Review of The Do-Over (2016) by Writetoreel — 23 Jun 2016

Even though I’m sure many will disagree with me, there’s actually a long streak from 1996 to the early 2000’s that he made some really funny stuff.

I’m going down the list here, trying to pinpoint where it all went sour. Honestly, I think Adam Sandler went bad like a moldy soggy onion, was when he started working with Kevin James. After I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry everything was downhill from then. What truly made Adam Sandler so reviled as he is was Grown Ups. After that his films mostly just became an excuse to take him and his friends on a vacation with the studios paying the bill.

Now he’s tricked Netflix into paying for his vacations.

And yes, you can’t forget the endless and blatant product placement he does. For Grownups 2 it was like Dicks sporting goods… no, wait maybe that was Blended. I can’t remember. He sells out so much, it is hard to keep track.

Nothing whores itself out like this film does. This time it’s Bud Light and Nike. David Spade’s character loves him some Bud, so of course they have to spend a whole scene around Adam Sandler’s character buying him a party pack of Bud Light. Even yelling out, wow is that a party pack of Bud! As Adam Sandler humps the set of 30 or whatever ridiculous number it holds. So much **** beer!

Adam Sandler has two types of movies he does. He has unfunny **** that seems like something from a Chuck Lorre sitcom like Blended and Jack and Jill. That **** is for the moms. Then he has the more raunchy ****tier films like That’s My Boy. The Do-Over falls under that category.

I believe Adam Sandler has signed on to do three Netflix film projects. This being the second. The first being a western called The Ridiculous 6. Which… I didn’t hate. It falls in between the two categories of the type of films he does. But at least in that film, it didn’t seem like an excuse to take his buddies to a tropical island and on their spare time, maybe film a movie. Plus, it being set in the old west, there wasn’t much shameless product placement.

So… what did I think of this one? It wasn’t as bad as That’s My Boy and it wasn’t as good as The Ridiculous 6. It did have some genuine funny moments it in. It also had some really terrible ones as well. If you have Netflix should you watch this? That I don’t know. It depends on how much you like Adam Sandler or if you’re in the mood for a raunchy comedy that most likely won’t make you laugh.

I do have to say I enjoyed the plot a bit more than his usual films. I like how it becomes this mystery these two dummies have to solve. It also kind of featured some touching moments. I haven’t mentioned her, but Max has a wife played by Kathryn Hahn. Throughout the film she keeps popping up in the shadows. Max saying she’s his crazy ex-girlfriend. But really she’s his distraught wife that wants him to come home. Emotion in an Adam Sandler films, I know. How bizarre. It does kind of sneak up on you. Not enough for me to recommend this though.

-Capt.