Review of Jack and Jill (2011) by Xander H — 21 Mar 2013
This is not Adam Sandler's best effort. As he is getting older he is sadly dialing it back to a sarcastic, passive aggressive, one-liner guy. Sometimes it works, but this is not what Sandler fans love about his earlier movies, and why this is another lazy disappointment for him.
The undercooked plot feels like the premise for a short sketch elongated to an hour and a half. Dressing up as his own female twin looks funny, but what he does with this character is disappointing. The novelty the sister being extraordinarily annoying and the brother makes fun of her can only carry the movie for a short distance.
It quickly grows tired and at times is just too mean to be funny. Some of the slapstick or random things are funny but many of them swing and miss. Normally Sandler works in his long list of funny bit-part friends for side laughs much better than this.
Allen Covert, Nick Swardson, Kevin Nealon, Peter Dante, and Norm McDonald are all in this but they do not do anything funny. Al Paccino does help pick it up a little with his contribution, so its not all on Sandler.
This is certainly not as bad as Grown Ups, Funny People, or Little Nicky, it does have some funny parts, but Sandler used to do so much better than this.
This review of Jack and Jill (2011) was written by Xander H on 21 Mar 2013.
Jack and Jill has generally received negative reviews.
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