The Waterboy (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #32 extract: The Waterboy (1998)

Waterboy is about as stupid as a movie can get whilst still being watchable. 

I can't deny that that this makes me laugh. The jokes shouldn't work, the acting is horrific, the writing is ridiculous and without any sense of wit or brains - and in regards to the technical aspects... nothing really needs to be said here. Following a time-tested narrative formula without any risk, what Waterboy manages to achieve - as many of Sandler's best movies do - is to pull you into a world of silliness. It's then through the transparently stupid writing that all standards are dropped and you feel yourself inebriated by Sandler's approach to comedy. In one sense, watching Waterboy makes you feel like you've dropped a few I.Q points, in another, it just makes you feel human. Good, dumb fun.