Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Plsdontroastmeimjustachild The Waterboy is about an awkward, stuttering guy in his mid-thirties named Bobby Boucher who lives with his mom (Kathy Bates) in rural Louisiana. He works as a waterboy (hence the name) for a very successful college football team, and has since he was a young boy. Unfortunately, he's fired, so he takes his services to a much smaller team called the South Central Louisiana State Mud Dogs. On his first day, he is made fun of by a player, and the coach tells him to do something about it. Bobby tackles the guy, completely destroying him. The coach asks him to join the team, and Bobby accepts, but keeps it secret from his over-protective mom. Bobby leads the pathetic Mud Dogs to a great season, culminating in a berth to a bowl game against his former employer. A lot of stuff goes down, and long story short, Bobby shows up to the game at halftime and leads the Mud Dogs to a comeback victory. The entire movie is hilarious, and unless you've seen the movie before, the plot is actually a little unexpected. Boucher is played by Adam Sandler. I know, his movies lately have been pretty bad, but his old ones are good, especially this one. The humor in the movie is outrageous, including subtle nods to people who actually follow football, such as hall of fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor saying, "Don't smoke crack" to kids (Taylor famously wrote a book in which he admitted to using cocaine often). Sandler over-acts in his role as a mentally challenged person, but it's the over-acting that makes his character so funny. The roles of scouts and reporters are filled by actual scouts and reporters, like former players Dan Fouts and Lynn Swann. I've never actually been to Louisiana, so I don't know how people are there, but I imagine most of the characters are over-acted as well, especially Bobby's mom and most of the fans. The over-acting helps set the mood of the movie, however, so I think it's a welcome addition. Unlike most stupid comedies, the plot is not too stupid. Yes, it's kind of stupid, but it at least shows motive for all the characters, as well as establishing what makes each character unique. That's more than can be said about some other stupid movies. You can clearly understand why Bobby wants to play football, why the coach of SCLSU is scared and crazy, and why Bobby's mom is scared of him playing football. When watching The Waterboy, you really shouldn't approach it looking for a sophisticated movie with high-class humor. If you watch it knowing that it's going to be stupid, which you should since it's an Adam Sandler movie, then you are always going to have a fun time watching it. However, if you approach it like a movie critic, thinking you can tell other people what makes a movie good, then you are going to leave disappointed. Some people need to open their minds and stop being so butthurt about movies like The Waterboy. Just enjoy the damn movie instead of trying to critique every part of it. The Waterboy is a great movie that everybody should watch. His humor may not be enjoyable to everybody, but Sandler delivers a hilarious film with this one. It won 6 awards and was nominated for 6 more, and it never fails to make everybody laugh. Among the awards it was nominated for or won are MTV Best Comedic Performance for Sandler and Blockbuster Favorite Supporting Actress for Bates. Before watching The Waterboy, prepare for countless jokes and laughs, not amazing cinematography or great acting. The plot is surprisingly intriguing, and the viewer usually finds themselves rooting for Bobby to go out and win the Bourbon Bowl. The film does a great job of making an antagonist, Coach Red, that is extremely unlikable, so Bobby and his team becomes likable by contrast. The story of how the SCLSU Mud Dogs came together, bonded, and came back to win the Bourbon Bowl over the heavily favorited Louisiana Cougars is timeless. It has become a sports cult classic that is so popular that the social media accounts of sports media sites like ESPN and Bleacher Report acknowledge the anniversary of its release every year. Bobby Boucher will go down in history as one of the best fictional sports figures ever.

judekoek-114-91658 The Waterboy is Adam Sandler's comedic brilliance. The characters are ridiculous yet relate-able, I mean who doesn't have an overprotective mother?The element of sports in a movie can be difficult, but this movie does it right. A true underdog faces old foes and adversity to become victorious!The supporting cast is perfect and the cameo's are great. It is not critically acclaimed or thought-provoking, but if you are in the mood for an uplifting laugh-fest, here is your flick! You can watch it again and again and it doesn't get old!#SCLSUMudDogs

breakdownthatfilm-blogspot-com Adam Sandler has always been one of those known comedians to be grouped into the category of you either love him or you hate him. Very few audiences find him somewhere in the middle. After proving his comic ability on Saturday Night Live, Sandler began moving towards the movie business, getting into bigger and bigger projects. As for director Frank Coraci, it would not be until him, Sandler and writer Tim Herlihy met together to make The Wedding Singer (1998). From there, the three would pair up to make a number of future films. Of this list, this would be their second feature and probably second most respected of that bunch. According to many to be the 1990s highest grossing football game (until later films), this comedy isn't clever in a lot of ways but isn't completely void of laughs either.The story is about Southern son of Kathy Bates' momma's boy Bobby Boucher Jr. (Sandler) who gets nothing but disrespect by the people he tries to help stay hydrated. After being on the job serving beverages to Coach Beaulieu (Jerry Reed) and team for 18 years, Bobby gets fired. Looking to keep doing what he's good at, he finds Coach Klein (Henry Winkler), a coach who can't find a way to get his team to accomplish anything. Initially, no one respects Bobby's entrance but soon, they and Bobby discover that he has a knack for tackling others. With that, Bobby is recruited to play for the team as well, leading to unexpected results. For what was written, Tim Herlihy was competent in the construction of the story. All subplots are started and completed and the character develop is noticeable for certain individuals. Possibly the best message this movie sends to its audience is to always try and better yourself. It doesn't exactly come out and say that but watching Bobby progress as a character speaks that in some respects.The other enjoyable aspect to the writing is watching how Bobby's life begins to turn around. Initially Bobby doesn't have any friends except his mom (Kathy Bates). But as time goes on, the respect and size of Bobby's circle increases in diameter so much, it's hard not to like the guy. This leads to the performances and comedy. For both, it's half-and- half. Sandler as Bobby makes his character sound and act innocent (which is what makes him likable) but the way he goes about it is a slight bit obnoxious at points only because of how he talks. This involves a squealy voice that only can be made by the way Sandler shapes his mouth. Surely there could've been another way to make his role sound just as innocent without looking so obviously prepared. Seriously, nobody talks with their jaw in that position. But this is the least of silly comedy. Because the setting to this story takes place in the Southern States, a number of exaggerated stereotypes are used in order to make the viewers laugh. One example of this is making Bobby's mom full on rural, no education, alligator barbecuing, the devil is everything wackjob.Really? There's no problem portraying Southerners and accentuating their culture but there's no reason to be going over-the-top ridiculous about it to the point of absurd and deranged. Another example of this is the character Blake Clark plays, which is being a deep voice mumbler who nobody understands. Who the heck cares about this character? He's just wasting time. However there are other characters that make up for these overblown fabrications like Henry Winkler who's goofy in his right and Jerry Reed (his last role) as the anti-football coach for being nothing but greedy. Fairuza Balk (best know for playing Dorothy from Return to Oz (1985) who plays Bobby's love interest also has more of grounded personality than other Southern supporting characters. Even wrestler Paul Wight has a brief role that isn't as superfluous as it could have been made out to be.There's still a couple of things left to look at. Unfortunately the cinematography covered by Steven Bernstein isn't much of anything significant. Much of the shots taken are very plain looking with nothing that really grabs its viewers' attention. However, the football games are engaging but not because of the camera-work. This is based more on the how the game is played and how characters react and work together as a team. Even for the silly comedy that it is, the game still feels like there's something riding on it that can't be missed. Finally the music provided by Alan Pasqua (which is his last film composition thus far) worked when it needed to. There was no main theme or anything and much of his music was substituted for other well-known songs to help with the comedy. The only reason why his music is getting a pass is again going back to the football games. Although they were not intense and as engaging as the game, the tracks did help elevate the viewing experience.The story itself is written properly and the energetic football games are what this comedy really has to offer. The comedy works at times but the stereotyping and exaggerations do get overdone, especially when it comes to Southern culture. Thankfully, the main protagonist is portrayed in an innocent manner that allows it audience to at least like Adam Sandler's performance.

FilmBuff1994 The Waterboy is a funny movie with a good story,a great cast and some very funny scenes.Its nothing unusual for Adam Sandler,its not his best movie,but its also not his worst.The cast had there roles suited for them perfectly,I especially enjoyed Adam Sandler,Henry Winker (Fonzie from Happy Days) and Kathy Bates.Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler) has been the water boy for a football team for many years,but he is kicked out,so he becomes a water boy for a rival team,who discover he has a great ability for tackling and he becomes a member of the team.