be given, like me, to a lack of appreciation for the comedy of anguish cringed with me.
Other, younger viewers whose opinion I respect thought it was the funniest thing since Fargo.
So, as I say, maybe it's me. But if you are like me, don't see it. |
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Reign Over Me 2007 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Robert Klein, Melinda Dillon, Mike Binder, Jonathan Banks, Rae Allen, Paula Newsome, John de Lancie, Paul Butler
Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle) has it all: a great job, loving wife (Jada Pinkett Smith), and beautiful daughters. One evening, Alan runs into his college roommate Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) and learns that Charlie once had everything Alan has, but Charlie's wife and children died when the plane crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11. Charlie now suffers post-traumatic stress disorder. When Alan realizes that Charlie needs help, their friendship is rekindled. Alan hangs out with Charlie and draws him back, at least part-way, into the normal world and, in the process recognizes and finds solutions for his own troubles.
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Shakes the Clown 1992 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Goldthwait
Cast: Bob Goldthwait, Julie Brown, Paul Dooley, Robin Williams, Florence Henderson, Sydney Lassick, Tim Kazurinsky, Adam Sandler, Bruce Baum, Jack Gallagher
This comedy/drama is a strange story about rodeo and circus clowns. Shakes the Clown (Bob Goldthwait) is an alcoholic who ends up framed for murder.
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 Spanglish 2004 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James L. Brooks
Cast: Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce, Sarah Steele, Ian Hyland, Victoria Luna, Cecilia Suarez, Ricardo Molina, Brenda Canela, Eddy Martin
Flor (Paz Vega) and her daughter, Cristina (Shelbie Bruce), migrate from Mexico to America where they find work as maids for the Clasky family–John (Adam Sandler) and Deborah (Tea Leoni). It doesn't take long before John finds himself caught in the middle between uptight Deborah and consoling Flor.
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 The Waterboy 1998 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Adam Sandler, Fairuza Balk, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Jerry Reed, Blake Clark, Larry Gilliard Jr., Allen Covert, Clint Howard, Rob Schneider, Peter Dante, Jonathan Loughran, Al Whiting, Todd Holland, Robert Kokol
Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler) has enjoyed his job as the waterboy for a college football team, but they fire him. Despite his overprotective mother's (Kathy Bates) wishes, Bobby joins another team, the Mud Dogs, who are coached by neurotic Coach Klein (Henry Winkler). He also finds a girlfriend, Vickie (Fairuza Balk), who has much to teach Bobby about the birds and the bees. Bobby becomes a star player on the Mud Dogs. They win their games and now are scheduled to face Bobby's former team in the Bourbon Bowl.
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The Wedding Singer 1998 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Musical
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Matthew Glave, Ellen Albertini Dow, Angela Featherstone, Steve Buscemi, Billy Idol, Alexis Arquette, Christina Pickles, Jodi Thelen, Frank Sivero, Patrick McTavish, Gemini Barnett
In this amusing love story that is reminiscent of the 1980s, Robby Hart (Adam Sandler) is a New Jersey singer who performs at weddings. Hart suffers a Jekyll and Hyde personality–either naively infatuated with a waitress, Julia (Drew Barrymore)–while they are both engaged to marry others–or performing like a pompous lout. Party, party, party!
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan 2008 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, Ido Mosseri, Rob Schneider, Dave Matthews, Michael Buffer, Charlotte Rae, Sayed Badreya, Daoud Heidami, Kevin Nealon, Robert Smigel, Dina Doron
Top Israeli counterspy Zohan (Adam Sandler) is a hero at taking out Arab terrorists, but he dreams of leaving the Middle East and settling down in New York as a hairdresser. So, he fakes his own death during a fight with his nemesis, Phantom (John Turturro) and then boards a jet plane and heads across the Atlantic. He finds a job at a Brooklyn hair salon owned by Dalia (Emmanuelle Chriqui) and starts to make the world "silky smooth." But, Palestinian cab driver Salim (Rob Schneider) recognizes Zohan, tries unsuccessfully to bomb the salon with Neosporin, and tips off Phantom. Now Zohan must quit romancing Dalia and look for a place of safety.
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| 1. 50 First Dates (2004)
2. Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
aka: Eight Crazy Nights
aka: 8 Crazy Nights
3. Airheads (1994)
4. Anger Management (2003)
5. Bedtime Stories (2008)
6. Big Daddy (1999)
7. Billy Madison (1995)
8. Bulletproof (1996)
9. Click (2006)
10. Dirty Work (1998)
11. Funny People (2009)
12. Going Overboard (1989)
13. Happy Gilmore (1996)
14. The Hot Chick (2002)
15. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
16. Little Nicky (2000)
17. The Longest Yard (2005)
18. Mixed Nuts (1994)
19. Mr. Deeds (2002)
20. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
21. Reign Over Me (2007)
22. Shakes the Clown (1992)
23. Spanglish (2004)
24. The Waterboy (1998)
25. The Wedding Singer (1998)
26. You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
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