- Actors: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk, Jerry Reed
- Directors: Frank Coraci
- Writers: Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy
- Producers: Adam Sandler, Ira Shuman, Jack Giarraputo, Michelle Holdsworth, Phyllis Alia
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language English, French
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Walt Disney Video
- DVD Release Date: 16 Mar 1999
- Run Time: 90 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 630529142X
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 120,482 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Adam Sandler vaulted into the US$20-million-salary stratosphere with this, his second US$100-million hit in 1998--a movie that further shows just how deeply embedded he is in the Jerry Lewis tradition of idiot comedy. He plays Bobby Boucher, a backwoods Cajun and a mentally challenged individual with a fixation on water: specifically, on serving the coolest, most refreshing H2O available to the college football team he has served since he was an adolescent. But when he's fired from his position, he takes up a similar job with a lowlier college team coached by neurotic Henry Winkler. One day at practice, Bobby loses his temper and delivers a bone-shaking tackle to the starting quarterback; before he can say, "blackened crawdads", he's the star of the team and leading it to a bowl game. But it's all against the wishes of his overprotective mother (Kathy Bates), who wants to keep her Bobby to herself--and that includes keeping him away from the floozy girlfriend (Fairuza Balk) who's sweet on him. There are two kinds of people in this world: People who find Sandler funny and people who view him as a neon-lit symbol of the decline of popular taste. You know who you are and, based on that, you can decide whether this is a movie for you. --Marshall Fine
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
While The Wedding Singer will probably always be my favorite Adam Sandler movie, The Waterboy is by far his funniest, and I think I actually enjoy this film more each time I watch it. It is the perfect answer for a bad day, as not only is it hilarious and uplifting, it lets you take out some of your own pent-up aggression with each powerful hit Bobby Boucher (Sandler) makes out on the football field. Bobby represents everyone who has ever been excluded, picked on, or ridiculed. While he is not an intellectual giant and does not possess what you call people skills, his kind and simple nature makes him a man among men even before he finds stardom on the gridiron. The boy certainly loves his mama, and Kathy Bates shines in her role as the overprotective, quirky, slightly touched in the head Helen Boucher. If anyone ever questioned Bates' ability to do comedy, this movie should banish all doubts. Fairuza Balk is strangely beguiling as Vicki Vallencourt, a "bad girl" who has long had an interest in Bobby over his mother's objections, and the two make a really strange yet somehow logical couple. Bobby's mother describes Vicki as "the devil," but of course she considers just about every person on the planet besides herself and Bobby as "the devil."
Bobby's real passion in life is his job as waterboy for the local college football team, a real powerhouse coached by Coach Red Beaulieu (Jerry Reed). When he gets fired, he goes seeking water management employment at South Central Louisiana State University, a legendarily bad team coached by Coach Klein, a very un-Fonzie-like Henry Winkler. When Coach Klein convinces Bobby to defend himself against the taunts of team members, he finds himself looking at a natural-born linebacker. Mama does not want her son playing "foosball," but what Mama does not know won't hurt her (Bobby ingeniously blames all of the cuts and scrapes he acquires during the season on an escaped gorilla). He records a record-shattering sixteen quarterback sacks in his first game, drawing national attention from the real-life sportscasters of ESPN. A magical season unfolds at SCLSU, setting up a Bourbon Bowl meeting of the little college who could and mean old Coach Beaulieu's undefeated championship squad. At this point, certain complications arise, a secret history between Coaches Beaulieu and Klein is revealed, and SCLSU's dream season stands on the point of suddenly becoming a nightmare.
This is not a high-brow comedy, but there is nothing wrong with corny comedy as long as it is funny, and The Waterboy is, to repeat myself, hilarious. Football fans will definitely get a kick out of the way Bobby just destroys his opponents on the field, using several moves that you will not see in the NFL any time soon in the process (certainly not more than once). Perhaps overlooked in the midst of all the comedy is a more serious theme, however. This movie is a story of overcoming obstacles, believing in yourself, and redemption, not just for the ultimate underdog Bobby Boucher but for his mother, Coach Klein, and several other characters. You almost have to feel pumped up and happy in the end, and that counts for a lot in and of itself. Sometimes the good guys do come out on top, or so most of us like to believe in order to get through each day. The Waterboy helps us keep our faith and inspires us to rise above all of the bad things in life and concentrate on such simple yet important matters as family, friendship, love, and always doing your best.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This is the best comedy film I have ever seen.I
can't count the number of times I was in hysterics.Adam Sandlers diversity of character
portrayal is yet again proved amazing.I still
laugh at the same parts even after five or six
viewing.The script is great and the acting is top
class.The guy who plays the Fonz in Happy Days is
in it and is great.This film is hilarious from start 2 finish.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
can't count the number of times I was in hysterics.Adam Sandlers diversity of character
portrayal is yet again proved amazing.I still
laugh at the same parts even after five or six
viewing.The script is great and the acting is top
class.The guy who plays the Fonz in Happy Days is
in it and is great.This film is hilarious from start 2 finish.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I saw the Wedding Singer and thought Adam Sandler was excellent in this, as my brother recommended it to me (he is 12), i saw it. Some of the jokes are okay but they become repetitive and dull. The storyline is so bad you can tell what's going to happen in the whole film even if you only saw a trailer. It's okay seeing it once but watch it more than once and it becomes unbelievably dull. But, the most annoying part of this film is the way Sandler speaks. Rent it, not really worth buying.
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Sandler again ..
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Published 4 months ago by gingahippie
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Published 4 months ago by Rachel
No son of mine is gonna play any foos-ball
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We enjoyed the movie, but we dont think it was one of Adam Sandler's best.
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