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THE WATERBOY (PG-13) 
Reviewed November 9, 1998 - Check out The Waterboy Website.
Forgive me for enjoying this movie as much as I did...but I did...
In The Waterboy, Adam Sandler plays Bobby Boucher, a stuttering, often teased 31-year old who has been the University of Louisiana football team's waterboy for 18 years. Living with his overbearing "Mama" (Kathy Bates), good-natured Bobby has grown up sheltered from the world, content simply with his role in providing "high quality H20" to the team. Unfortunately, the team (and its coach) thinks he's an idiot, and after one particularly distracting scuffle at practice one day, Bobby is fired. Oh, no. What to do, what to do.
Desperate to be a waterboy once again, Bobby approaches dejected Coach Klein (Henry Winkler), who has led the South Central Louisiana State University (SCLSU) Mud Dogs to a whopping 40 straight defeats. Upon joining this new team, however, Bobby faces the same pathetic treatment. Picked on, roughed up, and constantly insulted, it looks like he's in for another rough ride. But then, after Coach Klein encourages Bobby to defend himself, Bobby lets loose...and BOOM!!
Hey, the guy can hit! All of a sudden, the Mud Dogs have an astounding new defensive tackle and a brand new leash on life, as SCLSU begins a streak of victories that culminates in a "Bourbon Bowl" bid against (guess who?) Bobby's old team from the University of Louisiana
Alright, enough about the plot. The Waterboy is undoubtedly one of the silliest and most sophomoric films released this year, and the plot isn't much to speak of. After all, with Adam Sandler at the helm, it's never about plot (or acting, or character development, or cinematography). Instead, it's about wacky, cartoonish characters who are so strange, they're funny. Let's see, naturally there's Bobby with his stuttering Cajun/Southern accent. Then there's Mama (Bates), who thinks everyone is the devil and regularly cooks reptiles (snakes, frogs, and alligators) for dinner. Then there's SCLSU's assistant coach (Blake Clark), who speaks in some incomprehensible accent. Oh, and let's not forget Bobby's love interest Vicki Vallencourt (Fairuza Balk), a dark beauty with a really disturbing violent streak.
The list continues but by now you probably get the point. This is a silly film full of silly people, and if you're in that kind of mood, The Waterboy is a ridiculously funny picture. Sure, it's not a perfect film and its humor often misses as much as it hits, but between the Southern backwater references and the outrageous football violence, there's enough here for Sandler to work with for The Waterboy's 90-minute runtime.
Just try not to analyze it too much, and don't be surprised when you laugh...
Responses from cyberspace--thanks for writing!
kunalkamra@hotmail.com
gives this movie stars: "The
movie is well made and ofcourse Adam has done a great job and I like the
idea of how one always becomes the person who he or she is destined to
be." (5/11/00)
David Rogers gives this movie 
stars: "Very
funny. To those people who think this was not funny, stop eating crap,
take your heads out of you a****, and watch the freakin' movie!" (5/6/00)
laxgo102@aol.com
gives this movie stars: "Adam
Sandler is the best in this movie i watch wayer boy every day basicly" (3/21/00)
mmm_marabou72@hotmail.com says: "I like Gee.......................He is so cool......................." (11/23/99)
jessfroggy@prodigy.net
gives this movie stars: "This
movie was hillarios adam sandler cracked me up and it had a good morale
it was great" (8/18/99)
shotgunshells@hotmail.com
gives this movie stars: "It
was ok, but not really a GOOD movie. Some parts were somewhat funny, but
all and all it wasn't ALL THAT funny. Kind of like it was so stupid it's
was funny" (7/27/99)
reidfreak@yahoo.com
gives this movie stars: "Farmer
Fran was the coolest!!!!" (7/8/99)
j0eyp0tter@yahoo.com
gives this movie stars: "I
am a great Adam Sandler fan but, this movie wasn't very good. The jokes
were really stupid, and a lot of my friends agree. Happy Gilmour was much
better than this one." (4/24/99)
summerwyatt@yahoo.com
gives this movie star: "Just
awful! All the stupid people in america all seemed to think it was funny
and charming. To anybody who laughed even once in this movie, I question
your stupidity. The whole movie is one joke over and over and over and
over and over again. If you want to laugh go see 'Theres something about
mary' or rent 'Kingpin', these are 2 very funny movies with a plot, which
waterboy lacks in both aspects." (3/14/99)
jenamarie@deskmedia.com
gives this movie star: "I
would've picked lower, but it wasn't a choice. I apologize in advance to
the people out there that liked the movie, but it stunk. It was a waste
of money. I left halfway through the movie it was so terrible! It wasn't
funny, in fact the whole thing insulted the viewer's intelligence. I can't
stand that in a movie. I'm sure there are some peopleout there who like
it, but for those of you who haven't seen it, don't. It's not worth the
time or the brain cells." (1/9/99)
ronin@dccnet.com
gives this movie stars: "I
thought that this movie really had one big weak point that made me not
like it. It was'nt funny." (12/29/98)
Nate Gibbs gives this movie stars. (12/23/98)
i106@hotmail.com
gives this movie stars: "I
thought that this was the best movie ever besides Star Track. I would like
to share more ratings on movies I have seen!!!!!!!!!" (12/14/98)
nickblaskowski@hotmail.com
gives this movie stars: "This
was not Sandler's best. But after the great job in "The Wedding Singer",I
will let it slide.I like Football,too.This was probably one of the best
sports films!It was funny,and I like how the made fun of the team that
plays where I live,Michigan.They we're trying to use their towelboy!Ha
ha!" (11/18/98)
